The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-25

reckoned BY weight would BE- for letters ssout cent?
ave kind o. asnsports. and q the = ne time the mos.
ana and &.
Of matter rsnsp their average charges tor conveySnce
is believed the scale Of chsrses
smpc, At uniornty be productive Of vast convenience
70 the public snd economy in the management of the Post
LETTER DELIVERY
system providing free letter delivery 10 ali cite. and
this our x. $
the Post office without OF the most profitable branches
receiving the reoephon Of mail Mater our citizens
DO net have those poss ac tiles LSt provided by usa.
that the uses OF he local post are 20 extreme
ri Of Ia. ss Eve
cal b sASs sd @ sn year
In Lordon alone during tie same year ihsre
as Hst aSe ssss
various distances through the the number the
s Of Ss onse . a Of n for d sSert s
the places where they are mailed the NUMBER in the ces Of
From these that local. vel
s saa ed BY the on1 ~ 70
iain show ths in 1854 the Local letters to
tos2s26rs During year expense letter car
p s5s ss sn s. s
out and TO Tie same extent 10 our the
weHd an amount ia year to more than twenty one mIions
%h as s 6su nnre @ y Sos
be Of one million sposea o, previously as collected in
Out the mas ss well ss the local letters At the same rate
na ge ,d Ses Gems for sss
cities l ers) would be Sf6 900 and the BALANCE at
s6 me expense OIL letter and over
The transportation OF for the government has
mperap, bearing en- The condition OF The postal establish
that singled support number of
a sea hs the S for ss
e. a q s s 9sS ct as n
descs OF the cuzen TO support s portion OF me
resson why the espondence people should be taxed
95 s ny Or Pss x s1s
cost snspo ting and delivering the ms MISTER tine gov
4Iss millions " spSn% and saunS' be sss than
close each fiscal year The owes the Post
os more than twenty millions OF collars TOR transporting
app repratlons made for DEFICIENCIES, and on account
a %hsher Congress- sSs deode me
Ss m So sDos as s s d or mot
ed BY an Sa m the
tan onehrd Of the actual COST and as the
men, and ppDc do have Increased
s s Or yod m vii bring
iect &c this tax on its resources
We esve asre ss 81 r 1 in ina r..s
CT ocean postage between this country and Enrope Without
We fully the opinion that appropriated
S s Ss id a
ments for naval and be betrayed bv
and frequent eli with Furopc stimulus
to emigson and 50 indispensable IN mercantile and social
al from the sea board to the mounisus ana are
too SCI evident to req are argument or illustration
POST OFFICE MONEY ORDERS .
csssy Tor some secme method OF renting money oy mail
mode ., ra. shifting money by snI drafts Or noaey
% &c p
and ss
sent through the Post Office in Great Brtan 10 small suna 81
nis means ssLe the entire cost to the qr
smouni Of The srees rot one dollar seventeen thousand
robbery there is scarce possibility Of The money being paid
except 70 the right In he United sa'es sae.e s,eover
pnay se losses se numerous and erssn.vs and large
crs stg great distress About one hune red
million dollars are sen. through the mails in tbs country
iaf css similar 70 The one mentioned owe, would tos
rg deuoyazahcn and crime that Of almost DALI
tuirence.
dsrueop @ " % there ia
loss falls es severity on all classes snd rartica
Ary On our 10 ssp population The poor and The igaoan \
care hat in Of tbs loss theft of the stamp
md distress In other the law of great
,teonysience to The public and must materially dmsd
IespoDctEee. II lot unreouenly hkppa1s
written and requ.s unusual hours when
and hsvs bad he. SUPPLY o.
aDe then save refused large numbers OF thus
wing to pay the postage in mooev Numerous
occurred operation Of The law Of ccmpa sorv pre-
ps nent By an s ADDITION ditto \ charge in al cases sbs letters
extra roub in collecting the postage In this way the
will be prevented and time correspondence and
postal revenue viii greatly increase
Ore of the importsrt ed with the Post
our rwopesu in the pr.c
If fe repps :, dead Letter. The WRITER'S We fully
requires that such be thu practice 10 this country BY the
tween fourand i've nilon aunusy burned
Tsnon destruction Of private documents .svo.ins more Of
oarissn community The entire expense attending The re
par,d 70 be ulhy of the and levied special
TAX on each Person The country who writes letter the
postage at the lowest rates now charged
have thus rapidly stated he prncIpsl defects
Sent and the mode in which we Think they could be
ses invoking in its behalf the sympahes and energies
ihe clashes By mean o. tslesrapha esoresss and
ohsr eosy appliances never s TO be kept molly
IN form aud certain Is empbsaeiy the instntion Of The
Be aos with al .
~ A. s and and 50 oF The wants
very ahead of 10 the postal facilities which they
climate and the ssnporar deuies Of
r y c o. eu5 must BE- admitted to be de-
+ remains with the people of the United State. say whe
.hsT , x seProaen shall oDge, COZ snae They
gently and theoretically spoken command obedience in
Al q wh,ch is respectfully submitted
THOMAS TuEsros, PETER CooPEa
JAMES HARPFR. SAMUEL ID. BABcocK
ROBERT L.. STUART THEODORE SEDGvICk
GEO II. MOORE PLIsY NILES.
JAMES N. BRowN, ISAAC V. FOWLER,
JAMES LEE WV. II. APPLETON,
VIM b. DUNCAN, JONI E. WILLIAMS
THos. B. SrIIIMAN.
Letters nendatory of the objects OF the meeting
then read from Governor Clark Lieutenant Governor
Ray moud, Hamilton Fish, United States senator Hon.
Henry wilson; the Mayors of Baltimore. Boston, Phia-
celpoa and Siddleowp, Conn., the Hon. Edward Everett
and maby other distinguished g'n.lenen.
After Luther r. Marsh urging the
great sy at present existing in favor Of postal
form the following resolutions introduced by the
Secretary and unanimously adopted by the meeting-
Resolved That the scdrsss of Postal Reform Committee
which hs Just been read be adopted, and substantially
scented TO Congress In suitable me moral.
Resolved That the reforms Ia the postal system which his
meeting earnestly the attention Congress
follows
uniform rate Of postage throughout the Omitted States
California oregon incuded-whch shall
cents half
2 The delivery Of letters cities and principal By
carriers without charge
uaor simple and equitable system Of postage