The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-24
FALSE POSTAL ECONOMY REBUKED.

governmental department to the exclusion of att
other Federal agencies where penny should not he
that department is the big machine which handles the
United States mails.
Every day evidence crippled postal service Here in
Central Kentucky with good like Postmaster Kaufman
i'm the executive supervisory Positions the postal service seems
TO be at the point efficiency that has suffered in many
years.
This unfortunate affairs is due, in large measure to the
policy of cutting clerical forces in the larger and cities
and the facilities for transporting the mail by rail
road The government is has been compelled TO operate
under failing revenues which is the result of the revision in the
taxing system which Democrats into effect when they got into
power but department which close the people and init
nv related Posohice Department should
certainly feel the willing effect of enforced
More unfortunate STILL in the face of the attempt to in
mw experiments seem to have been made which
further tended to dcmoIaize system distributing the mail The
Philadelphia Inquirer date discussing this phase of '
subject, said:
Congressman that the posohce
BILL reported to the House. permanently establishes the village mail
delivery system which experiments been made during the
years this plan there regular mail delivery
towns thousand population that apply for this priv
leg department and comply with the regulations that have
prescribed 1t in the right direction and Of
thriving Pennsylvania will profit by the innovation 1t is
interesting that drafting the posofce bill the committee
actually the department more than asked Tor next year. Du
purpose doing this rcbukc the Postmaster General an
for their false and undesirable economies
The trouble with the management of the poSoce huS
many the other branches of the Wilson admniStra
ton that there has been an attempt to mix politics and dc
theories with what should be purely business
may truhfuy politics have always have
do with this important branch of the government This must
admitted when attempt made add foolish theories
the political load than the system could bear and
We disorder such that the Democratic
majority Congress feels called upon the ignore the recommends
the Democratic Postmaster General The truth of the mat
that Mr. Bue about poorly equipped for the
Posoce Department Mr. Daniels for the Navy and
Mr. Refed for the Department of Commerce They all ama
men, educated along lines they Numbered hope
experiments and politics has been well
sad n bunder is akin TO a crime.
Fortunately Postoce Committee of Congress has halted part
of the cheesepang plan the department In the away mail
and the rural free delivery of conditions
demoang has been openly charged the floor of Congress
that this has by the desire of the department
dollars by doing there would be impairment Of the
service Complaints from all of the country but what of
that General the people that he has
ceeded i'm saving money day
cent business public service which this year will
spend S2OOO0OOO idle suppose be brought
curang the privileges OF the of the office who
nav this enormous bill. '-LexingtOn Herald.