The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-06-03

Inc system 81 ,n'cr4al .sch sages, by the
granting OF money orders, b. ,i.e Pos, Oficc
on another. iss been greai lublc conscn
fence and ben fl IN England One grea,
obstacle ~ its introduction into our Poet
Once sysiem Is the incompe ency OF The
omcers--who are selected Tor partixan ser
vices rather than for any qualifications
manage IL, and the frequent changes OF
inrumbents that occur from The mode Of
their appointment. l, l. an a, eemnoda,,on
however which the people siil INSIST upon.
and the government, viii have To provide
for H.
The BRUSH Post uficr J. ..,anty n.
creas.ag IL accommodation, a. eo!Ierting
letter frem, and d,sif but. fbem 20 III
people NJ their dar!lire nd bus,nts,
places, aud saslne o. lndn .2I8a the time ui
gong to sad from sna stteBelH al the place
u general delivery, whica y . tax upan
correspondents greater. BY faf, han the Ina
ei postage. u Is piece oi cubic econo.
my. In every community - members
make hundreds oi useler. watt t. the fies.
{" learn il let,ers hav, ef1.ed II they
Answ letters would BE- brougli, ~ them, A.
soon ~ received. thee. tru,tlesa a,rnnds
would BIZ ssssd: III large ei'e - one man
san distribute the le, eis - ~. hundred
separate men would lose hhi ~ haar eaeb
10 going IL the tffoe tor fhe Enplt,t
Pos, Once j. placing Plar letter boxes.
In form like cylinder cas-, ,fon stose. In
every stree, in large towns. ut, winch .el.
ters are dropp d, and laken away by most
once runners before the departure OF e.cb
mail. The letters are also delivered a.
coon - ree@ivsd, to the parHes 10 whom
they are addressed, Tree u eAaspe. Thee.
accommodations have beer extended a.
more than 1000 new plese- ,he pas, year.
whore they were not ehJoyed before, at a.
extra expense OF more than $500 900. The
free delivery 10 not confined t. letters, bu,
'nelsdes newspapers, books, and parcels o,
oil kinds. These increased tacili,ie. mul
uPly correspondence 20 rsp,dly as 10 give a
large remuneration for the lu,lsy.
The actual gain in the nambcr III letter.
per snnum in Great Britain from 1850 10
io6e-in Elk years--~ as l3l. 32s732. benz
- many - the people Of tie United s,atcs
write in . year The number Of letter.
written now in . year 10 Great Britain i
$4,000. 600 more than they wrote in the
year ie1s. The number of letters written
10 the United States from 1859 10 1885. in.
elusive. was 652. i0l.0 4s. and in Great
Britain during the years 1853. 4, IS and C.
l.7es.o76.7es. or lss. 600 900 more 10 four
yesss than the people of the United State.
have written since the adoption of the Con.
stitution The city Of LON, has written
and sent By pos,by mail d., ING the I.., 10,
yeas-iel7 TO 1855 ego - oaa I.,,..s
and the United States in h., lin. All,
80 69sSle. live 70 BAT more ,h,a 49,.
yssss, the difference is still create, a.
e0rdiag 20 the seturns, the .ople ~ c.,
usitein write 80 letters ca i per sn.,,
70 me United States the sv age is onlv S,. \
10 each ishseitsnt. Does nay one doSb,
9TH the social hsbits, sna The uDiver.ai
e'ass'on Of knowledge G reading And
writing that exists 10 this q la,ry, that the
eefsssPondence Of osr people would mo-,
escsee that Of the people u England II
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