Show SMAll S GROWS 4 IN TWENTY YEARS r In Sam Same Ti Time e the Expenses Have Increased ThreeFold ThreeFold Three- Three Fold and Now TherIs There Ther Is Handsome Sur Sur- plus Y WASHINGTON April First Fint 21 First Ao- Ao aleta iI ani t Postmaster r General a Daniel C C. C Roper recently made mado some ome Interesting comp comparisons rl on between the service senco of ot otto to today tor to- to q day r r. r and that under the last Dem Democratic a administration tin In n th the brief period Ince 1893 1823 ad said Mf Roper the tho postal receipt receipts receipt's have ha In Increased Increased In- In creased d nearl nearly fourfold a and d the c tute marc there than threefold dold v the n fiscal cal year par ar 1803 1893 General ral Bh Bissell lIen reported to President r Ch Cleveland land that the total revenues of or the tho thelO postal lO tal service were and nd the tho expenditures 90 lending leaving a 1 de deficit de- de for that year cat car of r For tho the fiscal CAt 1913 PO Postmaster General BurI Burleson Burleson Bur- Bur I leson Jon r reported poTted to President Wilson n n. surplus sur sur- plus pins of approximately based on rf receipts receipt of or 63 and expendi expenditures tures of or 83 Had lad there b en a deficit In 1913 In the same ume proportion to the receipts receipt as was aa reported in tS 3 the postal service 1 In- In ad ador of or contributing to toy the tho national revenues revenueS' would o ha required financial a assistance from the treasury my ur to the extent of or more thou Hum It Ik It Interesting to note th that 1 this Is approximately matel the amount of or the postal deficit four years ago The total l number umber of In In opet Mien atlon In Jn 1893 continued Mr Ir Roper was was the number In 1913 H was due mainly to the establishment of or 1000 of or rural routes serving more than i people peole The Tile presidential post- post I offices tF however howe ha e Increased In In number num num- her beT from to In th these e twenty years ears Tile The Pay of or Postmasters J The Th aggregate cost for tho the annual sal- sal r arles of ot these presidential postmasters which range l-ange from 1000 to has Increased In- In cre creased Sel from to In In Including the fourth class chaFe offices office of or which Jn tn 1893 there w were re and In 1913 only the total of or postmasters for tor the two t o years jears under comparison were and respect respect- respectively ively hely TJi Ia latter figure ng however does doe not Include the cost of or the rural mall malt service which has superseded many fourth class and which amount amount- amounted ed In 1913 to The average a annual annual an- an nual compensation atlon of or postmasters has lias Ink in increased In- In k creased creased I from 23 In 1893 to 50 In 1913 1013 Although the receipts receipt of the tho service ha IlIn have Increased nearly nearl fourfold and the number of postal transactions In about the fame ame pt portion tho the force of employee employees em em- 1 h has Increased only from Irom to to As a consequence the Institutional efficiency of or our service serIce Is 18 now hl higher im her than that that of or an any important countr countr country coun coun- tr try y hi th worlds world M In 1893 labor saving sating devices In to post post- offices rn s were practically unknown Today Toda 11 all atlyn atly all n Important orn offices es are are- p equipped r with Ith c com nr 01 or 91 systems highly de developed eloped tables for foi th time facing ln of or mall mali for c cancellation cancelling and other devices that t. perform operation opera dons tion formerly done by hand r. r Immense e Increase in Money Orders I lit in 1890 1893 the money mone order system s stem was tinder r Mr Ir Ropers Roper's Democratic predecessor First Assistant A Postmaster General Frank I JI If Jones Jone and the amount of ot domestic r money order r issued was Witt In J 1893 this service administered b by time the third assistant pp postmaster general reported report report- i If ed l the issuance am of or domestic noncy orders I f amounting to tl 0 6 BO The Time actual actual actual ac ac- number numb of or orders represented by these amOUr amounts were and 1 respectively ely Thew ITeM Mr Roper noer staled in m dl te a aei ei er very largo Increase of orders orders' In smell KID my all 11 amounts 1 Such uch service Is it a a 3 greet Great t boon to that large Urge class cluM who lio Have lia no other other- means of or transmitting small moll sums sums' wifely rely and conveniently not only to Im Important frn- frn l portent centers of tin trade Jo but also aiKO their lr c fiends friends and families In small communities I ties I let cs and a nd on the ra farm rill Mone Money orders orden Which In 1593 were nay nay- able only at t places I arc are now payable payable payable pay pay- able at 4 places The Tho adoption by ny Po Postmaster General Burleson of the tho universal uni w v versal r ul money mone order plan whereby he or e y mall email payments may lna be he made not only at the theoffice theoffice office ot on which an order is drawn but at atan an any monc money order office will greatly In Increase increase in- in