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POST AND ORGANIZATION STATIONERY
THE EAGLE PRESS
Portland, Me.
POST EXCHANGE METHODS.
The general methods of conducting a Post Exchange are laid down in official orders and considering the categorical nature of these orders it would seem that the systems in all Exchanges should be almost identical. Such, however, is far from the truth, as there are almost as many systems as there are Exchanges, and a person in charge of one Exchange might have to learn considerable new matter before he would be able to administer the affairs of another Exchange. This variety of systems also causes trouble to auditing officers, exchange councils and to inspectors when they have occasion to go over the books. Some of the systems are unsound in minor particulars, and most of them are poorly designed. All trouble of this nature could be avoided by devising a standard system and installing it in all Exchanges. The advantages of such a proceeding would be manifold and there would be no important disadvantages. In this essay an attempt has been made to evolve such a system, one applicable to any Exchange, representing the best points of many Exchanges and including at all possible points the labor saving results of modern methods. The system here described is not the embodiment of theory alone, but has been through the test of actual trial and has given thorough satisfaction.
In devising any such scheme we must presuppose certain desiderata:—