New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-30

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st NY Pes.-Ose IN the Unrsa Sis'ss, ~ sddTessed
TO Department Or official psrscn ct Tie sst Of Govern
n<u 60 10 i.s death ston and rated and ehar.st
Of The City PostOEc IN Wa hiBg'so, and Il prepsaa
ra;sA Have tos pan adopier-or any her that VII
accomplish the purpose better-.sd NE labor, ne
vote Of time Of Cove nment officers, The u.s. sad
abuse of frankIs, sRoog the things hat v-r-,
an along witt them the II cubus that no weighs down
or Tostal sy,fen. We should thee DO longer pay
n,nbs,s Of Congress snj h.aes OF Departments eaSni
cellars eay or eight toou,aDd year 20 perform the
usess mechanical ab.r OF ranking, an Opef Atom tns
printing p,e.s can exe ure 10 3 fftetn part Of the
nne, ana a. q hpDdfedth part Of the e1Pshse.
The leading principle for which Mr.. Miles con
ten3s 10 cheap postage and at Uniform rates. On
this point his statement of facts is conclusive.
The smsun, Of busiAess done in lecuns sod deiiv
Girg letters by private persons IN ne Cry OF New
Iorn lie net merely Dsfter of Conjecture or guess
WORK. The two tina. co the largest business nave
gwen me the fono~iDg fac aid st.ns he OF her
operations. Ore employs As lerr-ca riers aas over
25Oo reeevpg boxes where letters Gao pe dePcsi ed
in ysrio psrs OF TIE city, a. col crs al delivers
or depoea in the CRY PoeI-Oiee Tor The nails o N
800 to IS 600 letters daily In on dsy-ju-t before
an election l ihipk-there wee ps-,ed t1roash hn
heide, he tells me, In collecting and Gelv7rlas,
10000 kttsrs. ibis Was the lsrges; ds,'s wor, oe
eve did. Another party tell he employs 23
letsrcsTers rents $50 boxes in his private (sc) Post
Office al a. &c ch and coli. cs AID Gel average
Of 900 ttsrs day. There are three or four other
pirate Pest Offcss-p-r ape moe-ia the city,
vbre boxes Are rented letters Ieceised hsGted
to the persors addressed or deposited IN the city
Pot Office The box rent received nv these private
Pos Offices amounts to s. 600 or 3. 900 year Nov
if we take this inform stoD correct and there N no
n aop 10 suppose il much s'a'ed-we srall have
in two esariirhn cd 81 eaet 10000 letters day.
VIII the private Post-Otiicts beside where boxes are
rented AID letters handed or me lumber OF Vt ere
collected sDd delivered Gepoeifed 10 the City Post
Office in New-York 10y privs'e parti.sl c., not oe
ss Ill together Than IS coo daily. This Soald nj IKE
el25 eco letters In year WITCH, a. two cents eter,
amounts 10 10 leee than $ls2,5oO Tboee ets's ths
are received by some 81 these private les Tor
delivery into The City Prst-0fice ae only cUsrged
one cent but when we look at the extra charge for
box Ten<4 year each beside the rex sar charge Oh
the letien-~e cannot think thai thete persoes VI
their title amies Of private Letter carriers receive
less than $50 900 year foe their p,sis services
Where il the isc om, is may be asked, In eoact
mept OF Cons that oecsres the ca ria OF letters
by private parties from New York 10 Phil .delphis
Illegal AID puDfhee it 9th heavy p<Daitles and st
tie sSme lime allows any person 70 set up prisaie
postal system in city that is tive miles ong the
least dcerDiDg that this very cieulslon o.
letters in cities is altogether the most prof able branch
Of posts system. Of thu more esvecia, bereaf er
under he head of " L. teri ,rrers." II ire Govern
mept in n cse Of s functions la ms letter carry
irt rs BUSH ess exclusively Us own l. MUST aend to
the wants OF the people, or private enterprise sup
ply tie deficiency. What COMPARISON can there be
bewt en- ore really good system, regular, rapid and
prompt letter-dellvey IN places like NeS f0fk and
Philadelphia, ten or twelve tmss day, Que
rate of letter postage for oil distances no box rents
to pay, 10 extra charge for delivery, and vita
Uniformity and simplicity for b.sn-whx com.
psrson can there be he weeu such system and
the iregunrity, the oeay, the ex yease, the extra
ebsrges ard the uncertainty that &c now have Ia our
mixture Of public anu private posts So tar ~ the
circulation Of letters in cities il concerned, we have
our choice to put up with the three or four different
modes Of convey ancs add delivery taa' We bsse and
all decidedly bad or weep them all away oy Conges-
sional Enactment and create good system IN 'hen
s.ead.
