Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-03-02


marks of the New York Times. On the necessity
special consideration:
/ necessary rsR 4 pasraI MoNrY-oaasa Srsffs
II ssl be confessed 10 our great dissrsat thai ihf
/ postal system Of the tnel States Is practically IN
fefior IL that 81 ans European country II eaf Il Is
/ most important branehes-the sac convey nee q
| mouny--ii : y hoi,y deficient | merchant prefers
an express eofnpaaY rather than The Posi- oase be
par,nent With valuable paoka r and though The N
adequacy Of the later supp, the great and IA
ereas,ne wants 81 Tie people notorious. ysi yef
amer rear passes aWay and ne 10 net sec The sFha-
at etfari Al improvement IT. - ohtA4a safa IN
proyernsni We were obliged l. wait b fefse u CIR
! camstanees until SOM nv snd anhesfd q pan
could Re successfully adopot thrre might L some
excuse far this negligence But plans haze eeeh al
rta3r invented and N other countries. are "ofAea
viih the most marked success We have only 10 a
nat then-fo pni mic practice system he dement's
af h#eb have been already demonstrated sets re-
fae 70 make the attempt and cling to old fosyism
uiia enaeity Wholly opposed 10 the general spirit
of 1aakee go-ahesaat.feHess
.our present system ofregistefng letters : hum
hug Ktery enc knows u 10 be- humbug It Of
fes no mere seruritr for The safe of
valuable otter than Is 10 he found IN the ordinary
ehanaei The only difference : taai extra fee i
charged Tbs system Of registration has been e.
iahlishe3 for several years, but. instead Of being
check 10 stealing moueY entrusted 10 the mails, Il
has rather been the Il pointing out 10 dlshon
ct men IN the service the exact place here money
letters can be obtained.
The practice Of RENTING sums Of money through
post Office orIeHs has existed IA Great britain for
long period In Canada. aIso. the same system has
been in successful operation for seye years. 1t Is
estimated that over $4,000 o89 are SauallY trans
mittesl through the British post Office by means Of
money orders and not dollars in the million are
within the same period. lost II mail robheres, FIRE,
OF other causes This Is surely ample proof Of the
assff In
Britain no order IS issued for five pounds s,ef
Ing. but no reason shy Orders should not be
issued re In Canada to the extent OF twenty-five
pounds or sloe According to the Engssh plan,
every post Office is m5uey-ordcr Office but in Ca
na4a. the larger Offices about one-eiRhth Of the
whole number, authorised To draw money orders.
These however. details which my or may not be
adopted according 10 eiteamstanees We want the
system first AMI make improf emenfs afterwards.
q We believe that the establi shment Of some safe
mode for the Of valuable letters amounts
necessity, und the want # II should no lou
ger he tolerated We trust that the matter will
ccise the attention of Congress before adjournment
It. Importance 10 thu mercantile community cannot
be estimated. and the adoption II the British
mopey-order system vii be Invaluable 10 the whole
public md III mike u considerable addition 10 Tie
refenae Of the department The eharges made IN
England for Issuing orders scale al one half
per eeu, and our people would willingly submit to
even higher tax. provided ii insured the safe con-
vesanee Of their letters The benefits OF tie system
would be felt L. efefY eass Of the community, aud
especially by subscribers to newspapers AMI other
periodicals.