The Marlin Democrat
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, March 3, 1904
OF INTEREST TO RURAL CARRIERS
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To Be Confined To Mail Service With
More Pay
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The movement started some time since,
to increase the pay of rural free delivery carriers is making good progress in
congress, according to the following news item from Washington City:
"The committee on post office and post roads has
prepared a report recommending an increase in the pay of rural route carriers
from $600 to $750 a year and denying to them the option of becoming the special
agents or private concerns that may seek their services for hire. The report
grants living compensation to a deserving class and strikes at a system that, if
carried to its perfect fruitage, would bring demoralization and corruption to an
important arm of the government's service. Rural mail delivery seems to have
come to stay. It is the best thing the administration has done for the farm
communities in recent years. The army of 21,000 carriers may now feel the
dignity and educational worth of their vocation. With increased pay, they will
be able to represent the government - and not private interests - the same as
the city carriers do now."
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by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas.