, 1875-08-19

nml'lea Which yaarH trial Ut It Iiaa glvou r14a
to- tic conviction that 1t was fraud fron. tho
beginning Heetnn forced npan every ono. Tho
c'a'1re sc'erlcd to n found n Sec. II Of tho act
amending Secs. f3, 81. n. a.. ~. nj, and so Of
an net approved June :, 1872, Fnr convenience
lat Sec. 81. which readB ~ follows, be takon III
fair example Of the wlsulo:
SEo 81, That tho compensation of the Postmaster
respective coureusatiuns nj Po*tlnaacrs Ut thu first,
fecund, and third cfnssos shall te ANIMAL saarrr,
sfguch in even hundreds Of dnltara, md payable III
quarterly PAYMENTS. 10 tu aaccrnlneh and sci. ty
tie lanaHtcr-tehcral. from their respective qn.rt"r-
y returns to thc Auditor for the rAs!oIce DEPART
men OF coplra duplicates thereof. for four quar-
tnstment, IS a,lng 10 lie wole amount Of oo1 rcrsa
not e1rcn!ing $,I rsr annnfn cnlt'tHao!a alan not
to erce t2Hn Tcr thu other postal seven'ta
Of thu nIlieet ut sht following rste- namcly On TIN
oysr ttol and mt over <!.4M Icr quarter, 80 ter
setnn and "n a. .yes eatoo PET IT,, 4arss1; ~ es
postal rercirta Of each Office the
nny rsusro Io.tmsstors to furnish duplicates Of heir
such periods as liz may diem necessary ~ cash cate
PROVIDED, That whenever, hy reason Of the eaenpIou
Once arc d.crc4se tho Fosttnaater-0cncral may a-
low, out Of tho socciptn Of ktch oirc ru nuhrient
1t had bpen xed tefufe tho decrease In box rents.
II will be seen that the hghest y ssit1e salary
nttalnabe unoar th's act IL Si,0Dtl with lhe OK
ccp!on OF tho New York factotln. whose nalarT
IL liked by tho act Mt sGtu00. And this sataIy III
built I'm out of tho income on bo1-{cnts and i>ef-
eensaeo OIL tho ealos OF postage-stampB
TAKJNo THE CHICAGO OFFICE
Pa an example. the following arc tho facts
Postmaster Macarthur n eut,tet to 81. 900 Of tho
j1G,0tJ0 pufd ar bo1-1cnts, and also to no moro
than e.. U,0 percentage on the sate Of pRfnpH, aB
prescribed fu tho act. During the first month Of
The year he aelIB more than Bufcion: to make up
his percentage OF S1,01O, and consequently !Io
cnreB not how much or how l:tle lo mny ealt
f,ri $Ea raf1niIr3er nf m THprtr1, In
may aell NIL Inn dollars wo,th, 1t will not in
crease his salary one cent more than $1,000.
Taking
rosTssAsTEn IN 4 EMAIL. rowS
n an example in contFndt4tlnctIon to tic Chicago
ohieftain, the following arc thu facts: lIe
mas or may not receive al high = tum n $4,000
for box.reutH. but for convenience sake allow
that ho does receive that mich 1llB saio Of
sale increases his salary IL Is natural for him to
look about him for All Increased fa!o. Tie per-
centaEc which goes 10 make III his salaly ia 30
large that lie af1ord to soil them at conBltl-
Tho law alIows him 30 per cent on tho first 800.
II he chooses ho may sell this amount Of
statnps at IL per cent of, and still be mhkes
80 by tho job. lie NAV do the name thing
with any larger amount, and continue to mako
moucy on every 500 worth Tint he sells. Noar.
" all small country.town possmasters are OIL
gagged in Bome Hort OF businers, very often II
happens to be drugstore. Perhaps tho Post.
n1AAtET THIS 6klD&C Dl money, or HiHnG9 70 mako
bis purchases frum tho wl,olesale-dcaler in town
at = reduced rntc, and he
bEHDS HIM TOSTAaE-sTAMrS
to nay for his goods. In this event, If he buya
whnt costs hin l80, for lo receives 10 per cent,
or S120, irum tho sale OF tho stamps. Thus ID
but ono Of tho manifold wass which wore adort-
cd throughout the States by country I'oA' mas.
tcra within woek after tho act went into force.
The postmaster-f;oncsalw WAS not rlow to Beo this
leahagp, aud accordingly, OIL tho lbt Of October,
1874,
An onnEn WAS PROMULGATED
making this practice mi,,icmeauos subject to
a punishment OF immediate removal. Iut tho
inauccmcnt, wero 70 Eront that tho order ~.
poars 10 haye had hut iitto effect. a,l tho yiola-
ton IL almost ~ wlos spread as II NJ such Ut dor
had over boon isHt,ed Tho country has already
loss u,ill goes On unrossric.cl. Iu tue Cisy Of
Now York it Is estimated that ut least 1901 GDo
buplnoss mon OF various capacities live IN the
suburbs outside tho city. aud iu . probab!ht, at
loaat thrco- -foustbs, II not q grcator proportion
Of tllem luy their stamps from thoir couotry.
poetYnnatetb. In the noirtIbfJIoob nf ali 1n1ua
citics thero extptp pimtlar state OF affairs show
Ink coucusiyeIy that the total loss to tho tioy-
ertmout can in no way bo oyorc.timatcd. 1t js
possibIa 10 mako any cloea estimate. IL ca, only
10 guessed At, and thon only AZ QUO might guess
at the ncmber Of vslbie stars in tho trmament-
The post. otl1ee Department has mad" sery
Auccoeded in oily worry mild degree. AZ ons
might readily expect owing to tho louBencsa of
thu law. A TOW mornings axo . telegram from
Washington ,Annouacsd tllat forty-ono POST
but tlpy were ia all likelihood Huuo OF tho
smallest pilferefp, The bje thoyea seldom eet
caught.
ONE or THE GREATEST ons7Ac1Es
iu tie INABILITY OF tie Special Agents 10 din
eliminate III ali the cases which aro called 10