When We see the large business ths' is done by the
priv ate parties that have established ity posts; Shen
we consider the number OF circular letters,
advertisements and business auorboemeos that
would 20 through the post provided they were con-
veyed and delivered rapidly aud promptly oistt or
ten tines cay at the low and nnierm cosrse OF two
cents and The far greater use that would be maze OF
the Post Office in letter correspOf deace 0y me rcn
az well ~ the poor, it must DO evident think tnst
this rate will be more remuberaaVe thSn our present
Here arc the hostage rates Ii. we won't Have all
tDe ette-letiers not exceeding hall Al ounce In
weixht-rated at t~o ceDts 10 ters Weighing more han
hall but no: more than an nee four ceos,
a. d stove thar weight reckon BY t. oun,e an pay
no attention 10 the half Ouncee charsiog two DOS AZ
for eh fraction " ounce beyond the ore
here IL certain sDai ofcer OF minds that SEED "ih
the eyer Of noe sni elsco'ers great Injustice
like Pau Mehsoc," thinking ~ very uufa'f aad
entirely repugI AIT 10 easOn' mat person seadia<
leler elk miles should have II carried ~ cheepy -
biz L.e Lbors e ter that eniy goes h's- hat - ie'
tr wrist-epo he n = who srsl- oss'o "er-sh 'uld
be ctar.ed four pos ages for q letter weighing al
ouI ce ana quarter, wnile sno her is ony charged
ole o,tsSe ior letter tDat segbs gst half al ounce
TIE privileges are eIscuy a'lKe ~ su ~no use tns
mi aDo The COW eLlsI &c aId tie ecJnom' vi az
rsnl emt Its attending uniformity " Iat-e YIN CO..
cue. equally TO be beneft OF ii.
Hos much more cosyelis LIT wil rates OF postage %
that run through a < sdado OF twO, TOUR, eisht,
twelve, sixteen, twenty aIo twenty four Genus Ia an
L Of hxHR
one three rix Lille. ten, twelve, nfeen, eisnteon,
twenty iwtuD. one, &c II W. Lad the rates VI pvr.
age and TIE uniformity that propose, ~e ehoaid re-
ouiIe inst four ot nomln aIiVns OF age sam t~o,
four eis ht and t-enl four cents respe Jvey H'v
much more CO. venien would hese 10 than 'nosv now
in use For all single letters circulars aud s"s'shI
p.Iers The t~o.ceDt staDps would d. use', AMI WIN
the four CIVILIZATIONS almo-i every eter, Shs,essr
its sire oeiyn or domestic could be All oy Que or
two stan b. hen nave it fixed prloelp', toat
everything not pre- ad sh0uli chsTsed d"uo ..
la VOID tn coml u'rvry prepay me ot iet ers y''l
hereaftir.l With u verssi woeebt rae OF P,s 1se
for single 10 terra tasi could DJb considered hlxo
for uaI wspepers, 500 Que or tTo vspcfs "a ooe
srsppsr and preIsio y s'eDps, should 80 r ntt
sum- ANY nu hber Of printed psps ciica1re Ut al
vertseuepis 10 ole wrapper, opeb .t he o-oS,
ing pot over four ouIcts, anc epald by etamP 'noad
90 for The came. Ten in r.bOpiog he losl>se oo
b, oks and pamphlets no leo rhouln or taken " any
weights between four aud .i b. ouDces aud Dol Neon
half pound sDo p und; or any hug bss tn'n nolf
pound beyond the hrs oohshk .oc pu'io'
az postmssters ard ceIks, re a. toe sx'c Dadoof
Of ounces in each TRANSIENT pscb age us-tts sno
far more Than useless labor Oar vsriabe fa.s TO IN
regular Newspapers al unc ,-o io' sno 10 IL par
Of tha irregular ~ u whbh c Gales W au a . u
esle. cobfusion and error. BY present. fstes Of
rostsg- weekly sspspers ae chars-i olr'-en cents
ear wbin the STATE ~here printed, and out "i u1s
Stale lively Elk cents yeer In Sc are rs'er 'ha Ia
paving posrsge quarterly or bsf Stary, cauno' Do
divided q subdi, icec ID even sums lie, al us-s
pspsrs wherever published, b. cha1seo TAR average
tets G. these two Ietes; snd su1 ths' eau pal
in our coir either qusr.Is or h,ifyruriy. Tnrfeis