The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-03-02
Reduce Transportation Cost
To Postal Employe
GOOD ROADS IDEAS
They Are Presented Also; An
nual Election of Officers
Held


GERS in this city yesterday after.
noon. The meeting went on record
as favoring the ,ketchum bill in
troduced in congress. which if car
ried, will provide for payment of
s12 per mile per year to every
rural carrier 10 help paw expense
of maintenance of vehicles for the
transportation of the mails. Copies
of the resolution regarding the
Ketchum bill will be forwarded to
the Minnesota senator's and con
greSsmen in Washington
One OF the objects of the meet
ing yesterday was to form what is
known as a welfare council. This is
an unofficial branch of the postal
department, which has been sug
gested to be composed of rural car
riers and poslmasters OF the third
and fourth class. Owing to the fact
that but one postmaster WAC pres
ent, tie council was not formed
yesterday. A committee was ap-
pointed TO meet with the postmast
ers in this county, and set a date
for forming the proposed welfare
council.
Favored BY c. &. Wise.
Postmaster C. E. Wise of this
city said that he thought the organ
ization OF a welfare council would
work to a good end, both in bust
ness and social way. He said that
the purpose of sie organization was
to increase the efficiency OF the pos
tai service. the improvement of the
working conditions and to bring
about CO. operation between the pos
tai authorities and the public. AN
other object of the formation of
such councils would be to bring
human interest touch into the pos
tal work by treating each employe
as a human being. rather than
mere manual machine or one spoke
in the great wheel of the postal
business.
Mark Strobel. one of the rural
carriers out of Mapleton. gave some
figures which he had kept IN regard
to the expense of running his car,
and of feed and maintenance of a
team used on his route. Generally
speaking il cost him in round mum
hers $50 per month for maintenance
of vehicles for his work an the
routes the year round. Other car
riers present thought that Mr.. Stro-
hel's figures we're conservative Mr..
Strobel gare those figures TO show
why the members present should go
on record as favoring the ketchum
hill. which IL passed wouh provide
Sc per mile per year for mainten-
snce OF vehicles and other means OF
transportation OF the mails. That Is,
a carrier for instance, who has
tw enty mile route, would get $240 a
wear toward the upkeep and main
tenance of his vehicles for the
transportation OF the mails. At the
present time this al has to come
out of the salaries OF the carriers.
Plea For ketchuyn Bill
/, Secretary Burton Alderman OF
Mapleton made a strong plea IN raw
or of the organization going on
record as favoring the Ketchum bill.
and finally resolutions TO that effect
were passed. and copies will be
sent TO the Minnesota members OF
the senate and house lof representa-
: tiyes.
Thunder gave an account or MS
trip to the state meeting. and Sec
Rotary Burton Alderman OF Ma,
pleton of his trip to the national
cejved a number of good pointers
AT those meetings, and had accom- :
plished some things that will be OF
future benefit to all ruraf mail car
riers.
Burton Alderman spoke at some
length on the necessity OF paying
more attention to the matter or
good roads. He has the draft or
bin looking to that end now before
the state legislature.
The election of officers resulted In
all of the old officers being renamed
to succeed themselves. They are: /,
President-George Schram, GOOD
Thunder.
Vice Presidential Johnson.
Secretary Treasurer Ack-
erman, Mapleton.
Executive Board. H. kenney,
Amboy: Owen Hughes Lake Crys-
tai. and Mark Strobel .Mapelton.
Delegates to the state convention
10 be held at Glenwood, Mimi, Aug
ust 10. l923-William Benton. Am :
bow. Frank Lehman, Mankato: Paul
Sperra Good Thunder; Paul Doran,
Madison Lake; Frank Rose, Am :
boy: C. s. Braden, Eagle Lake; and
Mark Strobel, Mapleton.
A committee of three consisting
of Hubert Kenney of Amboy, George
Schram OF Good Thunder and Wal
ter McKennon of Mapleton was
dpDOluLcQ COulCi WIN PooeAie&S
tiers throughout the county in regard
TO the formation of a welfare coun-
Gil, and set date for meeting.
The Yearly Dues
i At the suggestion of Secretary
Treasurer Burton Alderman yearly
dues will be received at 81 for those
who will remit promptly when their
dues are payable. Otherwise, IL a
collector has to be sent around. the
dues will be at the old rate Of So per
year.
Postmaster c. E. Wise of Manka-
to, who was called upon for talk
toward the close of the meeting said
in part as follows:
Postal employees are part of vast
army composing a big organization
serving one hundred and ten million
people. Each one represents the Unit
ed States government, and each one is
trying to help in every way to give
the public the best possible service
The postal business of the United
States is by far the largest business
in the world. and no department OF
the government comes in such close
touch with the public, for this de-
payment serves every man. woman
and child in the country.
Great Strides In Service
Postmaster Wise said that there