Taft Reforms Postal Service Promise of Cheaper Postage
Under Postmaster General Hitchcock Taft aims to end the department deficit and push reforms. The postal system shows a surplus last year after a previous deficit of 17.5 million, with thousands of new post offices and rural routes expanding service while costs stay controlled. Plans include cost-based postage, potential penny postage, village free delivery, and domestic parcel post ideas, with three $50,000 items noted for consideration.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
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Postal Service Expands Salaries and Savings Banks Gain
Salaries for rural carriers post office clerks and city letter carriers rose to new levels with average annual increases from 869 to 967 dollars for rural carriers 979 to 1082 for clerks 1021 to 1084 for city carriers and 1168 to 1183 for railway postal clerks. The postal savings system created in 1910 now operates at 7500 offices and aims to reach 40000. Deposits may reach 50 million by year end while operating costs are covered. The Taft administration pursued mail fraud prosecutions with 529 indictments and 184 convictions and reforms include streamlined periodical handling and parcel post studies.
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Taft
Post Office Department
Taft Defeats Railroads to Stop Freight Rate Increase
Taft used firm action to curb railroad rate hikes before the new rate law. He warned railroads of court action and helped shape legislation shifting proof of rate reasonableness to the railroads. The ICC later denied their proposed increase after reviewing their showing.
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Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fiscal reforms produce results under Taft administration
The treasury department has reduced annual costs by 2.5 million dollars a year, a ten percent saving, while business volume rose ten percent. Fines exceed five million dollars from frauds on customs, with jail terms for smugglers. Internal revenue collections hit a record 322 million dollars with lower costs per dollar. Printing and minting savings, postal and stationery efficiencies, and a vast number of abolished unnecessary positions support the claim that reforms have made government more economical and free of political manipulation.
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