Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-04

justified the wisdom of the action ta-
ken. For instance, if, by the change
of conveyance and the Encouragement
of routes, more and better service could
be given, should it not be done? When
ever and wherever such changes have
been made it has been found possible
to extend service to additional patrons
heretofore denied this accommodation
from 500 to 1000 in number. Surely
the slight delay it might occasion to
one or several patrons should meet
with little or no objection when it was
shown that this had been the means of
obliging many others with at least a
single delivery who previously had none
whatever.
In the nature of things, the great de-
sire of the people to obtain benefit
which its Government could provide and
the willingness of the Government to
give it and give it rapidly, conditions
would develop which demanded both at
tention and consideration. If, there
fore, it became evident in operation
that by careful inquiry more could be
accomplished than was being rendered,
it was clearly the duty of those in con-
troll to investigate conditions with
view to possible betterment. 1.-THE
greatest good to the greatest number"
must ever be the motto of wise and
successful administration, and officials
can only hope to win public approval
when such motto governs their admin
istrative acts.
THE POLICY AND PURPOSE OF THE DE-
PARTMENT
1t has been the policy and the pur-
pose of this administration to make of
the rural delivery and its partner in
public benefit, the parcel post all that
its most sanguine projectors hoped to
accomplish. The Postmaster General
is deeply interested in both, and has
used to the utmost the great powers Of
his Office and his personal influence as
well to promote in every possible way
these two factors in our national life.
He wants the man away from the
greater advantages of commercial op-
portunity to have an equal chance with
his more favored brother in the cities,
and gain for his industry, whatever it
may be, the fullest measure of benefit
that government can bestow. To this
end the energies of the Department
have been directed, the wisest counsels
sought, and the greatest personal at
tention given. AS important postal
centers provide an easy market for the
products of the farm and the rate of
postage is reduced by the extension of
local zones, motor delivery was estab-
lished, whereby exchange was stimula- |
ted between producer and consumer,
and both alike benefited. Delivery
zones from these important centers will
be, and have been, doubled; still others
and the families tributary
to these centers thus enabled to take
full advantages of this enlarged oppor-
tunity to market the products of their
industry to the best advantage.
The administration expects to great
ly widen and still further improve this
public benefit and advantage until all
sections and all localities where rural
service can be m.de operative shall
have these conveniences afforded them
and have them generously maintained.
Petitions for service are no longer nee
essary. The recommendation of the
postmaster brings an inspector who
goes over the ground, and if service
can be made at all effective, it will at
once be given. No considerations of
administrative economy, no mere saw
ing of money by miserly methods or
parsimonious process, is to stand in the
way of any benefit which the rural de-
livery can give or wise public policy
can sanction. The common people, up :
on whom the burdens rest and upon
whose toll the nations prosperity is
built, are to have their share Of Gov
eminent favor in full measure return
ed to them and every aid to the fur
therance of legitimate enterprise and
effort secured to them by performance
and by practice.
NOTICE
is hereby given to all parties knowing
themselves indebted to Wentworth &
Hamilton are requested to call at the