Show 1 NE r P UPA T Postmaster General Payne Makes Ills His Annual Report for the thc Fiscal 1 ll Year 1 car Ending June JUlIC 30 1903 HE NE RECOMMENDS LEGISLATION There Was a Deficit for the Year carI car I Int tI Resulted In of Bureaus Jon Jan 10 lo annual re report reo report port rort of 0 General Payne PaJa for tor forthe the he year ear car ending Juno 30 made glade r public bl t tonight n M It u shows hoM Ul the tho tol lowing 10 nl o as a 0 w of the thc n oper Per of or the Iho department for that year ear with h the tho eor 1902 1002 1903 po lul Ordinary q I ro It II from frommon order mon money G 6 a ToM poll nil I from u H Jt To Total 1111 year Excels 0 of inures over rc crypts I In I II An n n Increase e In hl the tho lie deficit over Oer the tho year of 0 HO which M I I pr less IC 14 than tho estl I filed deficit for to I the year eal I IOn 1905 The estimate c of or tho the and expenditures of oC the department for tor the Iho fiscal final 1 year 1111 ending Juno June 30 1905 1906 which has ban h been heen to the tho secretary of or the treasury tr Is IN as mud follows Total postal re year oar ending em Ing June Jue 30 1903 Add Adel 9 I per refit 87 I r revenue for Cor 1901 1 01 for tor 1901 1904 f d for tor 1901 1101 1 05 83 88 E revenue for tor foroi 1904 oi 14 9 per cent i 1 5 Estimated revenue for tor 1 Estimated for or f deficit for Cor 1906 1905 f estimate Is IN upon the th or di i nary ry Of tho the without withal taking I Into lino tho the effect upon the tho revenues 01 or expenses of any 1 which may bay bo be enacted liy the thc present Congress I I I The Thc following for tor torI I 1 I lIlIon orno of or which have hale hereto heretofore tort lore been made are lire submitted for Cor tho the of or Congress 1 I That proper legislation be he enact enacted M eJ to title to block blo k No o 32 In 10 the city lIl of or Washington Mr CM the our pur purt lur lurI tos t I ne i of n erecting ert an nil annex to Iho tho ho pres Illes present I tnt eat department building 2 That a II lump sun sum appropriation for tor clerks derk In the hn ho first and I L In III allowed Instead of or nn at ap appropriation for tor clerks by h grades as nil at nt present nl 3 1 That where a II clerIc clerk or 01 letter lott r has been lJ 25 years In the service nn and l shall have attained the ISO age of oC G Gears Gi j years rears ears the gen ral shall ho ha upon the thc recommendation of 0 the thc postmaster to 10 employ a n I substitute I tote lute tor fur surd such clerk derk or letter lutter carrier I which substitute receive not to tn exceed t of 01 his hit salary the tha theother other ene to go to such ctrl clerk or orletter letter Idler canler t i Thit ThU a n s of ot checks ch Iv tai authorized by hy Congress for tor tho the loo of oC si amounts of or money through h the 1111 6 That Congress consider the tho pro fro propriety of 0 Izing In lor lorto to lo to receive amounts on nu giving thereon therron a n 1 rate rato of oC In In term not nol lo to exceed l 2 per pur cent per an nil annum num nume e L Tint That a 1 law be enacted to prohibit the tho Lund and maintenance of or to In be ho routed rented 11 for Cor the Iho receipt of Inch without authority front from tho the poet office department 7 i That ThaI a n penalty P lie he provided by hy law for the moiling mailing of 0 explosives or 01 mable mahle matter matterI I I 9 That ThU a n penalty ho bo provided for Cor the counterfeiting of oC an nn post postmarking Io postmarking l marking stamp or for tor tho the use tits of oC such Ruch stamp for tor u an nn n Improper purpose v t i 1 iThe The money money wo we got for Flour Dont do us UI much good Wo Just lust pay It out for wheat with which to moro more Flour The Brand I 9 That a IL law Jaw bo be enacted prevent tu to the supplies II I I hy by convict l li la hor 19 10 1 that action lie be I by toy nu nn the tho report of or the tip p Palmed to select it II fur for n i stew new 11 pout Io t building In the city Illy of or N Neuv CI v 11 It that the provision pro by Con f Congress gress In the Iho last Inu two hills bets for the tho payment ment of 1000 to 10 the legal nf or every mull clerk rink killed In III the tho Hue of oC be hu ex eK extended extended tended to the sub as nu well ell as an anto asto asto to regular clerks 12 That salaries of ot clerks of oC 2 and anil 3 In full Cull rn II 11 III In crown crews where four or more clerks run over oer the entire length leru flu of or the line II lit be ue Increased front from per pcr annum to 10 SI SIper I Iper per lieI annum and it ml from Crom 1000 to 1100 per annum respectively 13 3 That 1 be he had hall providing h 1 Ing a n monthly salary of or not less lees than 30 for JOI ouch elicit clerk In the tho roll rail railway I I way 11 mall service with the understand Inc Ing tn that h he will ln hL subject to 10 the call i of the tho department for tor lit at leant lenAt 11 days labor la bOl n month whether ns as substitute lub or otherwise 14 That t II consider the propriety of nf wanting nn fill annuity to