The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-13
P0ST0FFICE'S
N. W. BUSINESS
is INCREASING
w. Irving Glover, Third As
sistant PostmaSter-Genera
Finds Volume Growing
New RurakMail Route To Be
Established Out of Bis
marck Beginning May l


There is talk of slowing up of
business in the nation generally, but
the United States postoffice depart
ment finds none of it.
There is talk of calamitous condi
tions in the Northwest, but the post
offlce department is unable to dis
cover basis for such talk.
These observations were made by
W. Irving Glover of Washington, d.
T., postmaster-general of the United
States, in charge of the finance d.
vision of the postmaster generals Of
flee, in Bismarck today. Mr.. Glover
was here to inspect the Bismarck
postoffice, consult with Postmaster
Murphy, Assistant Postmaster Lund-
quist and others. He came here from
Montana and leaves tonight for Far
go. He has been in South Dakota.
81 think from what | have seen in
the postoffice-and that's pretty
good barometer of trade-that bust
ness conditions are better than they
were in the Northwest" said Mr..
Glover. "Thert seems to be more
spending money, more of buying
spirit than there was.
"Postotfices throughout this North
west section of the country show an
increase in business as we'll as 9TH
er sections Of the country"
Mr.. Glover, having been here last
year to address the postal officials
convention, during which he was in
strumental in providing a new star
route to bring mail from TT. Yates
with more speed, compared conditions
to those found on his visit year
ago.
Business On Increase
Regarding the entire country he
said that there was a II percent in
crease in the postal business in tie
entire nation. Asked of reports Of
slowing up of business, he said:
I'VE can't find it. The south is
prosperous. Business in the No' tn
west is increasing, there has been
an increase in the middle west and
the large cities Of the east are pros
porous. For example, there was an
increase in the postal business in
New York, Chicago and Boston OF a
million and half dollars in Febru-
ary over February year ago, and
these large cities usually do not show
an increase unless the rest of the
country is feeding business to them,'
No Conferences
Mr.. Glover's tour of inspection, as
that being made by other high Off
cials in the postal department at
Washington, is follow-up of the
system inaugurated last
year by Postmaster General Harry 5.
New. The acknowledgement this
year decided to call no conferences
because it is presidential year, and
ne desired to avoid any implication
that postmasters were being called
together in any states for political
purposes.
The United States Senate, Mr.. Glo-
yer said, has restored appropriation
TENS for day and night aerial mail
% San Francisco; and the matter Will
20 to a conference The department,
le said, is hopeful that the ranS-con-
mental aerial man may be contlhu-
I'd, and he believes success in this
service will mean eventually estab-
ishment of lateral routes, which pro-
,ably would include aerial mail SER
,ice from Chicago into the Northwest,
perhaps through Bismarck to Seattle.
New Rural Route
Mr.. Glover planned to discuss post
,ffice conditions in this section dur
ng the day. There. has been author
zed by the department a new rural
nail route out of the Bismarck post
,ffice, which will be the second route.
t is to be established May l, and
will run south from Bismarck past
It. Lincoln and. return by way OF
Apple Creek east of the city, the
quite being horseshoe shaped and
2 miles in length. At first service
Will be on a tri-weekly basis, as are
Ill new routes, but is is expected
hat if the business volume is suffi-
lent it will become daily route.