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The Postal System
of The United States
and
The New York
General Post Office
Prepared and Issued by
Manufacturers Trust Company
New York Brooklyn Queens
THE POSTAL SYSTEM
OF THE UNITED STATES
and
THE NEW YORK
GENERAL POST OFFICE
BY
THOMAS C. JEFFRIES
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
MANUFACTURERS TRUST COMPANY
Copyright, 1922, by
MANUFACTURERS TRUST COMPANY
Honorable Hubert Work, Postmaster General.
Honorable Hubert Work, Postmaster-General,was a practising physician for many years in Colorado prior to entering government service,and was also President of the American Medical Association. He served as first assistantpostmaster-general under Postmaster-General Will H. Hays, his predecessor, who, uponassuming management of the Post-office Department, practically dedicated it as an institutionfor service and not for politics or profit. Since that time all possible efforts have beenmade to humanize it.
The administration of Mr. Hays was ably assistedby Mr. Work who had direct supervisionof the 52,000 post-offices and more than two-thirdsof all postal workers. By persistent effortsto build up the spirit of the great army of postalworkers and bring the public and the post-officeinto closer contact and more intimate relationship,the postal system has been placed at last on afooting of service to the public.
Mr. Work is an exponent of a businessadministration of the postal service, and representativesof the larger business organizations and Chambersof Commerce, from time to time, are called intoconference, in order that the benefit of their suggestionsand their experience may be obtainedand their fullest co-operation enlisted in the campaignfor postal improvement.
Statement Prepared for the
Manufacturers Trust Company
By Honorable Hubert Work, postmaster-general
The need for a more general understanding ofthe purpose of the postal establishment, its internalworkings and the problems of operation,is paramount if it is to afford the ultimate service whichit is prepared to render.
The business man, whose success is definitelyconnected with its smooth operation, especially should beconcerned with the directions for its use. The post-officefunctions automatically, so far as he is concerned,after he drops the letter into