New Ulm review., 1921-12-21
BIGGEST WEEK OF
BIGGEST BUSINESS
LISTEN TO UNCLE SANS TALE
OF CHRISTMAS TIME
DIFFICULTIES.
IF YOU HAD AS MUCH TO Do
AS HE HAS HOW WOULD
YOU MANAGE.

This week which is the busiest of
all the year for most people is more
than that for the Postofice employees
who must see that each and all of US
get our Christmas parcels safely and
who are also responsible for the safe
beginning Of the journey Of all the
Christmas parcels every one of us has
taken the trouble to make or buy for
some dear friend away from here.
Much has been written and said about
early mailing for the sake Of getting
gifts to their destination in time and
also for the very good reason that the
clerks and carriers will enjoy the
Christmas season more if they are not
worked to death at the last minute.
Postmaster General Hays has sent out
a circular giving some facts about
every day work in the postofices of the
country which ought to make the
LATEST, or most deliberate, Of us "get
move on just glance thru these
facts that follow and decided, whether
vou daro to LOT vol,r Cbr;stn,, : m limo
w,it : other n,;nnte
u Few FIGURES.
Tbe post Offirn nnua rtment snends
$60O,OOO,0OO annually. The annual
tnrnovor tho IN and out of the business
which maa s,res anv business Is more
than 90 mn nm mn
Tn ovorv sinola ho,r If the entv.
four 400 600 letters are mailed. in
every dav of.the a65 davs % 600 Ooo
letters aro cont. durino this wear m ore
than 12 600 900 900 letters will he
handled. Fourteen billion postage
STAMPS / 25o 100000 postal cards
and 2 750 100000 slammed envelones
are sold every wear.
More than a26 900 postal co-workers
are dailv engaged serving the 10. 900.
600 people. or one postal worker fo1
every 337 tersons
Tba nostal nsta hlishmont onera tes
it's railwau-ma all service over rail track
age long enouph to encircle the earth
ten times. Forty-three thousand rura]
carriers 90 ont every m orninq. SERVING
six. and one-half million families. and
before !srndown every dav travel
1 100000 miles-a total Of 353 .OO0. .OOO
miles a wear over the highways of the
country.
We use 800 900 miles Of twine every
wear tvinp the packages If letters
enough twine to encircle the earth
thirtv-:two times Every wear 6 200.
000 rounds 81 na nor ara used IN =, > ~ -,
fa cturin,o tho nostal cards alone DEBTS
totalina 81 5llo mn mr., .,a naid
throuob tho Post oafce .nan, rtne ,, !
IL, with 1sn mn mn ,nono,,
orders There arc 5o0 no0 denos;tors
in the Postal savinos larger ,,,no hor
Than - anv ha : l;nr ;ns+;t,1t;o,, : = +ba
world and * nor cont of tham arc
foreign extra ction
Sixtv-fvo million maj, sacls aro IN
use constantly and s. REQUIRES o0O
600 wards Of c,nvas averv vo,r - Eoon
un the Il sunnlv There ar, over i Coz
00o ooo son,r.+o foo;nr s,;ns ,,saa -,
+ba :. 81. ras of 1o++ors ~ o,,a1,as - =
mail One b,,ndrad .nd ainht,1 ,,,;1,;on -
onvn,onos ,ro ,,sad ,nn,,sll1, So a.
corrasnondonoo e ~ nos+al sar,r; =
> lon,e and !, h;ll;o, blan ,l.,I for,os
Tboro is +;coI +oI , I Is 3 { {; =, !
in +bo nost of,i 90 - g, 4 ! q {,
IN tbe entire DonoinioIn & Gansda
An average of m ore than 25) oe,ll,efters
ovar,1 ,dav - tho New Gy oqk; 1,;+,,, ~ j.
office alone are readdressed from loitv
directories. 10 900 600 letters avorv !
noor - - +ha naad T o++ar nasaa i
think of +bo cost which +hoso sor,,; oas
bring - tho +oxn. ,,ars hao.,,sa i ~
:. raioss,oss IS +ha -, hl;o = !. ! dras.;;,,1r
Tho Parca, post : tbe ara.+ost So a1
nress con, nanv IL tho world .na will
tb;s ve. /. nJ1o NO. +han 3 soll mn
mo =, oLaras +ha a,,n,,.1 l,,,s;,, -
The American railway Fxnress u,;ll
rro,,o II, IL u m nm non - a1,a 80