Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-06 | Page 4 | Government in Business

Government in Business THE HE question of whether the e United States X 1 i postoffice department operates at a profit seems to depend depend depend-as as do so man many questions of profit and nd loss loss on on j who vho ho does the figuring Postmaster General Farley says the department made money last year Its revenues were some some hi higher h r than those of 1934 h he says say and there was a net surplus of ot nearly in n the till when the year the year ended On the other hand land there was an item or two which Mr Farey Faricy Faricy Far- Far icy ey forgot forgo to co count t. t Specifically he t tto to o c count upward of f which the de department department de- de spent on Various arious subsidies chiefly ocean cean steamship carriers That at of co course leaves Mr Farleys Farley's profit looking pretty bad Yet there is something to tobe tobe be said for his way of figuring Jt t t is at least a that it t is s hard to judge the postoffice as s a business institution when these subsidies have to to be figured