crease tho the effectiveness an and popularity of ot this service The Real Postoffice Service The Time bureau o cr which Mr Roper Pro- Pro those sides Bides ties has to do principally with those phases of ot the tho postal service In which tho time I public Is most directly concerned and which are arc generally known as tho postoffice postoffice post office service Ho Fie has 1119 Immediate su- su over all work connected with IUt the tho appointment of ot postmasters tho the location location location loca loca- tion of or postoffice buildings and postal i time the establishment and extension of city delivery service lenlee the tho employment and of or all po clerks and city letter carriers and ami the tho collection and delivery delivery- of or all mall mail In cities cities and n towns town including tho the Immense volume o of or parcel parce 1 post matter which durin during tho time first six months of this new now facility facility wan wat ain In operation opera operation oper oper- a C eded pieces Tim appropriations made by congress cons I for tor Mr Ro Ropers Roper eis ei's service service co for tOl 1913 1913 aggregate aggregate Of or this a amount mount was was for tor rent light and time fuel for presidential an Item that in 1893 was provided provided for by an appropriation of or 81 1 1 notwithstanding time the fact that meanwhile the number of ot federal buildings build ings lags used for has Increased from to In In 1893 said ald Mr Roper only conducted free delivery service In 1913 1013 this number had increased to 1675 The Tho expenditure for this thin service has Increased from to 36 In tho the year twenty period the tho number number num nuni- ber of or persons employed as 81 city elt letter carriers camelS and clerks In has Increased in increased In- In creased from to Wilsons Wilson's Requirements Aro Are Rigid The conduct of ot so 80 extensive c a service would seem to be enough to tax ta th the ca capacity capacity ca- ca of or ono administrative officer to the time utmost but Mr Roper In addition must supervise all work connected with the time appointment appoIntment appointment ap ap- of or postmasters and the re requirements ro re- laid down by Wilson make mako this work more moro exacting than Iun ever er before Twenty years ears ago for example postmaster h ps were awarded principally In return for political services cervices rendered No civil service rules had bad to be observed and necessarily th Interest of ot time the postal service was subordinated to partisanship One of ot the tho first acts of ot President ent Wilson Nilson said Mr Roper Ropers commenting commenting on this phase of or his bureau s work was as to remove remo tho the cloak of ot civil service protection protection tion lion that had been accorded Indiscriminately indiscriminately to postmasters of ot tho the fourth class and to require civil service examination and procedure with respect to tHese o places This Involved more than offices for lor which examinations must be beheld beheld beheld held either chimer b by tho the civil service commission commission commis commis- sion blon or 01 Inspectors and new appointments appointments ap ap- made In addition postmasters post post- misters masters at t presidential offices were to bo ho appointed In n respect to these the rule was adopted adopt adopt- ed that Incumbents should continue continuo In hl office until the time expiration of or their commissions commissions com com- missions provided tl the they rendered efficient service In filling existing vats vat's vacancies of ot which there thero were 1818 1815 at the beginning of this administration and those which would occur from time to time th the president president dent directed that favorable consideration should be given s only to applicants who were qualified for tor th the efficient performance per per- of ot the duties to which thc they aspired as- as and ond who would devote their entire business time and amI personal attention to their official work Not Easy to Be e a Postmaster In lOIn order to comply with this d direction It t was necessary to carefully examine ne and classify the thousands of ot applications an of ot persons de desiring appointments appointments appoint appoint- ments as presidential postmasters and to brier brief these documents In ht such manner as asto asto asto to make easily ascertainable the char character acter and qualifications of each each applicant You wi will I therefore note ob observed d Mr Ir Roper Hoper that although altho civil service ke examination Is not ct yet a n condition to appointment appointment ap- ap ap appointment as a presidential 1 postmaster the ho the painstaking earn care exercised In the M ae- ae of ot these the e officers under this ad administration administration Hd- Hd ministration has the same J objective namely the subordination of ot political C expediency expediency ex ex- to postal Under Uner th the present administration that thatIs Is 18 from March 4 4 1313 1913 to April 1 1 1114 1011 tho limo total number of postmasters appointed appoint 1 ed d H is iS of which HOG arc ara presidential and and are arc offices cs of or the fourth class clans I |