New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-11-14
-. p,.t,sc Reform.

7-s = c->S. -cSSo;i ~ fear tbs; the weight OF
- as-:-s--S:s.. j. 70 Re thrown into the scale Of
hsSSs-v - CheS? Pcstssc. IN spite OF the smooth
v,,. 81: "a, professions with which that hostility
sx-:ssei \ seg.,i-oa;cial letter fron, w ASKING
~ :-.:,s.ss lbs; ;hs Postmaster General, III his
sc.Ao1.:,s aepc-;. VII recommend the following
,As-s,s :. .he Few Hs:ss 0: Postage:
:. Sacse Ls,:e, PoS;See 70 be :. 10 and Is cents,
ssss23 y: aaa % only, $; present;
: TIE aew regulation Ira; every package weigh
* hss ;Axa AS.: 81 ounce is 70 be regarded as a
sarss Ie.:e- 70 te abolished. and the old rule of
eoe--2s every piece Of pspe- separate letter 20 be
revived;
: TIE F-ankins Privilege to be restored 10 Post
-s.seS
10 he rs: q: these changes we should not
s--oesly o5;c; i The IS cen, rate is TO apply only
. .-a.s carried over 1000 miles Still, we believe
5 .--sr -z:e-Sy ) cen;s-for Letters carried less
I'm 100 --ileS. would increase the Revenue, and
~; enhanced rates will not be grsciously received
G-est Sritain has pe-severed in her Penny Postage
.-zias IA srea,er discouagement, unit, it has been
crowned VIII eminent success; why should we fal
~ or mach less thorough Reform while i, is yet
= - infancy
The second change proposed would be utterly
wT-E ilpoli-ic and pernicious; it must not and
oenno, prevail Formerly, Of two letters of equal
Weight conveyed sn eq1sl distance, and in every
nay imposing equal labor and expense Oh the De
pGwent one would De taxed - cents for Postage ;
the o;osr - cents. Very often the IS cent letter
would be considerably the less weighty, less ,rou-
5lesone IN every way, and conveyed the shorter
iisance-bu! this We DO not insist on. The fact that
Pos-azse-s were justified in pokng and prying
into citizens letiers-oiten o. strictly private and
delicate nature-;o discover with how much Postage
70 charge them is sufficient condemnation of the
plan Now careless toss into the scales determines
In nonen, what is the proper Postage. The old
rule was every way unjust. We have known two
sne sheets Of letter paper, connected by thread,
the whole not weighing more than quarter OF an
ounce, charged with treble Postage in strict accord
ance with law. Every man subscribing by Mail for
= newspaper and enclosing 81, So 50, or s.. is 10
be charged double postage though his letter weighs
less costs the Department more and is of far less
importance, than another which goes along beside it
and is charged but single Postage. The new Law
is great improvement in this respect, and, even
though it be desirable 10 diminish the prescribed
weight OF the single letter it will do to go
back to the old guess-work mode of estimating
Postage.
The restoration OF the Franking Privilege would
be great benef, to US personally, as many Of the
letters on which We now pay Postage would then
come free, but we cannot think it advisable while
the Department is so poor We think this very
loose, unequal mode Of paying Pos;mascrs for their
services. The better course would be TO abolish all
ranking whatever, and let every body pay his
own Postage We dislike TO see the Department on
the back track and look to Congress to ares, any
retrograde tendency.