The New York herald., 1851-11-19

charged with fourth the forsgoing rates; and al
with ons- han the foregoing rates; and papers
published ssmiweskly shall bs charged double
of.ensr than triwesiiy, ave times those rates Asd
there hs be charged upon every other newspaper and
eacn :iresr not sealed, handbl engraving, pampniet
periodical magazine book and every other description
Of printed matter which shall be unconnected with any
manuscript or written patter, and which it may be
sS.pl 70 transmit through he mail Of greater weight
than one ounce for any distance not exceeding Eve
hundred miles cent and for each additional
fraction o. an ounce cent? for any distance exceeding
I've hundred miles and not exce Ing one thousand Ave
hundred miles double those rates. for any distance ex
ceedng fifteen hundred miles and not exceeding tven
ty hundred treble those rates. for auy distance ex
ceedng twenty i've hundred and not exceeding thity
five hundred four times those rates; for any distance
exceeding thirty. fve hundred miles, five tunes those
rates Subscribers to all periodicals shall be required to
psy onequarters postage in advances In all such
tie postage shall be one bali the foregoing rates Bound
boo and parcels Of printed matter not weighing
thirty shall be deemed mailsble matter un
al ma.ter other than and pesioSes
rublked az intervals not exceeding three months and
sent from the oee Of publication to actual aud toa tide
Subscribers, to DO pre- paid and In asceraining the
weight Of newspapers the purpose Of determining the
amount Of postage chargeabe thereon, they shall be
rhs BY M
oE to be pre- paid, shall, through the inatten.on Of
Ios;mastsrs otherwise be sent without pre- m-nt
the same sbsl be charged with double the amount OF
postage which would have been ohsrgeable thereon
the postage had been pre- paid but nothing in nis act
exempted from the payne postage by any existing
law. And provided further that in all cases whore
square inches, they may be transmitted throu ii the
mails by the publishers, to bona ride subscribers
at one fourth the rates fixed by this act" You will per-
ceive that under 2CO0 miles, the rates Of postage
newspapers not exceeding three TO regular
what Is technically called bona de subscribers
dersty less than under the law of 1885, but that
distance they increased from 25 to 90 per News
papers Ct 300 square inches charged quarter of
these rates Hence weekly paper OF this size is cent
quarters of cent and monthly is little quar-
ter Of cent Surely this is cheap enough There
two objections to these rates-frst newspapers sent
over 2o0o mlesthey much too high; and, secondly
they intricate that few postmasters can tell what
pes'sse snSoa DC tnaIgea besides now can person oo
square inches. when the postage is but quarter Of
cent On daily paper under three ounces, there
Elk rates according to distance and six tri- weekly
semiweekly, weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, making
thrtysix different rates; and then there the
number on papers under 300 square inches-makipg
papers regular subscribers ~ different rates. Surely
the postmasters no born before the schoomster
abroad must find it very difficult to determine what
rates should be charged on newspapers. But this is
not the worst Of the case The rates of postage tran
ent newspapers and every other description Of printed
paper weighing under when sent not 500
miles cent; 1900 miles cents 500 miles three
cents $500 miles four cents; and 500 miles FIVE
cents Then for every additional ounce or fraction Of an
ounce additional rate Of postsge. The Sum- Star
iidr@, to California will cost five cents; the double
HERALD, Tribune and Euening Post and Commeycia ten
cents; ard the Courier and Enquirer Journal of Com
fifteen Then bear in mind it. through the
natention Of the Posmaters otherwise, the papers
periodicals be sent without pre- pay ment they shall be
charged with double the above rates" These charges
are made upon all printed matter whether periodicals.,
magazines pamphlets, or books, and when examined,
every will be convinced that for long distances these
rates amount to prohibition of the circulation of all
printed matter Our most valuable periodicals such
Harpers and the international magazines taxed
heavily that but few be sent by ail to long dis
tances For example the postage to California these
interesting magazines amounts forty each and
II not pre- paid to eighty. Brathwait's Retrospect,
which weighs sixteen ounces, is charged eighty cents,
pre- paid but, If through the inatteRtion the Poet.
master otherwise the postage is not paid then 1t
will be charged 81 60 cents The Knickerbocker Maga-
zine will be charged sent to San Francisco thirty
cents and if the postage is rot paid sixty cents Il Is
true, that by this law. book weighing thirtytwo
ounces may be rent to California or Oregon through the
mail but then It will be charged The enormous Of
81 20, or 50 ~ If the postage is not prepaid These
are the rates imposed by this law, and they
densome, unreasonable apd obnoxious The Law is GER
ainy bad one but the constructions put upon by the
Post Office Department are calculated to render it ore
uDpalatable For example if regular subscriber TO
Newspaper wishes 1t sent 10 him while he taks up
Iorary residence in another place. has been decided
that he must either pay quarters postage in advance
pay the postage Of transient newspaper, should lie
stay but two weeks Again. periodical may be an
nounced published in Boston and New York Phila-
dephia but the law has been interpreted that 1t
be deposited only in the post Office where printed TO
have the benefit d regular subscriptions although tasy
dire cted to bona ds subserber The effect OF this
construction Of the law is that hundreds Of Thousands
sent by expresses to short distances but the long
postage, and thus the public and the publishers in
iured. ard the Post Office u deprived Of the revenue
which il would otherwise receive
HoRAcr GREELEY seconded The resolutions. though he
raid he might desire Modification OF sons parts Of
them Yet as they we're right in the main, he would
advocate their passage
The resolutions being laid before the meeting we're
then adopted unanimously.
Barnabas Bates, Leonard Scott. Stringer, VIM G.
Bryant, c T. Francis Henry J. Raymond, and Geo p.
Putnam, appointed the committee proposed in the
third resolution and on separate motion the nsue Of
the President Of the meeting James Harper ESQ, was
added to those given above.
As there were some auction sales going In the Ex.
change rendering for speakers make
themselves heard the meeting after having
the business for which 1t called adjourned