Show WILL BRACE UP POSTAL SERVICE General Hitchcock Visits Salt Lake in Course of an In Inspection Inspection Inspection Tour SALARIES TO BE ADJUSTED TO MEET HIGH LIVING COSTS IN CERTAIN LOCALITIES First Assistant Postmaster General F FH FH FH H Hitchcock paid Salt sat Lake a short visit yesterday esterday while on his way from Butte Mont to Los Angeles Cal During his stay here he was entertained by Post Postmaster Postmaster master masler A L Ij I Thomas and Assistant nt Post Postmaster Postmaster master Kesler The object of my m trip Into Inlo the west said General Hitchcock Is to collect data dala and get together all the facts pos possible possible possible sible to lo lay before congress this win vin winter winter vinter ter with a view toward getting a high higher er rate of salary Into effect for em of the department In sections of the country where living ex cx expenses expenses make It impossible for a man to tov toI v I 4 V VI I La I I If IN II f N I j jI I F H HITCHCOCK First Assistant Postmaster General who was a visitor In Salt Lake Thursday work for the scale of at wages passed by congress at last winters session It Is my Intention to lo have the law give us dIscretionary powers In regard to the fixing of salaries so that when a postmaster or an Inspector recommends that an be paid a higher rate than the minimum scale we will have havethe havethe havethe the power to comply with his request without waiting for congress to act upon the matter mailer matterI I was pleased to lo accomplish what I Idid Idid Idid did last year in getting gelling a law passed defining the various grades of service paying a premium for length of service for I believe bellee that this will Insure us better beller men In the department However I realize that the minimum salary which Is paid to beginners In parts arts of the west w st stIs Is not sufficient to insure the employ employment employment ment and retaining of the best sort of men The object of f my trip Is to lo get the various Inspectors and md nd postmasters in these localities together and find out Just what It takes to make mako a position attractive to the right sort of men And when hen I find this out I am go goIng goIng going Ing to go personally before the congressional congressional congressional committees In Washington Yas and pre present present present sent the matter mailer in a way that will wm In Insure Insure inSure sure success Few Pew people who live In the east real realize realIze realize ize the great difference in living expenses that thai exist In the west wesl and more capeci especially ally In the mining camps of Montana and Nevada and I am here ere because I feel that the Information I can gather from personal observation at first hand will willbe willbe be he a greater help than all an the statistics that could be gathered by bv congress General Hitchcock tk Is a young man with extremely extreme i pleasing manners He did not say sa whether or not he thought Salt Lake would be entitled to lo an Increase but It was gathered from his remarks that should postmaster th at this point deem deeman an advance necessary to obtain and re retain retain tain tam high class men Salt Lake would be considered as well as an other point |