The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-29
IPOSTAGE BY THE POUND.
How Newspapers win be Affected by
the Proposed Change.


the Proposed Change.
The subject of newspaper postage |
and the practical inconveniences of the |
present system, have lately been under |
discussion with the postal committee OF
the house, who have decided to report
in favor of a radical change in the pres
ent mode of mailing and stamping. As
the matter stands at present, newspaper
postage can either be paid at the Office
of reception or delivery, and in this
way two systems are really at work,
which necessarily complicates business,
and causes a loss of both time and
money. Under the present system, if
paper is prepaid by the publishers,
a receipt is obtained, and thereafter the
papers will pass through the mail with
out further trouble but in case it is
not prepaid, then postage must be col
lected at the Office Of delivery, either
quarterly in advance, or else at the reg
ular rate as each paper IS delivered by
the carrie.
It is now proposed to abolish this
plan and charge entirely by weight, at
the rate of two cents a pound. Such
an arrangement, it is said, will be no
additional expense to the newspaper
publishers, while it viii secure to the
government its entire revenue.
Outside of the large cities, not more
than one-tkird of the newspaper post
age is ever collected, owing to the man
ner In which country postmasters COM
bine private business with their duties
to the government. Thus, a country
postmaster generally keeps q small
store, and if good customer is in receipt
of a newspaper, he will not often press
his claim for postage at the possible
| risk of I'M Turing his other business. In
this manner, the government suffers
| great loss that cannot be well remedied.
| Under the system proposed, the rate of
two cents per pound is so low that pub
| fishers will not be taxed any more than
at present, and the trouble of stamping
| and preparing will be o5viated. The
bundle of papers, or In fact any printed
matter when delivered at the post-office,
1 will be weighed, and the amount
charged against the paper, which will
be collected quarterly as heretofore.
The fact of paper then being in the
mail will be the best evidence that it is
paid for, and it Will be delivered in any
part of the United States without fur
ther charge or trouble. Or if q news
paper does not wish to have an account
kept, book of stamps may be retained,
of which an amount equal to the weight
of mail matter delivered can be carcel-
led by the clerk receiving the bundles.
LET US CoNsIDER.-Since the intro
duction of distilled spirits in the six
teenth century, they have been habitu
ally prescribed as remedies. We know
that alcohol, in all its forms, is PERM
cious to health. Knowing these things
and that under the system of treatment
which includes their use, the mortality
among the sick is, and ever has been
enormous, is it not worth while to try
the effect of remedy which combines
in their highest excellence the qualities
of Tonic, an Alternative and Regula
J tor contains no mineral bane or muir
derous alkaloid or alcoholic poison
does its curative office without pain ant
! with uniform certainty? DR.. Walker
! Vinegar Bitters fulflls all these condi
tions, and is now effecting the most ex
traordinary cures, in cases where ever
specific of the faculty has ignominious
ly failed. Consider, in view of thes
facts, whether any sick person is just
fed by reason and common sense in de
Ginning to test the virtues of this undo
filed md irresistible remedy.