Show J NATION LOSES ON LONG HAULS Inquiry Inq y Reveals That Railroads and Express Companies Are Getting Best of it Washington Jan 29 That the gov gm government Is handling long hauls of ot man mail mailat manat at a t low rate and consequently at little or no profit or at an actual loss while express e companies and rail mH railroads roads are making short hauls and reaping good financial results was wan the general opinion expressed today toda at nt tho the Inquiry Into second class mall mail rates by b the house committee on post postoffice postoffice office and post roads Don C Seltz Seitz publisher of or tho the New NewYork NewYork York World and chairman of f the pos postal pOStal postal tal committee of or the tho Newspaper Pub Pith Publishers ushers lishers association gave Jno tho commit committee tee tea his views upon many features of tho the postal service Mr Soltz declared that the postal deficit would bo be forty million dollars instead of or seventeen as at present If it the department backed by y congress did not go out alter after business as an business house would woul do doThe doThio j The Tho department must decide he said whether It will be bo run for a ana be ho benevolent purpose or a business last institution He hollered railroads wore were not so BO much mitch overpaid by hy tho the govern government mont ment nn Of they were J y the government He Ie thought the gov government OY ov should establish a parcel pa f post and ancl give Sho the tho rural carriers mor morto morto to carry carr than a fow letters and aud nt same samo time timo afford tho the government ad additional additional revenue rO |