The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-10
Dr. Hubert Work.
Kansas

He based his belief that business
is good" on the records of the post
o.I-ce department for October, which
exceeded in the sale of postage stamps
cad stamped envelopes. all records
for any month in the history of the
department
IEc-cGsc of 14.46 Per Cent Over 1921.
business thruout the United States
is improving very rapidly" Doctor
work declared. During the month
OF October the postmasters of the
country requisitiOned 2.124, 4,261. $50
stamps. and 307,316.269 stamped en-
velopes- The business reports from
the fifty largest postoffices in the
United States, which handle SO per
cent OF the postal business of the en-
tire country, shows an increase of
1A.46 per cent over the business which
was done during October of 1921"
RcorSanizing Postal Department.
We are now in process of reor-
G1niZinG the postal department to
meet the growing needs and develop
Ilent Of the business Of the country.
The postal service is strictly a business
proposition and needs a business man.
aScment the same as any other bust
ness Doctor Work declared
Secs Good Times for TWO Years.
The Democratic landslide, or what
ever il was that put slEids under the
Dig hGDuDAACdn All&lOElLleS IN DOLn
houses of congress, Will work out ad-
vantageously to the national admins
tration, according to Postmaster Cen
eral Work.
with the Republican majorities in
both houses cut down. there doubtless
will be more harmony among the Re-
publicans and they Will be a better
working force than heretofore said
Postmaster General Work. This will
mean a continuation of the general
prosperity which is just beginning to
be felt thruout the country. and 1 pre-
dict that for the ensuing two years, at
least. the country will experience a
pronounced wave of good times
Dr. Work said the prosperity would
be especially noticeable in the building
lines and factories related thereto. also
in the manufacture of all kinds of
equipment for railroads and shops. As
a1 i5dicator- DR.. Work pointed to the
great increase in the business of his
department
Two Efficiency Measures.
Decentralization of the control of
the postal service of the United States,
and government ownership of more
postoffice buildings, are two efficiency
measures which are being worked out
by the United States Postal depart
ment at the present time, DR.. Work
told the assembled postal officials and
employees of the state at the general
meeting this afternoon at Memorial
Hall.
The meeting was opened with a Su-
minute concert by the Topeka high
school orchestra. Doctor Work was
introduced by Senator Arthur Capper-
The housing situation for post
offices is becoming very acute, and 1t
has become necessary for the govern
ment to purchase its own buildings,
Doctor Work declared. In the past
ten years the business of the depart
ment has doubled, and there has been
very little provisions for treasury
builCings-buiIding owned by the
government.
Government Buys Buildings.
''The ownership of the buildings by
the government will result in the saw
ing of millions of dollars yearly 20
the government. The government can
borrow money for the erection of
these buildings at per cent while the