Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-06-06 | Page 12 | Postmasters of Utah Talk of Business, Chain Letters

Postmasters of Utah Talk Of Business Chain Letters By SHERMAN MILLER The chain letter craze is dead I Business is better The hobb hobby of stamp collecting is an important source of revenue t to the postoffice department These opinions were expressed Thursday by postmasters from al aU parts of or Utah and speakers at the thc fourteenth annual convention of the Utah branch National League of District Postmasters of the United States I Meeting Meeting- in the Newhouse hotel the guardians of the public mail man reviewed the years year's work of the association association association as as- and discussed the problems problems problems lems of postmasters Chain Letter Craze Dead Speaking at the convention C. C THansen T. T T T. Hansen post office inspector i in i charge at Denver pointed out that thil the chain letter craze be became ame a racket and died a natural death when people discovered that they were being swindled According to the speaker the Denver post office had to hire extra to take care of the increase in business when the craze was at its peak The busi business business was tremendous for or 10 days he hc said Chain leters letters letters let- let ers swamped the post office making makIng mak- mak Ing ng it almost impossible to handle the legitimate mail Better Business Indicated Mr Hansen quoted quoted statistics showing that postal receipts re regarded regarded regarded re- re by the post office department department department depart depart- ment as an accurate barometer of Business increased the first 10 months of the fiscal year The in increase increase in- in crease amounted to 10 3 1 per cent in n small post offices and 6 per cent in n larger offices he said The speaker urged the postal officials officials of- of to conduct their post offices as they would private businesses Service Urged Give the people the maximum of service at the minimum of cost he said You should keep in mind that the post office service is a public trust and that the postmaster ter er general the president and the people of the United States expect you rou to conserve the public money Philately was seen by Mr Hansen Hansen Hansen Han- Han sen as an increasingly important source of oC revenue to the post office office of- of fice ice department He pointed out that hat through the philately bureau in Washington n D. D C C. and individual individual individual indi indi- vidual post offices the government governments Is s doing a tremendous business in inthe inthe the he sale of stamps to collectors Trends Discussed Other speakers at the thc convention also noted the postal trends discussed discussed discussed dis dis- dis- dis cussed b by Mr Hansen In reviewing the chain letter situation situation situ situ- atlon G G. Leonard Larsen postmaster ter at nt Sandy said that third class post offices did not have a noticeable noticeable noticeable notice notice- able increase in business because of oC chain letters He Hc explained that the he idea had died before it had a chance to spread to smaller towns Discussing the tho problems of third class postmasters Mr Larsen urged the public to wrap packages better and to pay for post office boxes when the rent becomes due Greeted lJ by Substituting for Cor Mayor Louis Marcus who was unable to attend City Commissioner Geor George e D D. D Keyser Keyser Key Key- ser er greeted the postmasters Other speakers who talked on technical problems connected with the he postal service were E E E. J J. J Bost supply clerIc clerk of oC the Salt Lake City post office Jesse D. D Barlow postmaster postmaster post- post master naster at Clearfield Post Office inspector E E. L L. Jackson of Provo Postmaster Urban S. S Madsen of Fountain Green and W W. E E. Block assistant postmaster of ot Salt Lake City To Elect Officers Sessions were conducted at 10 a. a m. m and 2 p p. p m. m under direction of Postmaster H J. J Sheffield of Kays- Kays ille ilk president of the association With the election of officers and further discussion of postal problems problems lems ems scheduled as business the convention will continue Friday