The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-06-14
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OF San Francisco alone annum were for the space o.
three larger than hFt OF any one post once Ia Toe
United States with the exception Of New YORK city aha
yet New York boosted OF population Of over 0Ooooo
while San Francisco could not at any time during these
three years bad much thirtfve OF forty thou
sand What Is still strange, New York had numef
daily mails from almost every part OF the Atianus
States, aud mail per week from Earope SCUM ana
Central America the islands OF the Atlantic and about
every other day from all the British provinces while Cal
ifornia for the most OF this time was blessed WIN only
one mail each month"; or twelve mails per ahnum Even
with the present reduced rates OF postage the amount
derived from California BY the iost omse De
partment is immense when compared with other States
There only States OF this Union that pay more
postage into the department than California and
yet she has population not perhaps 100000, while
the other that exceed her la can count their
population by millions. The following are the States
that exceed her In postage viz New York. Penn
syvania Massachusetts aud Ohio There only three
States that pay larger net han California VIZ
New York. Massachusetts,, and Pennsylvania The States
OF North Carolina Texas, Iowa, Arkansas, Florida, and
Delaware having aggregate population OF two millions
aud quarter in 1854, combined, paid the department
$24s58l while California with population not over four
hundred thousand alone during the same year paid The
Post Office Department S256ss being SS601 more than
these six States mentioned above paid altogether For
each representative in Congress during the year 1854 the
Posmas Ter Generals report exhibited the following
ordinary stale OF things The average amount OF post
age paid each representative in Congress by Caor
mia, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York is thus
stated
California
Massachusetts 4656O
Connecticut paid 42300
New YORK Aooh
at will be thus seem by official documents that Cali
forn alone pays three times much postage revenue
annum for each representative, into the Post Office De-
partment as New York The average amount of postage
to each nhabitan Of New York city under the present
postage rates. is 90 cents each inhabian and In San
Francisco 81 SC The amount collected from box rents In
New York city is $4,000 per annum and in San Fran
cisco $4,000 per annum." (.
On this point will only add to those pregnant and as
founding facts that while the people Of the Pacific would
not object to the payment OF ten cents letter. any other
that should be uniform, they 6nd in the dscrmna
ton against Them OF constant irritation and in-
dignant feeling.
Fifth. modification abolition of the restraints upon
the conveyance of letters and newspapers by private enter
prise to and from the Pacific and in California and the ad
joining Territories. This however, is proposition that
would encounter too much opposition and require too
large dscusson perhaps to be undertaken in the excite
of the present session But II is worthy of consider
ation and the subject will have before long TO be dis
cussed with reference only the Pacific ocean, but the
whole country
Respectfully, your fellow-citzen a.M
WV. CAREY JONES.
WAsnIxoToy, June 10, 1856