Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-30
Low and Uniform Po.tass.

Much has been written, and to good pur-
pose on the benefits Of low and uniform
postage. After enduring every imagina-
Bile Inconvenience from the most c0mpll-
Gated postEl system ever devised, we are
now promised the blessings and benefits Of
c uniform and economical charge We
have new Postmaster General once in
four years, as well as a new city Postmas-
ter. Each promises some great improve
nents, but the public are left foundering
in The old ruts. Mr. Hutehins Of 0hio,
has introduced a new and comprehensive
postal bill and he and Mr.. Colfax have
undertaken to carry it through during the
present session Of Congress. We trust
they viii succeed. A greatly needed pub
lie measure, well-digested in committee,
need not be debated more than a single
dav: and if the postal scheme as it now
stands in Mr. Hutchins' bill is at once
put to vote, it ought to pass by large ma
jority.
The Postmaster General, we learn, is in
favor Of the bill it has met with the ap-
proval Of the press and the public, and its
success in Congress now seems certain.
The provisions Of this bill leave little to
be desired in the way Of Improvement,
Two cents is as high uniform rate as is
practicable; and what with the increase
on all the one cent postages, the saving of
time and labor bp simplifying the system,
and the increase Of correspondence in con-
sequence Of the favorable change, the
postal revenue viii undoubtedly beas large
under the new rate as it is under the pres
ent rates. We have now three regular
rates Of postage and FIVE extra charges on
letters. with over four huRdred separate
rates on printed matter. These are to be
reduced to a single rate on letters and
about twenty on printed matter.
The income Of the British Postofice fol
the year 1850 was SIS, ,63G, 600; the revenuG
Of The United States Postofice for tn,
same year was only 9,218,0O0. Each per
son in America, on the average, pays
twenty-nine cents a year in postage, Will,
each inhabitant in Great Britain pay
sixty-sir cents. The number Of letter.
written in the British Isles IN 1860 wai
564 OOO. 600, and in the United States, tn
same year. 184 100000 The average an
nuaI increase OF letters in this country j
seven millions, and in England twenty
three millions.
Besides the great simplifcation in tn
rates. the bin now before Congress provide
for q good and efficient letter delivery b.
carriers in all Of our cities andlarge towns
a money order system, branch postoiicei
letter pillars and receiving houses q fre
and speedy return Of ali dead letters tn
pgvment Of government postages ont Of IN
treasury, and the abolition ef the frankin
priviiege. The immediate passage OF thi
bin win be Wefth millions annually TO th
commerce and industry Of the country
This city has q special interest in the mat
ter, and has a right to urge Congress
speedy action on the subject. How grea
that interest Is, is shown by the fact ina
this city writes more letters than all th
ten States now in the hands Of the rebel
In 1856 these States sent through the mai
altogether, I7,693,OO0 letters, but in lse
the number Of letters mailed in this cit
erceeded eighteen miliiOns.-M 7. Pos