Show post office aucta auctions ons gifts gift lost in mails uncle sam will soon make profits by selling christmas presents sent through the mails but he would much rather deliver theland the them mand and he would if he knew where they were supposed to go american people are so rich and in in such a hurry that they dont even take the pains to see that their gifts sent by mail are properly wrapped and addressed of course all are not careless about it but the postmen do have a hard time during the holidays extra mail clerks receive millions of dollars in wages and a good share of this extra force is kept busy handling poorly wrapped and improperly addressed packages many thousands of christmas gifts will be sold because they contain no clew concerning their sender or the tha intended destination the department of the inquiry section seki tion of the post office in large cities resembles a warehouse some gifts cannot be held long such as alligators from florida live chickens turkeys or fruits these are quickly sold and the sale price held in a fund which is ultimately turned into the treasury when all efforts have been exhausted the un unidentified and unclaimed packages are sold by an auctioneer |