railway clerks who wIlo are i In lino Ilan of or duty or worn out through long Jong 1011 faithful Her eer er vice Ire 16 15 That res In the Hie Interest of oC po service consolidate the tho third and lid fourth classen of 0 mall matter mat matter matte ter te and 11 the till rule mule of postage at nt 1 cent Ht for tor each two 10 ounces or thereof 16 That Congress authorize time the theio io to accept muter the mailings Ina ball III logs of lit largo large quantities of oC Identical pieces pl of or printed matter mutter and ami mull ai articled ides of or m o without th necessity of ot postage stomps stamps to the ual un I Pieces 17 That n a sum suns of ot 30 be Ilc printed to 10 he be Immediately available for the purpose of o enabling the tho de to continue the Installation of ot rural ruml free delivery dellery routes until the tho end of oC the present fiscal year and that Congress authorize an nn In Increase increase crease of lx In the field force In ht connection with rural free flee delivery dellery service lI IS 18 That agents and route inspectors Inspector be he hereafter designated t rural ruml agents 19 That the tile provision lon of law must that rural carriers carrl rg not bo ho prohibited l from harm doing un express package busl bush bushness ness m I be repealed 20 the tho maximum ilary of or a I rural ruml carrier carrl r be bo Increased 21 I The rime net act of oC June Junu 13 3 1893 Ing hll that lint assistant postmaster cash lors lers nod other In lu 11 rc CUI of ot the first second 1 and third classes cs shall RO give Ie bond 1 direct to tho thin United States has not proven tory nary Originally Orl a 1 I was wall rf ro rl under his bond for nit nil receded 1 Null It wim III his duty to account therefore th oven even If n loss lo s was WILS due dim to n subordinate A t l vexatious as liS to responsibility for tOl losses 10 s1 has haM Ilsen aIsen since tho the net act referred 1 to toJ J effective If JC the postmaster ter makes good thin the loss los there theio IH Is no pro pre prevision provision ro vision for Cor him hint to 10 succeed ed to the tho rights of or the United States Stales Sill under the clerks bonds homill If JC It should be bo Judicially deter determined determined mined that Hutt tho the bonding of or tho thin clerk direct to flue tho United States Slates relieves tho oho postmaster tho thin government would world have no recourse In fn time the event ernt the loss exceeded 1 the amount of the tho bond I 1 therefore earnestly renew lenow my lilY recommendation that tho Iho net act be bo repealed loll suggest a n law In be he enacted Meled requiring requirIng ing assistant postmasters lo lorK cashiers and other to give flo bonds to post pest postmasters masters 18 direct and holding postmasters responsible under their hitch own bonds honel I for fOl any 1111 and nil oil nets and defaults oc cc occurring currin at thel respective rr 22 2 rho t nn nu appropriation be made for COl the purpose of ot constructing look lookouts outs nuts wherever In III the opinion of tho the Ih rumo may milY be ho needed 23 That the Interstate commerce hurt 1111 be bo amended to prohibit common ear car carriers to 10 wit wll telegraph and express coot com panics panlee or any uny of or their from frono aiding melding and abetting In lu the green gOIl goods or lottery swindles or any IllY other scheme carried curried on Oil partly by b mall and partly by hy common carrier and which Is In viola lien of oC postal lo laws lave 24 That n a small bo he h made by h Congress for COI the purpose of enabling the thc to In Investigate the tho feasibility of ot telephone Jn In connection with the trie rural tural free freo delivery service 25 That bo bs enacted nu mull the exclusion lon from the malls of all I I mutter matter relating to tu the clans of enterprises known as ae guessing contests contest Congress prohibit by b law II the tho use 1181 of ot the postal service of the tho United States Stat for tor the time promotion of ot carolling schemes no change e be IKS made In the title of the assistant for tor the tho derailment but thit the be made a Il one olle mod that Its Incumbent b be 00 made bade In lit fact Call DM as well as us In III name nnnie an nil of tiC the tho department iU of uC Justice subject to 10 the authority and direction of th the of at the United States that his hlf salary be bo Increased to tu 10 OO 9 Per r In concluding his report Mr Payne wyn f ht It IH is proper to o say that Its prep line hUM been delayed several weeks owing to demands demand upon my In time by b reason Iea on of or the Investigation has been heen made Into the of 01 the de Ill commencing about March 1 1903 und which lute has continued under my direction since that Hint time This ThIH Investigation has resulted In a 11 complete of scone ot of the Iho ut of 0 the department nod It Is hoped hUM hue eradicated all Ir II Irregular regular and criminal practises which tho the Investigation has hI developed iw hay hav having hn log ing toon In existence for several years |