Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05

TO two viii be required in the post
office each Sunday. In addition to
this the same as heretofore all let
ters deposited Sunday must be sort
ed and sent To THE train Sunday nigh
hence it seems to me that the order
closing the post office and not de-
livering any mail into boxes or at
the window will accomplish but might
little so far as relieving the over
worker(?) force.
I, for one, strenuously object to
this new movement and doubt very
much If the postmaster of this city
is in favor Of 1t, although of course,
all he can do is to obey orders. Pos
sibly some of the clerks who are
getting S1l00 a year for nightly lfttI
work may favor the movement. but
Of course no one Of these have any
thing to say with regard to the mat
ter. The postmaster general has
issued his order, and it appears now
that it is either a political move or
something bordering on the line of
politics for the purpose Of currying ia
Yor and securing a few votes for the
present administration VIII it sue
coed?
Many business men have got used
60 getting their mail on Sunday and
most of us know that Sunday mail
and the receipt of it on Sunday is
frequently mighty important Time
and again have received letters on
Sunday which either required that
I take the night train south on that
day or postpone a proposed. trip,
which trip would have been useless
had I not received the Sunday mail
I among others have been getting
my Sunday Sentinel and Sunday Free
Press through the mail, mainly be-
cause of the fact that the news
dealers heretofore handling Sunday
papers have been very unreliable Nov
I must discontinue this and must blu,
my paper of the newsdealer, if l get
any at all. This will cost me at least
$500 more than it does to get the
same papers by mail.
OF course it may be said that the
telephone and telegraph can be used
on important matters where it is nee
cessary to hear with regard to some
business matter on Sunday. That is
all very true, but why in time should
people be put to the expense and be
required to put money into the poe
kets of the trusts in order to salts
fly the whims Of postmaster gener-
al.
Most people have relatives in Othel
cities. Frequently there is illness
in the family either here or in the
family in some other place. Frequent
ly it becomes very important to
hear from the sick persons on Sun
day and letters mailed Friday, by
some slip of the mail service may
not reach here until Sunday. Anx-
ious persons must wait until Mon
day before they can hear from the
sick friend, or a 10 cent special de-
livery stamp must be used. Is there
any justice or fair dealing in this?
Numerous other inconvenience
and hardships might be mentioned
but possibly this article is suffi-
GENTLY long without going more into
details. I have an idea that a unit
ed protest should be made, especially
along the line of the Valley road, be
cause it seems to me that the peo-
pie in Wausau, Merrill and Tomahawk
must be in about the same position
that We are here at Grand Rapids,
and believe that united action would
bring modification of the order, at
least so far as these cities are con
cerned It certainly seems to me
worthy of an effort
Yours respectfully,
Geo. L. Williams.
I'VE are heartily in accord with
the above sentiments and believe
the entire business community are.