Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19
I'm, H0KE SMITH.
SAVED PARCEL
POST BILL
|I,cIe Sam Is Now Planning
IN Be the Worlds Greatest
Express Company.
. rnuN TEMPLE GRAVES.

o. roHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
#p ,su1NGTON. Feb. 19.-To'no man
a,;a, life has the success of the
=. most brought more pleasure than
4 i. r.nocre tic senator, Hoke Smith,
GEORGIA and TO the Republican sen
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., of Wash
I ,oo Bourne's hard fight for the re-
s,rn particularly after he became
s,.,rman of the senate postal commit
:. known to everybody, but 1t is
n,. known that without the as
...rce given by the stalwart Demo-
W.. loader Of the senate the bill
~, mt hive become law during the
4 .,brican congress. The Georgia sen-
!, il is said. saved the day, and he
{, lies pardonabe pride in the achieve
Many Obstacles in Its Way.
T. is not to be supposed that an un-
i ..o,;rp of such magnitude can be
1 o,,;sd forward without encountering
E.,ous obstacles that at times appear
4 .nr,ounrabIe. but with the postoffice
.carment backed by such powerful
sapences a. the two senators named
4 nd the postofice committees, of con-
&r.ss these difficulties simply resolve
& s.rss'ves into things to be overcome.
4 one Of the most serious of these has
"a do with the postoffice transport and
$eryery in the large cities.
However. congress anticipated all
his AT the time of the passage of the
bare post bill when special COM
mission was appointed to consider the
Slestion of acquiring the pneumatic
& nbes systems and other underground
Devices for the transport of mail that
H. already been employed for many
&ess by the postoffice department To
IN extent not generally understood by
& he general public Few realize, for ex-
&mpe, that during 1912 the United
SAFES postoftlce handled by tube NOR
s ban 20.OO30O0 letters day.
This commission was carefully Sc
Hected business man of wide ex-
Serience in the person Of Senator Gug-
senHeim Of Colorado, was made chair
Ehan Senator Smith himself is his
colleague. Another business man. Rep
*esenative BIackman. of Alabama. was
chosen from the house along with that
aggressive, progressive representative
n the West, Congressman Murdoch, of
Kansas
Il Problem to Be Solved
q That the volume of postoffice bust
pes, in New York. Chicago and other
#afge cities would be increased ire
enormously was confidently predicted
%nEoughout the long debates that pre-
#eded the adoption of the law. But few,
except possibly, Senators Smith and
Pourne, seemed to realize that the great
department stores and the shops gen
#rd.y would utilize the governments
a S'em OF delivery on account Of Its
81 REAPER rates. not only for sending
zoos TO the cuntry. but for city deliv-
as we'll SO that ultimately the gov
4 nHent with its improved systems in
#pe'"lIou, would become a great parcel
&Ap'e@ concern for town and country
4 system of underground transport
#'''uuIns the pneumatic tubes and the
'''lc tunnels, the government would
equlpped to handle the mails and all
uel'eres Of the shops and stores
s'p'Ins' of course, such things as
anus oeosteads and bulky merohan
'"'' must still be carried by trucks
r. the surface
service is indispensa bic to the
p'u'''ooS handling Of the mail. but at
peSeht time its extension is held
~ .! The difficulty of securing fresh
''' Ior construction upon contracts
~SunlcIent duration to insure its re
,, t,"e"'' The government should
"e' o"n the tubes or make contra cts
~ ~ reasonable, equitable basis.
r running through a long tern
krrrssI would end ultimately in gov
b,.r "'". ownership just like the sub
l., q, VI FaflS and New York, but dur.
W.. ."s NE Of the contracts they will
kovs supsTr'sed at every point by the
ri,. .,.l'ent through a permanent com
#nucb appointed for the purpose very
#nts,;. 'oe interstate commerce com.
(slIroads the ac'iVitles of the
&sr,,r e' policy be adopted, it seems
r. the tremendous Impetu,
h. H. -, inc requirements of the parce
Eaer,iss 'e'' cities, will lead to such a
b. o. system of underground deIiv.
H., o. VIII relieve the congestion that
sts, ,'n' so alarming in all the great
3. Of the world. : co
cns,,. however radical or revoIu-
EloD's ~. m'"y De the result. the commits
8 fhey o,s lamentations. if adopted
zAhess,. NOV going beyond the polic,
\ h u. greed upon by the postofict
Nent Wb,, ana Of the English govern.
ss25OO ooo "'s Just appropriated Over
tonrr.y. 'of the beginning of spch 3
&rsb,,e".s' nN've system Of undereroune
5ion 10Y mail and parcels in Lon.