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Show Boost for Better Mail Service. Editor Garland Globe: It would be unusual if a criticism criti-cism of anything, if at all unfavorable, un-favorable, should not bo followed follow-ed by a reply. Puddin Hoad Wilson said it was "a difference of opinion Avhich makes horse races and so it is with our mail service. I regret exceedingly that your last week's correspondent corres-pondent should drag tho "ousting" "oust-ing" feature into the controversy. contro-versy. I.tdoscn't make an iota's difference to me who controlls Garland's oflioe. If someone else is petitioning for a change that's their business, not mino. I'm after no more than hotter s e r v i c e no matter how it comes. This isn't a very sympathetic age. If tho present incumbent has had the postoffico for years thoy' ve been paid for it. That's all. Because the chief of police of Cleveland had hold office for a long time and was oven pronounced pro-nounced by Theodore Roosevelt Roose-velt tho best hoad of a police force in the U. S., did not prevent pre-vent his being arrosted and suspended sus-pended from office for gotting drunk tho other day. Noither does long, continued service in the mail department justify in-excusible in-excusible carolessnoss,although it is often the cause of the same. Business people are in the business' for "the money." They accomodate if it is to their interest. It is not hard-heart-ednoss to suppose the same of the mail businoss. Most business busi-ness people are liko farmers. They'll accept $15.00 u ton for hay oven if it is only worth $(5.00 whon it comes their way. Six dollars for live tons of hay is $30.00 on an investment of $100.00 for an acre of ground. There aren't any business peo-plo peo-plo in this town making quito that largo a percent, taking all in all, and so they don't liko to have businsss intorfored with in any way. Last week, aftor all tho stir my previous article mado, a prominent business house in Garland received, after 10 days, a returned letter marked mark-ed "Missent." It was directed to the Consolidated Wagon and MachinoCo,, Ogden, Utah, aud was typo-written. Tho Garland post mark shows the date of the stamp, the onvolope has no other post-mark on it, showing that it had not left tho Garland WM office. Ten days after the mark fl it wus returned to the sender, not to Ogden, marked "Mis- sent." The lottor contained an ordor for goods which soil only at this season of the year. It cost that firm considerable tele- phono exponce, thoy lost niauy sales and will have goods bo carry over for another year. A gentleman received a letter from tho Bank. He went to the cashier with tho letter and ask-ed ask-ed if thoy wore in the habit of sending mail in that way. It had been oponcd aud re-scaled with mucilage and covered with dirty linger marks. Evidently someone olso had gotten the lottor and opened "by mistake." The two previous instances illustrate for what I am contend-ing. contend-ing. Generally tho public know that they libel themselves to the extont of $200.00, but they don't liko it to occur because of cur-lessness. cur-lessness. Alva Rhodes letter was addressed to him, but his initials wero used instead of Alva. Tho person lined for a misdemeanor worked a week at tho Sugar Co. after giving the order. The package containing newels was insured a very common way of sending articles. T believe such mistakes iuv eaused because of'too many fin-gers fin-gers in tho pio." Ihavoseen at least nine different persons tak-ing tak-ing care of tho mail. T'll name. them: Eva C. Wilcox, O. L Wilcox, Lucy A. Clark, Anna Wilcox. Louise Clark, George Clark, If. S. Uice, Edith Rice, and Finnic King. What can 'M you expect? ''M Now a new postoffico wouldn't 'M bankrupt any one. We. ought to have i' if only to please Trc- jfl monton. The previous writter didn't say much about that. If we had it employees only would handle mail. There is no more reason why the rural carrier should select his mail than that the carrier at the de-pot de-pot . Both should have it hand- j. ed out to them. Boost! and Boost again! Tm-provoment Tm-provoment is our motto! Lot boost for Garland; first, last and all tho time. ; Citizen. |