New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-11
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Drop Letters. no, conveyed but delivered when
mailed .--.-. .----- ce1t
Letters conveyed less than 100 miles cents
Over 100 and under zoo miles ..-.-..------. --
Over l,'lo, snless ~ steamer --.--..--------
Letters By s,esmship for TIE present. -.-----lO
AL tn advance To De doubled II not pad 10 advance
The general rate Of Letter Postage would thus
be three cents 10 advance or SIX where payment :
delayed til delivery and We believe this would
s1aice
As % Newspaper NJ. johnson = quite right
IN assuming that they should be charged higher or
lover according 20 the weight. but al wrong -
fancyiDg that they may be retained IN the several
publication oaces until perfectly dry before mall
ing. Just imagine the people Of Cslskil or Pratts-
vile eagerly expecting their Newspapers which
must bring the result = Presidential Election,
and beng tod, ou the mails arrival, that the
papers had been kept back % dry No, that will
never do. We must get az the desired end in a
different way. Let the Postmasters determine,
by repeated weighinss AID couniinss, what is the
actual weight Of each Journal issued 90 his city Or
VILLAGES and charge postage accordingly. Let the
result be printed in each paper respectively, aud
let postage be paid by the receivers az the rates
thereby established
Buta uniform postage Of one cent on each news
paper weighing one ounce or less conveyed by
mai. for any distance IS unequal and excessive.
Three-iourths Of the iosrnals 10 the country have
nearly all their circulation within radius o., thirty
or forty miles from their respective places Of publ
cation. These are generally ot moderate size,
often weighing decidedly less than an ounce. Is
it fair is IL ust O. charge these journals the same
uniform rate with the larger cty papers which are
conveyed perhaps an average Of 300. possibly 0n,
miles Il seems quite otherwise O. rs.
We cannot approve the principle Of conveying
anything for nothng-it IS the old abuse % Frank
ing in another guise-bat We insist that the pos,
age on journals Of mainly local circulation should
be rated as 'ow as possible The following rates
strike as as very fair
For Zach MrspaDer sshisg iess than az 0sHcs
II conveyed less than 50 miles, payable always IN ad-
vance Weekly 10 cents, Semi Weekly 2o TIT.
Weekly 30, Daily 90 cents per snnum
Over 50 and less than 500 miles Weekly 25 cents semi
Weekly 50. Daily . 20 per annum.
over 500 miles Weekly 81 cents. semweesiy 81
Daily g per
Double these rates tor ehcn paper weighing over IN"
ounce treble II over tgo ounces, &c.
single pspers including all which shall not be paid for
syesr at time and IN advance, under 80 miles
cent over 50 aud under 500 cts over so. cts.
All Magazines SC. cent per ounce, # foil year be
paid IL sdvanc otherwise cents
These rates are IN the main considerably lower
than those now exscted but the large increase Of
circulation especially Of the local o. country jour
nails would soon tell on the receipts, and We should
not wait long for revenue from newspapers.
at least equal TO the present while the advantage
TO the public would be immediate and immense
We DO hope that the Postage Reform Of l-lS. now
certain 10 be carried, while doing Justice 20 the
letter-wrting. will not utterly overlook the news
paper-readins community Thousands would take
daily or semi-weekiy journals but for the exorbi-
tant postage tax amounting IN many instances 10
prohibition IL IS not wise 10 charge a man over
80 postage on a daily Journal sent from New York
to some village on Long Island or the Hudson, aud
the Post Office will make money by charging less.
Let this be considered. We charge - per annum
for our Daily and each subscriber ia Boston or in
Lancaster, Pa. is charged 81 6s postage upon It.
Comment IS needless.
As TO the Franking Privilege-but why speak
Of it ? Nobody ever was in favor of it but those
who enjoyed 1t and as mos Of them are soon 70
be Invested Of all official privileges even they may
surrender it without sigh Let it he decenty
buried. and look you that it be soon