Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-04-03
RUTLAND, THURSDAY, APRIL B. 1915

VI ~ ChnhhIc ol frSJiug anu wfIting In
The l niIsd States there aru 5,e92.SOG
white person, over 20 years OF ace ea2a.
bic OF reading aud wr,l,ng and Il the Tor
ner sent 2Oi 900 600 letters The inu-r ~
the SINE proportion would sind 10000
600 Thus Il appears that the free white
persons over 20 years Of age who are ca.
pable oil reading aud wang, constitute
more than one third OF the whole pvpula.
ton Of the United States, and about three
seven,hs Of the white population, while in
Grea, Britain and ireland the persons over
20 years ofagc who are capable Of reading
and wiring. constitute bu, about ons fourth
Of the population Surely. he inielIcc,u.
al aud social and moral condition Of the
people Of the United States cannot suffer IN
comparison wth'thni Of the people of Gtea,
Btuan. And vet the 7,l55, 100 persons
over 30 year. Of age ia Great Britain who
can read and write, send through the mails
annually upon mn average, Is IL letters
each; while the 1892 500 white persons
over 20 years ofage, IN tho United States,
who are capable Of reading and writing,
send through the mails annually upon nm
average, only 4 3 letter, each or less
than nc.iouuh as many. How can we
account for this grca. disparity in tho a.
mount Of the correspondence by letter be.
tween tho people of the two countries, n,
compared with the amount OF the reading
and writing population Of each, upon any
other ground than thu, the people of that
country ore taxed for their correspondence
bu, Iust one seventh part as much rs they
are herel Our rates OF postage are exactly
seven times larger than theirs.
Again, sir, ld us compare the amount OF
domestic and foreign commerce between
the two countries This is said to be the
"proIifc parent Of lutcr.wrltiny" The
imports and exports Of Great Britain in
/ ;si2 were Sj23l3Q 1856 those Of the
Unled States for the same year, were
/ 1904, $50, 62 which is nearly two ffths
Of the former The same ratio OF CORES.
! pondence wonld give to the United States
81 600000 lcl,rrs Welding an income o'
Si,OS0.O 900 from l'llcrs alone, ut 5 cents
each. The yearly productions OF Great
Britain amount to 81 300 sos qit; those
OF the United Safes to- 2 ,OG3,I 347 36 be.
ing nearly one half,bosc Of Great Bd,nin
. The same ratio Of correspondence would
Give 10 thc Uni'cl STATES l02, O0O 600 let.
,c,s. v;rld,nr nm animal inronr oCAi lOO
! mn +, .,L;,o,b, co,,o,t,so,s ho, ,,..n
,t..,.r -. I. r.
county and that OF Great Britain, have
hal reference on'y 10 inc amount winch
passed through the mails md subject TO
postage From the best calculations thai
could he made, 1t hn- been estimated lha
not more than one half the correspondence
! Of this country I, sent nv mail One pronr
oh;or, or tho rcd,c,io, oC,bo ,,,es of noe,
:; , L. Lt' a.. I -
R' o,"s - ''''''u."'
'nlo'ne MANS which VIII ne an important
addition 10 inc revenue OF tho department
besides tho increase OF the aggregate a
noun. orthe correspondence resulting from
n reduction OF pos,a1 rates.
VIVA, ,easor ia ,hare IN .un,os. TIA, III,
;,c,e,.e of le,,ers IN o,, connt,v would nj
n. canal In ,hat Of Goat R,u,in under ,
lilo reduc,ion NJ tho ,a,e. oC nos,,ge I Tn,
Ams,ic,n n.nols ,,o 40 en,e,nrisino ,s intel
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noonI. no., aa,,h o". in,lnoa
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s',os1 ,a ,,ood,
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IN N.i,a;aia :. ho,,o. o.,.tl;.hod mo-,
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W.. -. on., +. d,r,ini.haJ .nJ ,ho incrs.-
,.un - rn,,ch l,,,., All, ,h,n IN, >.
t,.'rrIr or ,ha n,ics TIC n,,c,;caI onera
w.. ~ III. la, b,, been illr.,,,ed in
, .,,,I,i,ndo and variety oCinstances a.
e.to,oncc IN IN, Register of Cus,oms and du
,'as - C,c,, B,it.i9 !, will ne seen vhe,
,,,o o,,c. or tea Csu six,een ner cent. II.