Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1918 — MAIL SERVICE ON THE BUM. [ARTICLE]

MAIL SERVICE ON THE BUM.

Possibly never in the history of the government, at least -since the establishment of the present railway system, has the mail service been so inefficient as it. is at -this time. It takes on the average three days to get a letter from Lafayette. Papers mailed at this office daily are delivered at Camp Taylor in bunches of four or five many days after they have all tried to forbear, but with erable complaints from our patrons that their papers are very much delayed and often do not arrive at all. There may be some excuse for tins poor service and during the wir we have all tried to forebear, but witjh the price of the service increased more than fifty per cent the character of the service has depreciated more than it seems necessary. -If our postmaster general would give more attention to the mail, service and allow other public utilities to be managed by competent business men of experience, possibly the inefficiency of a Democratic administration would not be quite co blundering and clearly apparent. .. It is time to relegate to oblmon the old excuse, “It is on account of the war,” and get down to bumness and render service somewhat commensurate with the abnormal price charged. Inefficient public service should be at once deniedjwotection of supposed government regulations and a compensation jn proportion to the service rendered immediately be established. o Let us hope that our era of highpriced but sadly inefficient postal service is near its end. /• •