WORK OF POST offices I 1 report of the department for the fiscal year ENORMOUS S SALE ALE OF STAMPS shows a i deficit of over nine millions ns as compared with five millions the year tear before Prill franking aking privilege lego and rates kates tor for benevolent P publications abused by advertising ver printers washington nov 11 first assistant postmaster general gendral frank jones has submitted ills hla annual report to the postmaster general it la Is a review of 0 the work in the department under his charge for the lie year ending june 30 and contains hla his recommendations tor for improvement ot of the service sir mr jones jonca recommends legislation to protect the post marking stamp in use at post offices as the stamp la Is now being used for unlawful purposes he renews hla his recommendation tor for legislation to prevent the boycotting ot of postmasters by mailing ot of letters at places place other than the office which results in reducing the salaries of the postmasters boycotted ile he calls especial attention to the misuse of the franking privilege lie he says there seems to ie be some misapprehension among members of congress as to the scope of the franking privilege which has resulted in some pos postmasters I 1 mas declining to send speeches or other matter presented for cor mailing and this department has been called upon to give special instructions in ia such matters matter advertising IS FRANKED instead of 0 the name being written or placed on the envelope by the hand stamp it has been jai in some instances improperly printed thereon the speeches spee clies thereto therein contained have borne advertisements adjei tor for the printers which formed no part ol of the congressional record and therefore are subject to postage as third class matter in addition to this some of the packages r sent calt by mail under the frank of the member have been found after d delivery c livery to contain printed matter outside of the congressional record and public documents and are therefore not tran kable under the laws above quoted the literature being sent under sea seal the department Is of course unable to detect every violation there Is no penalty attached to the misuse of the franking privilege hence no action cabbe can be taken by me further than to call the attention of the member to the matter As is this department to la required to carry without one cent of revenue hundreds of tons of franked matter additional limitations should be placed on oil tile the use of the frank or penalty of fit some kind imposed for it its a unlawful use and I 1 respectfully suggest that the attention of congress be called to tills this matter for such action as it should deem proper AS TO SALARIES sir mr jones recommends legislation allowing the suspension without pay not to exceed ten felt days of 0 employees violating the postal rules also alio that disabled employees may be ar granted slated leaves of absence with con continued till aed pay also some changes in the c classification of salaries which were heretofore recommended the report gives details of the different divisions of the first assistant anop office it is shown by the salary and allowance division that there are arc first class offices ig second class and ana third class the aggregate salaries ot of these was and aggregate receipts the following estimates are made tor for the salaices sal ailes clerks etc tor for the next I 1 year compensations of postmasters clerks in post offices rent fuel and light first and second class miscellaneous incidentals a Is and furniture first and second class post offices advertising first and second class 15 rental canceling machines mr jones says owing to the scant appropriation the free delivery system has been curtailed there have been no new offices made free dell delivery ery during the year there lias has been a slight increase in the number ot of car there has been a settle settlement tn ent ot of many overtime claims ot of carriers during the year mr jones corn commends mends as heartily as he did last year the experimental experiment at tree free delivery and the rural it free delivery tried by ills his predecessor he estimates the tree free delivery service for th the e next elext year at the eftim estimate ate for r supplies caPil lim at ill the postoffice Posto Post inco office department Is tU 1500 a decrease of from the present year MONEY orden the money order business shows that offices were constituted money order offices during the year the amount ot of orders issued was amount paid 1 1 31 i expenses the issue or of postal notes was postal notes note paid the postal notes have been by act of 0 congress the amount or of international money orders issued was 3 foreign issues paid ot of the operations ot of tale dead letter onice office mr air jones says the number of pieces of 0 original dead mall mail matter received du ing the year tor for treatment nt was a decrease of 0 2 pieces from the preceding year instead ln of an annual increase ot of class ot of matter which in 1893 amounted to these figures show a difference in n favor of the I 1 last ast year over r hie 01 one I 1 e 0 of f and in 1 a larger degree of 0 efficiency on the part of the general postal service PARCELS AND LETTERS the number of parac parcels is anil and letters delivered was a gain of 0 pieces items the highest percentage in delivery I 1 ivory of 0 duall yet attained by the d dead cad letter office of the letters and parcels opened end and recorded coll contained talked money amounting to 3 sa 5 con talked drafts money orders etc wi with th a face value of 0 1063 GS contained postal notes value con coll paid notes receipts legal and other papers ot of a in miscellaneous character contained photographs HS contained postage stamps contal nud ined arti articles c I 1 ell a of 0 merchandise book etc 1000 contained manuscripts and were without separate in closures and were returned to the writers when wheat practicable otherwise destroyed without record there wore were restored to the owners letters containing containing drafts notes money orders etc with a face value ot of postal note nota letters value 5 5 08 09 containing miscellaneous papers papel a containing merchandise books etc containing photographs containing postage stamps containing manuscript and without separate enclosures of value the remainder being either cither riot not returnable or in ot of there were received at the de dead ad letter onlie 1709 pieces glecer ot of mall mail from foreign countries and returned to foreign coun tilo tiles ai all GREEN GOODS MAIL I 1 mr jones sass sas s elat so ho vigorously cigol bously 1 have 1 v ats tile tha of at tile the act or of colli g 1 v lien enorch enor cd to t prevent tile alie malla front from llila aln used for fraudulent purposes ies that green breen b reen chood men do I 1 not now undertake to r receive belve replies til rough the mall mail but ese lise the telegraph entirely there are now recorded in the department 2611 fictitious names and addresses adopted by these green goods swindlers lers not one of whom horn 1 is arel receiving 11 ng letters by rn mall all which are addressed to the names div en jn in the circulars postoffice POST costor OFFICE rice REVENUES the revenue ot of the nce dopart department part ment for the year ending juno june 30 1894 shows allows a falling off while the expenditures tures c res have increased the ded clency for the fiscal year ot of 1893 was waa while the deficiency for 1894 Is ia the decrease of receipts was SI and the increase of 0 expenditures tile the total expenditures for 1894 Is 4 and re the department suffered losses amounting to by outstanding bad debts and compromises with debtors the difference will be made up by appropriations some of the facts regarding the columbian stamps taken from the report ot of the third assistant postmaster general are interesting these were issued during the time the order was in force columbian stamps stampa of these were 2 cent stamps and 1 cent stamps A review of the transfer ot of stamp printing painting from tile the american bank note company to the bureau of engraving and printing Is made and it I 1 is declared that notwithstanding the com made of the character 0 of the stamps issued by the bureau it has blen been successful and there will be a saving to the government ot of 2261 tor for one year and tor for four years benevolent publications the third assistant postmaster gen eral criticizes criticises the act ot of july 16 1894 which allowed admission to the malls mails as second class matter publications of benevolent and charitable associations mostly secret society publications he says that since that act forty six publications licati ons heretofore excluded have been admitted to the malls whose annual aggregate circulation Is about copies the estimated weight of t this his ma matter ater Is about pounds he says many of these publications are purey purely advertising sheets sheet or circulars but as they conform to the law they cannot be excluded there has been a falling failing oft off in registered letters during the year ot of the total pieces registered amounting to there have been complaint cases of registered packages lost list during the year ot of which were investigated by the chief inspector and 1657 1057 are still outstanding of those investigated there was no loss in 2433 land and a loss ir in 1826 with an actual loss after being traced ot of