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

thar the Expenditures q he fpN thee ls
partmcn, may BE- greatly enrsilrd, sRhsu,
weakening the eil,cwocy Of Tho service
In consequence of The vsu improvements
IN tho ise,la,r. 81 communicative oil over
the country, wahiu a few wear. rass, a cor.
respond ng eheapness Of transportation for
every thing but val bag, has followed -
LINES OF rail fos1s and .isam bosu in,ersect
oil paris Of the county, connecting iu dif
feren, and MOST distant psr,. The road.
have every where been greatly improved
from former wears and the wrst, and irst,
and consequently the expense, Of coaches
md horses are much lrs ", Nc are oh
! ligcd to paw os much for carrying our let
tiers now as We did fifty years ago What
reason or lusucc 10 there in compelling tho
people Of Troy Tor instance. TO pay ~ "a
cents on = letter from New York, when it
eau be earned at prof, for ccnsf or
IN paying 25 cents from Boston ~ Buffalo,
when /, can bc carried Tor I cents, at rtof
IT Of 100 per cent or necessity, more or
less inequality must exist IN the amount Of
compensation paid for the d1rrcn, kinds 81
mail service IN the United States; ma also
GOV tie same kind, of service ~ d,f..rh,
10 be much greater proximity to som,
standard tate Of compensation than we now
find From table accompanying tho &c.
port the minority of the committee ofihn
House on Post Offices md Post Roads,
made al the last session OF Congress by tho
Hon gentleman from New York at nv
ugh, (Mr Dana, which have read with
some care, and with much profitable IN.
Hructlon, It appears tina, the average cost
OF transporting the mil IN the United
States, including all kinds OF service, is
8 $40 cents Tor every mile on the horse
routes the average cost 10 s rs cents on
the coach routes 8 As cents on the rnl
road and steamboat routes IL as cents.
As there can be little or no competition
with railways and steam boa,.. The Post OF.
flee Department. Is often compelled to sub
nit To the exac,ions OF injurious and frAudu-
lent combinations, and 10 pay q rate for
freight many times larger Than that with
which private individuals are charged. This
is gross abuse Of their prlvileges.an ought
: 10 be put down by tho strong arm Of the law.
and II IL one OF those abuses IN tho suppress
J sion Of which the whole body OF the onllght
onel community will concut There can be
no doubt think, but thai It 10 within the lo-
gi,ima,e power Of the government 10y the aid
OF Congress, 10 require all public carriers 10
T transport the mails al rates as removable as
Tor private individuals To asset tia, these
corporations and companies may exercise an
unlimited and arbitrary power of htiny one
rate for tho government mails, and another
( for private freight, and that tho government
cannot interfere, nor in any way conttnl It
il 10 admit a degree OF fssbIeness In tho
constitution which would render IL unfit
, to promote the general welfare" uf tho
nation Tor which II was formed" Cumpar-
9 ing the expense OF the service between thu
Z Northern and Southern States, counting oil
! the Slave States on onc side and the Free
: States upon the other. we find the average
, expense per mile on the horse routes al the
4 north to be A 7llO0 cents, ut the south
!, D G7.l0G cents. in coaches OF the north
g 7 1900 cents, at the south 90 100 cents
5 By s,eunSoas and rail ronds, at the north
j. 10 l2.l00 cents, ut the south. Is 6s.lOO
II cents and the average Of all kinds Of mail
service al the north IS cents per mile
, while nj the south it is 10 | s cents Thus
), it appears that,he average Of every kind Of
e service ut the South is nbou, one third moro
: expensive than nj tho north so that about
n three dollars are pad for mail service a,
n the south where we pay bu, two a, tho
Il north.
;, The inquiry naturally suggests itself to
" us Of the north, is there any necessity for
). this great dsparity1 ! am compelled to
DENY TINT there is. Your labor nj The South
e IS cheaper than "a, the North; aud YOU
X have told US so repeatedly on tn, npor
y No. Sir, thl, inequality is found in other
p a.. Il
= wan, Of those enierprl'ing habits OF busi.
, ness among the people Of the South, which
!. charncterIze the people Of the free States Of
e the North. LIT the s,,ent1n OF the North
y be directed to this subject let northern en-.
5 terprise and the spirit OF competition be in
s. voked 10 engage IN this business end I
n venture the assertion that the mail service
II nj The South wit be performed neatly OF
&c quite as cheap as n, the North And tho
=. service may be performed, donb, nc, ut
u The north, much cheaper than il hitherto
e has been.
.e By reference 10 the table | have before
d referred TO- it further appears TIM, tho North,
"a ern States pay into the treasury annually
n the sum Of q $50 600 sod the Sou,he 4,
Is States pay but 81 ,00O9l4 The amour,
IF paid annually in the Northern States for
j the transportation Of the mail is o. +0t -
y l37 g., The South there is expended 81.
b. $40 49, The income does not equal the
r expenses Of the transportation Of the mail
.e within us own limits in any Of the South.
Ut ern States except IN Delaware and Iouisl.
h. nnn while almost every Northern State
y, yields surplus revenue The cos Of tho
v mail service at the Soulb exrsrds that Of
n. the North by Sl4j 04j which deducted
n from the revenue contributed by the South