The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-30

OF oiser owlpE 10 lhe fact that their commissions were
virtually diminished BY The same bill 10 proportion 10 the
decrease 10 Their postage receipts which resulted from s
passage XE11lW8p
From 1872 10 ls45 the charge on single leer-limt.
ed TO one piece of parerhad ranged fro sx 10 twenty
hve cen under graduated table OF DISTANCES, and mat
on newspapers bad stood al cent or distances not
over 300 miles and and half cents for greater ones
ne new tables OF the latter year. while they made several
changes calculated greatly 10 enlarge The ejaculation 81
newspapers aDd other printed matter, did mol materially
diminish the rates therefor Tue decrease in the charge
Tor letters although equal that since elected, was
vast conhbuuol 70 The convenience and happiness OF
the pubc because il iessened The tax an acle whieh
may properly be regarded the present age OF the
necessafes oil he Under it's operation The receipts Tor
printed matter steadily adysBced whereas those Tor letters
saneIea great deeihe during e f-t year but partially
recovered during the second and steadily advanced there
after aF#W sG5 d, a9it4i8t B .fEW b gE#sas% G6 n
Ga The I'd of March, ls47, Congress restored the frank
ipR privilege 10 all posnlasters receiving compensation
Rol exceeding $500 year On the Sd Of the month
that bony authorized the issue OF stamps for the prepay
usnt 9! posiagea facility since much resored 10 that
the sales OF them amounted during The last fiscal year TO
1880 2ea In lhe course OF the came year the depart
ash ex,ens2 it's sasl service Texas. Tbe act oi
Augas4, ls4S, directed similar step in reference 10 Cal
lfornia and Oregon.
In the sumer of ls49 the clerical force OF the General
Pos, Office was considerably enlarged. This has stood at
various periods thus: In l793, four clerks in 1870
twelve in 1920 twenty one in 1880, forty EIGHT 1885,
ninety in ls4O ninety -ve in 1850 one hundred and
thirty IN 1853, one hundred and eighty two. Al hrs
blush The increase in latter years would 10 exceed
lfe TaHo OF enlargement OF lne stfVlct ~ uc
borne mind that the business OF the establishment
extends and becomes complicated new classes OF entries
and records made necessary TO furnish adequate
system of checks and references ALSO that the frequent
alterations IN the rates OF postage and commissions OF
poslnasters authorized within the last ten years have
operated TO throw immense amount OF labor on its
different bureaus 'lairaf 5as s5g2 t32a a& ss
The postage tariff of ls43 having proved popular and
successful, Congress, the I'd OF March, 1851 in
cordance with the suggestions OF that very efficient Post
master General N X Hall, (whose motto seemed 10 be
on,n homne' qu student prossare ee:s,i annaibus
sunma nit deceit further reduced the rate for single
letters. prepaid. 10 three cents for distances
5000 miles, and largely diminished that for newspapers
pamphlets &C. sent 10 regular subscribers bul increased
the charge transient papers The aforementioned fea.
ue made the newspaper change obnoxious TO the public
while the posmasters dissatisfied because that por
ton of the bill varied the rates by graduated scale OF
distances, which multiplied their labor To remedy these
defects table Tor printed matter was adopted by
Congress the 30th OF August, 1852, discading the
Objectionable features referred to, as well reducing the
already cheap rates for such matter one-ha when pre-
paid quarterly yearly The effects upon the revenue
resulting from the bills of l643 1851, and 1882
hibled by the following figures for the fiscal year end
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