Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-11
CHANGES in RURAL /: !
!. 4. mail ma | ROUTES. E;'i.
POSTAL DEPARTMENT MAKES
= CHANGES IN RURAL ROUTE
SYSTEM OF MANCHESTER.
Two ROUTES. TO Be DISCONTINUED
j. A. Mcintosh, Carrier on No. g. 10
Transferred and A. N. lusk' Car.
rier on No. 2, Loses Out.


ment at Washington notified the To-
cal postmaster that on September !,
1915. the rural route system out OF
lie Manchester postoffice would be
changed. For several years the
country adjacent to Manchester mas
Deen served by seven. rural route car
riers, and after T. the first OF next
month two Of the routes will be dis
continued. Routes and 6 are to be
apportioned among the other routes.
According to the division made by
the department the patrons on what
is now route 3 will be supplied ny
ihe carriers on routes two and four.
Patrons. on route will be served ny
the carriers on routes and Z. Ihe
carrier on route will have added
20 his line a part Of the patrons on
route 2. 80 ".ta -.
Mr.. Mcintosh, who has been car.
rier on route 6, has been transferred
rom Manchester, to rural route at
Guthrie Center. Whether Mr.. NC
lntosh will accept this offer OF the
department is not known at tnls
time. A.. M. Lusk has been carrier
on route for a number of years
and he makes way for w. F. Kew
ney, who is transferred from route
All of the carriers will have routes
Of approximately 20 and 1-2 miles,
under the new system. Each carrier
will receive a yearly salary OF 81
200. In one instance as high as sew
en- miles has been added to the
route as formerly established.
AT the present time the government
is paying in salaries to the seven
carriers $8304. 4 Under the new sys-
tem the combined salaries Of the
tive carriers will be $4,000. making
"a saving to the Department OF ~
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AS nearly everyone knows, Della
ware county is; not the only county IN
Iowa, nor is Iowa the only state,
where these rural route changes
have been made, or will be made
The endeavor to make the rural
route service self supporting Is ma
tion wide, and this county has been
among the last rather than the first
where the change has been made efc
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The necessity for this rigid econ
omy in the postal service is fairly
well understood. It is directly
chargeable to business disturbances
caused by the European war. :
AS "a nation we are exporting to
Europe hundreds OF millions OF dol
lars worth of merchandise which IS
not being exchanged, as heretofore,
tor foreign goods to be brought IN
to- saa S sq S;; 9sE eus!Gm afe
collected. Our exports are now be,
ing paid for in gold. During the past
week the enormous sum OF $loO, ,ooo''
900 in gold has been shipped into
this country. But that does not add
a dollar to The governments rev.
enues. Last year this country sold
abroad a billion dollars worth OF
merchandise more than It purchased
abroad. Under normal conditions the
people of foreign countries would
have paid for much Of this merchan-
disc. in. goods. instead of gold, and this
country would have collected a tariff
tax on part of the goods when they
were brought into this country. By
this + changed condition the govern
men lost more than $60,000,000 Of its
estimated revenue, and the Wilson
administration had to either econo-
mize or issue bonds. It decided to
economic rather than run in debt,
and in furtherance of that policy the
Postoffice Department is striving te
pay its>way, striving to run the
business on business principles.
Y s When war conditions are at an end
and when Uncle Sans finances will
admit Of a deficit in the Postoffice
Department, we may naturally expect
more liberal expenditures by that
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