The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-23
Reduction OF New spaper Posta &c.

~ AHL Or IHE NEW YORK HERALD.
The complaint universal that the recent act of Con
gress imposing new rates Of postage newspapers
burdensome and complicated and tina. the construction
Of the law by the Post Office Department makes it pecu
larry obnoxious The newspaper press feels the bu,de1
in peculiar manner; the present rates. especially
transient papers amount to a prohibition
From the information received from several members
Congress, am certain that, at early period of tn
next session. will be taken remedy the evil
OF the present law and that rate simple uniform a.
cheap will be adopted 1t Is the intention of the Hon
MrGwinn Senator from California to offer r. uton
the first day Of the session. nstructing the Committee
Post Offices and Post Road to report bill reducing IL
rates OF postage newspapers The people Caornis
feel the oppressive effects Of the present law peculiar
manner and inaeed all the distant statea which ought
to be favored possible complain of the ntoerable bur
den of the present law Besides this, the rates are
complicated that not postmaster in ten can easily
tell what postsge should be charged transient news
papers Instead of uniform rate the present Law
imposes at least seventy two ( rates newspapers
according TO weight, size, and distance.
Under the former law transient Newspaper, of any
size would be sent TO any part Of the United States
eept California; for two cents but by the present
the JoisnaL 81 Commerce or Courier and Enquirer will be
charged nftes cents, prepaid and not prepaid thirty
cents
1t has always been the policy of our government to
make the postage on newspapers light possible aud
In this respect example to the world for fifty
years But have refrigerated and Great Britain l.
now far In advance OF In respec. to cheap postage on
letters and newspapers An Intelligent friend in Eng
land writes thus -" The London Tines, huge sheet
weighing nearly three ounces, much letters
OF the single legal rate after 1t has circulated through
several circles Of readers in the metropolis from nine
O'Clock ti nve, may be posted to person residing
IN Manchester 81 some other provincial town After
having perused and perhaps l)aned IL to his
until the following evening he post, A. to friend al
Leeds who finds 1t his table next morning break
last Thus may be posted and posted for the
OF eight Gays. During this period ii may b. conveyed
from London to Aberdeen, and back again. stopping
oyefnght to be read In half dozen intermediate towns
4.o miles apart To be sent abroad IL must be posted
within eight days Of its issue from the press So on
the eighth, 1t may come back 70 London in season
TO be despatched to Nova Scotia or New Zealani
During Its circuit round the kingdom the govern
ment Las performed twenty four distinct services
upon IL IL has been received aud posted eight differ
emit spae. In eight consecutive days and It has bsen
distributed eight times to individuals ip different parts
OF the country And all this for penny! All this,
aye more! England takes that copy Of the Times
and conveysit TO Nova Scotia or Nsv Zesad withou.
the additional charge Of farthing Nor is this all az
saauenai charge to the coouist TO whom il is directed
though he may live 500 miles from the coast Here
then are twenty six different sery.es performed uDon
that colossal sheet for penny"
A"cuo ask again and again, why should not the citi
fens OF this republic have cheap postage as the sub
iects Of Queen Victoria! Newspapers are now
free OF postage within circle of fifty miles from the
place where they printed, why not 500 or 5000
surely our government AFT prd 60 circulate
non among the people upon as cheap terms Great
1t my determination If sustained by my frien to
oevote myself TO this cause until have cheap post
age ss any other people and post OIL ,es the best
managed In the world. BAkyABAs BATE