Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-04-03


longer turn = deaf OF unwilling car to the
demand. Of the people Let vs. apply the
remedy, and grant the rshd that Is asked
The popular compliant requires II. The
sink ,ng conIltion Of The Depsrmeo, 1t.
sell requires ,ha, somr'h'ng BE- done. The
evasion. and violations OF the laws openly
,ud publicly prae,Iced, no, oaly wah impu
nt,v, bu, with the evident eoontensoce and
approval Of public opinion, impef,ousIv re
1uire tina, we should speedily and ttfectu
ally. II possible, remove these causes Of dis.
conten, and of,ransgrcssioo.
SIR. The remedy for all these evils, go
loudly complained Of, is TO be found only 10
q thorough reform OF our presen, Post.Of
| fec system no compromising, halfway
reform bu, thorough, and radical reform ,
n reform which shall reach the vetv root Of
the complain, And here fortunately we are
no, left in the doub, and darkcness of mere
conjecture, or OF un,rled experiment Our
mother country, Great Brlilan. has taken
/ the lead OF US IN this great nlllonal reform /;
and has set as an example not only worthy
OF imitation. but one which commands the
admiration Of the civ .llzcd world
The old rates Of postage in England were
about the same rs the present rates in the
United States There the old rate. aver.
aged ID cents for each letter and here the
average rate is Ia - cents to each letter
There, as here, were the same loud com
plants that these rates were too high the
same complaints Of the ranking privilege
and It's abuses; the same evnslons and def
auco Of the law; and the slme urgent de.
manls for reform The new system IN
England went into operation the 10Th Of
January 1910, The distinctive features o.
which were first the entire abolition Of The
franking pririieg, Second a uqiform
rate Of one penny (rqulva Ont to two cents
fpr each lc,lct without reference 10 the dis
/ nee II wast) be car led. Third, that any
package, not exceeding half IN ounce IL
weight should be considered as singl,
+ l,uer, snl charged as such, and one penn,
to be charged for every additional hal
ounce md FonuI. Al postage to be par"
IN advance, olherwise double postage 10 b.
, required when taken from the office.
Such is the present simple and liberia
system Of postal arrangements in Grca
Britain. ! need not say. SIR. that II hat
. fully answered the expectations and prom
l'es Of its friends, AMI qnirlrd the fnrs an.
hlslfrd the predictions Of us opponents -
During the year preceding the adoption O
this system the number Of chnrgaplr letter
I which pnss d through the mail was 70, 900,
? O00 During the year following the adop
ton oflhis system the number Ct letters wa.
l93, 100000 In 1912 the number wa
, 204 900 900; in lS43 100000, 900 onc
during the year 1914 the number has ,wo
len 70 100000 900 For the year lS4
the revenue OF the department, odtT defray
( ing all It's own expcnccs, paid ne, lncom
10 tho notionaI treasury of - 1922 $40 II
lS42, IN like manner, 1t paid to the nation
, nj treasury S2,675,3S0 In lsi3 the ne
. amour, Of Thu. revenue, over and above tn
erpences Of the department exceeded tire
millions. Of dollars And from the return
, o. the pact year, II appears that the incom
n was rapidly increasing, and That for the sec
o ond quarter OF the year 1874 the receipts e,
: ecedcd those OF The corresponding quarter fo
= lS43 by 100000 And II appears to b
2 now the settled opinion Of The best Engis
II authorizes, that the revenue will contnu
O 10 augment until will ultimately reac
). and even exceed the amount under the oil
n s,aem Of exorbitant rates
Great and gratifying as,hcse rcsulis ar
n in financial poin, Of view, they are no les
# so upon the commerce, the literature, an
3 social intercourse OF the nation. 1t has gil
:. en- new impulse to irade..and industry. Tn
/. illusrious author OF this new System, Row
+. land Hill and who may be ranked among til
beneiac,ors OF his race, Ia a late pubilcatioi
G says
=. "Mr. Travcrs dispatches ten ,housan
} more prices current per annum than 70
I. merly samples are now dispatched b
q post MIR Charles knigh, says tina, penn
A postage facilitates the distribution OF book.
!. monthly lists former sent only 20 theIor
n don trade, are now sent to the country bool
If sellers Country booksellers have parse
~ three times week instead OF once sma
tradesmen once a week instead oil once
=. moslh
n Accuracy Of books is promoted by
le cheap transmission Of proofs 10 and fro b
= tween the author unI the publisher Mess
Ie rick;ord and Co postage for the ye'
:. 1899 was on 80 600 letters for the yes
,r ending March ls43, was on about 2il
oN 900 Mr Stokes the honorable Sccre,,r
Is to the Parker Society, states that the soclo'
{ could 40, have existed bat Tor he penn
4 postage It rs for rrpflnung che works
=. the English rcfJrmcrs here nre 7 o.
,c subscn bcH It pays yesrly from two hu
IS dred 10 three hundr,i pounds postage
- also pays duty on three thousand ndms
of paper MIR BlcHrr, the author of!h" IT,
4, vgIo, Bible IN ~ languages, shows IN
n the revision which hr rs now giving to b
ID work as II goes through the press, r
al the old system would have cost El 500