Show SMITHS REPORT I ON POSTAL AFFAIRS I It I Excess of Over Receipts 3 92 DELIVERY IY A SUCCESS SS nl tit to tl CRIll 1 nn aim lor ItJI iii l I Washington Nov 27 In the annual report of ot the tie made public t duy Clon lou el Smith that hint tho lie total receipts of ot this department for Cor or orthe tho the fiscal year ended Juno 39 30 31 wore wel tim till expenditures 2087 and Ind excess of expenses over re ru receipts of ot Willo tin tIm expenditures In II tho or ordinary 01 development add through vari various variOUs van ous Otis extensions of ot the tho are ar greater than for the time preceding year the Is less lew 11 Un Under UI Under der del present In prosperous tho the Increase of ot receipts IB iii 11 fortu tortu fortunately that tho the Inevitable II In Increase 11 increase crease of outlay and for or several years the tho has haH been cen steadIly smaller He Hu estimate tho time deficit lam for 1002 at and for tor 1003 1903 at It 2710 Oon GOI lou Smith n a 1 chapter chanter to tho thin abuses of ot matter and amid BUK sug b 1111 u I remedy thorer rural free freo delivery ho lie shows that by h December 1 I routes will wi bo ho 10 running anti and by July 1 1902 thin will viii wl Increase to Ho lIe 10 elaborated upon the tho system and shows that whirr wherever wherever ever amer It II Is put In effect an aim ni Increase In Iii revenue Is I shown hown The Tho ho carriers ho lie would have brought Under tinder civil civi service rules Ho 10 gives figures showing the tho work of ot the time service In n tuba Cuba uba and the tha Philippines which Is a mm 1 gratifying exhibit The Tho for an aim of for tor pneumatic tube tuba Jo service Is renewed I time the parcels post discussed tho the volume of money one order business Is shown to have havo hlo largely Increased free tree delivery dolver service In cities elte Is II shown to cost COlt 60 50 cents centa per ver capita per pel annum In iii Inthe the tho cities served length of ot utah mail mal trans routes was Increased during tho ho year the tho automobile as RS u a I menus of ot transporting mail mal la Is II referred to as also In is II ele service railway mall mail lal service Is extended Several recommendations for tor legisla legislation tion are nrc submitted for tor consideration of Congress ton Among mon these are Ile the time follow following Colow followIng ing That time the maximum fee tee tam for u n money order may la ho bo fixed at nt 25 20 cents II of at 30 cents that a n fund be c created out nut of ot the tho salaries of or railway mall clerks to provide e for tho time retire retirement ment of mich fuch Clerks lerk as aR have havo after long lOlI periods of service become Incapacitated tot for active duty dut that lint publishers bo ho re ro required to mako make a t preliminary separation separation tion ton of at newspapers under the LImo direction of ot tho lie department as a n condition under which they shall enjoy tho the exceedingly liberal l arl rates rt l provided for tor carrying seem rec leo through tIme the mails mals that til tho the Interstate commerce law luw be amended to prohibit common carriers to wit wi telegraph anti and express com corn companies panics or army any alY of ot their emploY s train from aiding and abetting In the time or lottery swindles or OJ other scheme schema carried on partly by ninth mull mul anti and partly party by common carrier and which Is In lim violation of at the postal laws |