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Show it II F J f,', READJUSTING RURAL ll J MAIL DELIVERY IjnUI j Tho post olllco department Is said llll f to bo getting many complaints about jilM J readjustment ot rural mall routes. IIUI I Tho goxernment Is trying to oxtend II u! I tho service stl 1 further without in- jn I ci easing costs. That moans rear- II It ranging tho routes so as to tako In jjn j moro territory. It will bo a problem lljjl to meet nil tho conflicting demnnds SI j from localities and patrons, jjj j 1 When tho borvlco first started car- yjj rlors got only nbout $300 a year. flJU 1 Now they havo becomo an important jlni j body, with political inllucnco nnd nro Hhl usually paid about $1200 n year. As jljll f thoy liuo to furnish tholr own teams jnjl a or automobl'os, this may not bo too H 1 much. Hut with tho tendency ot iBlH I government Jobs to bo soft, the dc- I ( partment should seo to It that It I , gets a fair and reasonable day's work I in every case. K It must ho enormously difficult for Ml m I men in an olllco at Washington to HHl I bit down at their desks and urrange Km everything in a practical way. A I routo may look perfectly good on tho map. Hut it may bo composed of rai I J roads o rough or hilly as to bo lm- II mfi prnctlcnblo. H m No ono wants to bo at tho tall end III B ot n routo n'ul unaU,Q t0 Kct n,B mnl1 111 until lato in tlio day. Tow people Hl like to rtcelvo their mall from a' rU j K 1 routo running out of somo distant K I i I ! pout olllco, ns thoy huvo o glvo their Rl ccrrekpondents an address previous- i I . ,y ly unVnowa. which causes confusion, ill jf i ' 1'll aUo I." often unpopular for rca-KjS'Lii rca-KjS'Lii ij g0n3 et acntlu".vl If tho carrier Btarts on his work early ho misses newspapers and ninlls that ho ought to deliver. If he starts late, tho patrons gmmb!o nt tho delay. To tho mnn sitting at tho desk In Washington, this conflict of Interests must seem Impossible to roconsllo. Tho pat! ons Bhould keep In mind tho enormous cost of tho servlco nnd ho caioful not to ask too much. It Is of course desirable for business rca-son-j thut a farmer Bhould get his mall In season to answer Important 'ettcrn tho oamo dny. Rut In most enses this In not vital. licn if tho lonely farm houso doos not got Its newspapers andNmall until tho evening even-ing lamp Is lighted, tho government la still rendering It n wonderful and Incomparablo sonlco. |
