Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05
The Postal System... Recommendation
in the Postmaster Generals Report.

The Postal System...RecommendatiOn
in the Postmaster Generals Report.
The Postmaster Generals report will
be full CT valuable data and bristling
with recommendations. He renews his
reference to the inadequate compen 50.
ton for the railroad service, especially
as the public convenience demands the
use of postal cars. This branch Of the
postal service has, during the last fis-
cal year, been extended over 8, ia miles
additional. The entire postal service
demands the employment of 254 clerks,
II special agents, 760 route agents, 156
mail route messengers and 50 local
agents, while the railroad branch alone
employs 669 route clerks. There are
also over 81 900 post.of6ces. During
the last fiscal year the money order
system has been greatly extended, 376
Offices having been established: The
amount transmitted through money
orders has been 8,515, ,532 against
50, 16l, 1l8-an increase of Sc, 354, Ala.
In this connection the international
system is also shown to- be working
we'll though slowly, and reference
is made to previous recommen-
dation IN relation to the establishment
of a postal savings bank system: The
English statistics given show, it is
claimed, that no decrease in the depo-
sits of ordinary savings banks has fol.
lowed from the organization of the
postal bank system, but that, on the
contrary, both increase. It is suggested
that the government savings deposit
afford better test of what the wages
class accumulate, as the amount to be
deposited is limited, and, unlike the
ordinary savings bank, the deposito1
cannot distribute large amounts in diff.
ferept institutions in order to secure
the better interest given to encourage
thrift. Reference is made to the I'M
mediate popular demand for the penny
postage cards, authorized by an act o.
the las session, but which could moi
be supplied because of the failure o.
Congress to appropriate any money tt
get them made, and the prohibition by
general law of the former practice O
entering into contracts in anticipation
of appropriations to be made for thei
payment.
Ih0 Cotton crop.
The November report of the statisti
clan of the Department of Agricultur'
gives the cotton prospects substantial
~ the same interpretation as the 'Octo
ber statement. While the returns o
the condition since August have beel
much below the average, they hav
been lighter than the corresponding
month the previous season, averaging
in October 70 against 76, and in Sep
tember 81 against so. The Novembe
returns give an. average increase owe
| 1871, of about 16 per cent, with 'th
area in cultivation II to l3 per cen,
The comparison by states wit
last years crop is as follows
North Carolina, 121; South Carolinu
1914: Georgia, 119: Florida, 102; Ala
bama, I'LL; Mississippi, 112; I,ouisi
ana, l21; Texas, 726; Arkansas, 115
Tennessee, 40; Missouri. Virgins
Illinois and other states which .prt
duced $4,000 bales in 1860, and i
which cotton culture was stimulated i
several subsequent years, now scarcel
yield 10 per cent. OF that amount. Th
total production as indicated by til
returns the first week in November
made nearly 3,450,00O commerce,
The area under cotton culture in A
kansas is 693, ,512 acres; Tennessee,
SIS, 8,605.