The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-02-13
UNMERITEo CRITICISM or POST
MASTER GENERAL 5uRLEsoa

MAS - GENEnNL 60HLES1H
ne hope il Postmaster General
BurIeSon decides to GO 70 San Fran
cisco To the convention he viii send
himself By parcel post 50 he viii new
Ter arrIvA-Ta Times.
Perhaps no member oE the cabinet
has received q greater measure OF III
merifed censure within and without
the democratic fold than Postmaster
General BurIeson
Throughout Il al he has maintained
admirable c0mposurs. He has pursued
the ~eyen tenor OF his way without
50 much As having single feather
ruled, speaking HgnratfveIy-
Surely he must have had IN mind
the saying 0f Solomon. He that s
slow to anger IS better than the
mighty. and he thar ruEefh MS spirit
thar he thar taketh 4 city
Under no administratio have there
been 50 many sanitary reforms as IN
der the administration OF the present
postmaster general
That fine old philosopher. BENJAMIN
Franklin. was the first to exercise the
administration CT that Office.
He had under his Jurisdiction -
post-0nIees with 1875 miles OF posi-
routes and an annual aggregate u
postal revenue OF $50 0Dsg
Suppose IL we're possible for that
grand old man, wearing his powder
Cd queue. cooked hat, knee breaches
and big shoe buckles. TO take = peep
into the postmaster generals office
tCfay. One can well imagine how he
would stare with anazement
General Burieson has under Is.
supervision 5000 post0fIces. 1891.
Geo niles OF postal and rural routes:
and 500 900 employees.
IT'S growth has been colossal BIZ
never 80 gianEIEke as it has been
since General Buries0n has had
charge Of Il
The aggregate revenue collected
Eazd expended reaches the enc-mors
sum o. $50 900 900 a year
The mails are transported 49,
BIZ pony express. IS in the 90 lars
land Slow stage coach bE- BY SLED
n the fcy regions CT Alaska ~ ssera
boats On cur rivers and Iakas. av
electric street car systems and 81 AZ
planes
Listen 70 this we quote from IA
address b. the postmaster general
I we transact an annual business
Of approximately $1,000 go 900 yeal
! n money orders issued and paid Ne
have postal savings banks with s40. gl0G
depOsitDrs. with s170.000 900 On da
posft. and transported last rear more
than two and one half billion pieces
through the mails
/ Well may il be said that the postal
service has been remarkable. That
its organization. indeed. Is wonderful
and the standard at its efficiency
borders on the miraculous.
That was its condition in 1917
since then It's growth iSs efficiency
and is enlargement has been stiIl
more marvellous.
| The following quotation IS enlight
ening
The Postal hIIShment was the
only department OF the Government
thar had an organization thar vas
nation wide IN lis scope and In c0nsa-
I Qnence OF this fact We were constant
I II appealed "a BIZ other departments
TO assume part OF burdens that proper
IL belonged to them The Stare De-
par1menE had unusual duties to per-
form. and * called upOn the Postal
Department ID detail 70 ifS assistance
q number OF our most exuerf men
The Treasury Department, recogniz-
ing the fact that prepare ton for this
war would entail the expenditure OF
billions and billions Of dollars. was
forced 70 float fire stupend0us loans.
/ Il called Ep0n the postal establish
n1eEE for assistance We transported
$3.50 - A1@AftA1AAAt&N@ "a AA2A2E vi &tL0kt1s
ganda matter Tor the Treasury Depart
mest IN connection wish these loans
and placed Il II the hands 0f the
american DeopIe without address and
without stamping We didn't ghirk
we didn't complain. Ne didn't boast
Of wflaE We we're doing We perform
I'd our duEE
Later On Il became necessary to
raise g 90 90000u through the sale
/ OF waTsaving certificates and thrift
stamps 4 very liberal percentage
was gIxen to the Treasury Depart
ment Tor conducting the campaign 20
sell tilese certificates and stamps The
Postal Department. under the Law had
.no part o. this fund and ret wonld