Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-07
P. 0. EMPLOYEES
GIVE ADVICE
GIVE SUGGESTIONS WHICH
WILL SIMPLIFY MAIL
SERVICE

The Marathon County Postal We'll
fare council, of which A. G. Wagner
of Edgar, is president, has suggested
a number of things that will simplify
mail delivery during the Christmas
season and which will insure the de
livery of parcels on time.
In letter requesting the co-opera-
ton of the public, the following points
are emphasized:
l To avoid disappointment please
mail your Christmas packages
early.
2 Address all letters to street and
number or rural route number.
All mail should bear your return
address.
Rural patrons should provide
themselves with stamps or stamp
ed envelopes and not place un-
stamped letters in the mail box
G. 0. d. parcels cannot be exam
ined before they are signed and
paid for.
6 Don't use very small sized envel-
opes. They cannot be handled by
the cancelling machines.
z A loss of one minute at each rural
mail box results in the loss of 21a
hours a day in many cases. Have
your money order applications
made out before the rural carriers
arrive.
Do not start writing the address
on the upper half of the envelope.
The cancelling machine will make
it illegible if you do.
Wrap your parcel post package in
strong paper well packed against
breakage; tie with strong twine;
address and. return address writ
ten with pen and ink; and insure
it.
Mr.. Wagner outlines the postal sit
uatlon nationally as follows, urging
a school for postal employees:
"Postmaster-Gener Work is anx-
ious to give the country better post
al service as well as more economi-
cal one.
"The service has already been i'm
proved in many respects as well as
that a great amount of money has
been saved.
From March A, 1921 to June 30,
1922, 537 new rural routes were es-
tablished and 1925 routes were ex-
tended.
Practically the only way of curb
ing or eliminating postal deficits, is in
raising the standard of operating ef-
ficiency. The postal deficit for 1921,
excluding deferred payments to rail-
roads under a retroactive ruling of
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
amounted to $S1,387, ,3S7.0S. Due to
the unusual efforts put forth by the
department in reorganizing all
branches of the service, and general
raising of the morals of the force the
deficit for 1922 ws.s reduced to $780,
326,65031.
The public is still responsible for
a great waste that should not and
need not exist if o proper and thor
ougn educational campaign would be
conducted; this would not only re-
suit in eliminating a great part of
the waste but also improve the SER
vice in cutting down the time of the
delivery of the mail. When you stop to
think that 25,O00,000 pieces of mail are
handled annually at the dead letter
Office without any other reason than
carelessness on the part of the pub
lie; mat 300 persons are required in
the Chicago post office just to correct
the mistakes made in mailing such as
incomplete addresses of mail that re-
quires directory service, or poor
wrapping and the like, the need for
an extensive educational campaign
exists.
THE school can accomplish great
deal but 1 believe if the press would
get back of this movement by con-
stantly reminding it's readers the re-
suits would be most gratifying and
highly appreciated by the department
as well as by the public.
Il sincerely thannk you for your CO.
operation.
"a. c. WEGNER,
Pres. Marathon Co. Welfare