Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-07-18
|Dfs MONIES has been
GENEROUS N OFFERS
rendered Use II Haay Tseilihss to
General Alien, iii 81 which
were Declined.

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Des Mofnes, July Special TO
the Freeman-Tribune: II IL being
charged over the state TINT Des
Moines has not given proper atten-
ton to the requirements OF the NIL
|litiamen located at Camp Dodge;
THAT they have been compelled tG 30
without mail for q day and half
at a time; that the business interests
Of Des Mofnes when appealed to for
transportation facilities for the.
carrying Of mail disregarded the re-
quest.
We wish to correct any false opin-
ions that prevail. Neither the
Chamber of Com merce or the Crest
Ter Des Moines Committee, two com
|mercial organizations that represent
all the commercial interests Of Des
Moines, were appealed to by any one
I'm authority for the use Of trucks.
Sunday, July end. Mr.. H. II. Polk,
a member Of the Greater Des Moinss
Committee and President OF the Ma
tional Security League for Des
Moines. rendered 70 General Alien the
use Of four trucks and q touring chr
with drivers. The offer was declin-
led. Monday evening 1t was report
led to the writer, Secretary OF the
Greater Des Moines COMMITTEES, that
the Camp needed trucks to carry
mail. He secured the offer Of truck
from Charles Hewitt sons & Com
pany ana one from Wariield- Pratt
Howell Company, and rendered the
use Of the trucks to General Allen
Through Lieutenant McNider. The
use OF the trucks was declined. Mon
day evening Mr.. Polk again offered
the use OF truck to be furnished BY
the Schee Automobile Company.
On Wednesday morning Mr.. LATE
Young, Jr., member 81 the Gredt-
or Des Moines Committee. offered 10
|send truck every day to haul mAil
TO Camp Dodge. The offer was made
Ito General Allen and declined. Post
master Huffman offered to create :
branch Office at Camp Dodge and de-
liver the mail there twice daily. The
Ioifer was made to General Allen and
declined. 49, 81. y.
There Is not a business firm IN Des
Mofnes owning an automobile that
would not have willingly rendered
1.-The use Of an automobile TO the aid
| OF the soldiers 1t Camp Dodge to
tcarry their mail. There are enough
fautomobile trucks making deliveries
Iseveral times day to have carried
1.-THE mail II It had been desired to
Ihave the mail carried in that man
liner. All offers made we're declined.
why they were declined we are IN
able to state. why requests were
mot made direct to the .ohcials in
charge Of the commercial orgxtiiza-
Itions that are representative Of the
business interests In Dies Moines We
are unable to state. The only COM
tplaints that were made were made
to newspaper reporters. When the
complaints appeared in the press
and representative interests offered
their services they we're uniformly
declined.
We would be very glad to- hays
you put these facts before your read
lers 80 that they may understand
that at no time has Des Mofnes fail
led to respond to any request made;
and, in fact: SO that they may know
that our Offers Of assistance and OF
fers OF the assistance OF the Des
MONIES Postmaster were not accept
ed Yours truly.
/ Ralph Bolton, Director.
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