The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-11
The Paper MIL Story.
TO THE PUBLIC.

+ TO THE PUBLIC
An article appeared In the ROLAND county Ga
May 81, entitled !" Besnt,es Of the Post Office, -
has been extensively copie1 by the ne sepapsr
The statements therein coatsined are of so aston
ter General he at once orcere5 an investiy alton,
has been had, The article Ia question contains
lowing, among other representations
There ere In this town two stablishmeuts for the
from time to time bales o. waste paper T. be esnses
pulp for the manufacture o. their goods 0ns Of
rial at the principal post ofses where large mA,se
sarily object among this Rubbish are found ma
Der ofletters thus disposed OF BY care O. Postl
may be obtained from the fast that more ah1n 1000
mills during tho last two Years. I The psse do s
or Copgrcssmeu contribute Their share also, and IL
docum ents mailed by member Of Congress were q
at one tin snd from the same post office.
aad 81 nsoh 20 y
They came from all scott Of the country, quite Il
large number Of these 10 tsrs the postage had been
so thas the notion that prepaid letter likel
incorrect by the startling fact revealed by these
Providence, j., about halfa bushel Of letters
and among then one containing money and iusursr
If one small paper midi in country village reesi
the ordinary course Of business, thousand lett
saas
SPECULATION and and suggests pleasant
n
The result OF careful Investigator, including 8.
to both the paper mills referred to- shows that tho
JIG have been very unnecessarily alarmed, and th
dead Letter Oficen at Washington has NO sue
midable competitor a. the aisrlnists in this inf
have 30 glowirgiy described. In other words,
msnts have been furnished me over the signature
proprjetOrs Of one Of the mills, Messrs. HUI HI
that they have never purchased or had any "sAst
PERI Of any post Office, and from Mr. Talcott the {
inteDdent OF the other establishment, that during
than year past not to exceed Ave letters according
best recollection, have been found among the car,
Of waste paper that have been received from post
And his family flu her state that in respect to 10
the letters thus discovered there were no post !
uIon them to show that they had ever been 10 q
office or In the United States mails. Nor ia there
thing attached 10 the rare collection OF mssves in
hands OF the editor-conssting OF enc very prett
lentine and two listers, one Of which Ii ANONYMOUS
the other only signed with initials-to indicate that
were ever in the custody Of any post Office official.
AZ 10 The " documents Of our congressman. y an
half bushel Of letters from Providence, K. ="
turn ont to have been, according to the testiuo
Mr.. 1s1cott and those in hls employ, nncalled 70
refused documents, and lottery circulars, which
disposed of as waste paper In pursuance Of con
practice OF postmasters. 1t Is we'll known that
numbers OF such articles are constantly put II
mails, addressed to persons who never call for the
who in cities refuse to pay the fee Of the penny pos
The finding Of the few Letters referred to oocu
with one or tso EXCEPTIONS year ago or more, an
Talcott states IN his certificate that no letter val
or Otherwise, has been found to his kno wisdge "
The past five or six mouths. He says further, tn
regrets that such statements stould have gone fo
and that they "are not justified by any inform
that be has given to any one" -
in view of tie candid character OF the press
rally, in such matters, It IS hardly necessary per-
TO request those editors who have copied tue Ca
article, to insert the above or its equivalent.
.as.t..... j. HOL8ROOX,
NEW YORK, June 9, 1855.