New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-11
THE P1PER-AILL STORY.

To THE PuBIrc.-An article appeared in n, ~
land Comfy CARTE Of May 81, entitled Beans
"the Post-0ffce, which has been extensively esrs,
by the newspaper press. The statements therein -
tanned are OF 50 astounding character nat on coon.
TO the notice Of the Postmaster. General he at oas
dered an investigation, which has been had H.
iicle in question contains the following snons ~
representations:
a. waste paper 10 be convened into pul,sS
M nutture Of their roocs One ofthese mills and H. -
We kroz both frequently obtain their material II the pr
Pos Ofees where isse necessarily collect al -
this n b5sh found msny letters Of imp rtAnee -
yslne some eea Of the number Of letters thus dspi ~
onr e,,,f FIJI IN Posmss,es b. obtained from
more an coo letters ofv rcOs iesrp ions have ben "a
sxss 40 on- of our mills curing The years n. -
documents ofour Coperessmsn contribute their she s
be interesting for them % know mat more Aaa 50
meris mailed By one member % S'ns'e'' were Teee"SrS
"Amora these letters great may written ~ bas.
men aud Of much Consequence 20 tneu pfoeer owssr n
siiss =, .f,rnis AID Some forsign letters On are -
her OF these letters the postage hae been prepaid 20 thar la
ron that PREPAID letter l. more tey % De 'ai.y cared
sht de.inston At shown to be incorrect BY ,ae a
lins fact revealed By thess Lost leters
Out Il seven eight sscks from the Post0s.
Provde nee Rhode Island about bslf bsshel Of ~,
found and smons them one eonf'i los money asa 'Ass
II ere small pnpcr.m in . country village receives
ordinary course Of business thousand letters PEI yeai
Ia arv wsv Irobabe that received a. oasr ess
euts Ibis inquiry opens large hed for spe at'on al
yc,gston and suggests pleasant tein 81 con or
mireTs Of our Post Office sy:iem." .
lie result OF careful inyes tiga'ion including avs
10 10th the paper mills re.er.ed 70, shows that {
uublc have been very unnecessarily alarmed, and 4
Il dead Letter Office al Washington has no u.
formidable competitor as the alarnist IN tins lnss
has SO clovngly described. In otoT words, 90
merts have been furnished me over the signatan,
the rrcprietors of one of the mills, Messrs. Hill Ht
ter ihi they have never purchased or bad any va
"paper" of any Post Office, and fom Mr. Iacost I
surerirtendent of the other establishment that dur,
more than a year past not TO exceed ave ie'e7s,
core ing 10 his best recollection, have been round ana
the ca t-loads of waste paper that have been reea
f,om ost Offices. And Iii family further state u
In resi- ec TO some of the letters thus discovered tn
,vere no postmarks upOn them 10 show that ;hey IA
ever bee in Post0 Office orn the United States MAJ
Nor is tlerc nytlang attached Ia the rare conecs
# uaissiyes in the hands of the editor consisiing
one very pretty valentine and two letters, one OF ws
is ANONYMOUS and the other only signed with nln1
ia indicate that they were ever IN the custody Of
Post. Office official.
As 10 The documents of our Congressman aud {
"half bushe OF letters from Providence, X. l., u
tup ont To have been, according 10 the testimony
Mr.. Taleott and those in BIS employ, uncalled-ior
refused documents and lottery crc uars, which w
disroscd of as waste paper in pursuance 10 comm
practice Of posmCsteTs. IL Is wen known that ar
numbers of such articles are constantly put IN me M.
addressed 10 persons WHO never can Tor tben or VI
in cities r. fuse to pay the fee OF the pennypost.
The finding of the few letters referred to occure
with one or Two exceptions, a year ago or more a.
Mr. TaCott states IN his certificate that no let,er va
able or otherwise, has been found TO LIS knowes
within the asst five or six months. lie says iuraH
that he regrets that "such statemests should haVsn
FORTH and that they " are not lus,mena W "gH
"foimaton that be has given 10 any one
In view of the candid character of the press gene
oy in such matters il is hardly necessary perhas
REQUEST those editors who have copied TIE Ga.ca
article to insert the above or It's eIuiyaloni,
Special Agent Post-ofice DepurtueR
Neg. York June 0, 1885