The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-24
TIE nEAIrEny or LETTERS.
Defects of the 30. system.

The United States Mail OF liis month prints
hc following L.: reference 10 TIE delivery OF let.
,crs by carriers:
We arc very glad to zee i; ulnoaicia,lyl an
iio'ii!ceh that fosiEasicTtcncrai Crcswcll in hi,
'nlu'oliInG report, viii take grou,i aMa,i,si the
system nf delivery Of mail niaitcr hr.,i,..l boxes
an' III favor Of III. adoption o the carrier ys,cr,
az MI offices where Il properly be iuiru,iccd-
which incl,id"5, of c"urSe. aiI the larger oiircs
There can be no 'loub; in the mind oi any one
~ ail familiar, hy experience. will, the subject
tnat i.ls ''bDS SyStcn conducted nj The most
oilsccS in our great cities. Is one of the main oh
stIc!cS I" the satisfactory performance of the
functions Of the department.. Il is easy cn0,ri,
10 Sc, lnrth n editorial columns the ''glittcriii..
scncri'iiicS" thai every merchant has il right ,u
nave his letters delivered in that manner whicl,
best suits his convenience and that "lhc box
system mas been in use for years, and il those
now IN authority arc not equal ,c the task OF con.
,imc,ing it properly, they should give place 10
anu ears are officially ana practically male r;,-
miliar WITH the rcNations, complaints and hewil-
dcrllE cOnricatiolS cngcnlcre,l by II, such s,t-
perfcia arguments In favor Of the box system,
can can lave no more erect than so many assertions
lcl lines, IL only carried far enough will cycnt,.
ally intcrScct each other.
II Is task Of no difficulty for an expert to de-
tccf the lawS In the rcasonngs OF the theoretical
uphoiicrs OF the box system. Ono of the prInci.
pai u that they are based upon the assumption
although numerous, they form really but a small
portion or The public-and any c!aiIit on their be-
@ nai1 TO peculiar and exclusive rights is nntenabe
II
nlent, That they have right TO bc specially and
primarily considered 10y the p0stollcc In tile de-
livery oi their letters, let Iis give u few facts
wnlch cannot hc Observation-Disclosures the
efiis which result from the system to the box
holders themselves. The statements here made
are the result OF experience at one OF the largest
poStolces in the CniOn-say ut New .tnistcrtlnIrl
There Is scarcely one box -hoi,ler who Is I'm the
receipt OF many letters who does not almost
dtiiy receive through his box letters addressed to
other boX-ho!derS which, have bcen placed therein
| by mistake. 0f course his own letters run thc
| same FISK OF ulSunliScry.
There Is not newspaper OF extended circuln.
ti"h Tic publisher Of which does not flnil nearly
every uay, among the letters delivered TO him
,nrohEh MS bon. from ono 10 six letters address,
ctl 10 the publishers Of other OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of
MS own letters being in the same way delivered
To them.
There are no two hOY-hohling individuals or
lirns III the city OF anything like II similar name,
WHOSE letters are not being pcrnctually s'miXrd
up by The delivery OF fiobbS letters to Inlhs OF
ltarNcrS letter To Parker oC IIenricks0nS to Hen
derson, oil J T. Brown 4 Sons 10 I. j. Brown Il
Co., DC. "
II Is 10 unusai occurrence for n messenger. OIL
prcstI'snS ticket for the letters In one box 10
nc hanuctt the entire contents Of another which
nc may With impunity appropriate and open if so
dispoScu-as he occasionally is.
scarcely Il week passes without the detection
letters or Ills emplOyer-whO, with the touching
confidence In Juvenile human nature chnracteris-
TIC Oi his class has generally expressed his VII.
ltngneSS To trust that boy With uncounte,l gold
sif,' anu prolane,y condemned the postoilicc ~
Inc cause Of his repeated losses There Is hardly
apuoilshihg house OF Importance In the city re-
icrrc'l 10 which has not suffered In this way-the
largest OF them 10 the extent OF thousands OF dol
lars through the dishonesty Of three OF its mes.
seilScrs, detected i'll succession.