Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-06-23

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carry. Yoa msy register letter 1T aay
office in fh- L nited States or Canada. and
To nearly all foreign countries. fer a f,e
Of TIN cents in sdiitioa To regular pp>t
age. Registered letters are not sent in
the regular mails, but pass from hand to
hand Of postal clerks or route agents. The
person taking your registered letter gives
you rece pit fer it, and the Law requires
every person into whose hands il passes
to produce either the letter itself or re-
ceipt for it. 1t is not absolutely safe,
like a money order, but safe beyond
any other contingency than accident or
crime. In the case of the money
order, safety goes beyond this.
If a money order il even stolen the
thief cannot collect the money, because
he must identify himself as the drawee,
and must tell who drew the orGer-in.
which is sent coufidentially to
the postmaster in separate letter from that
the order. Newspapers can do
much good, and save their patrons much
money, by occasionally reminding them
of the above facts. The most distressing
losses are small savings from wages, sent
by absent sons, or fathers, or daughters
to their families. And it is these that
usually attempt to save the small register
or money order fee by risking the cur
rency in an ordinary letter.
WHEN Isaiah Thomas, printer of the old
Farmers Almanac, was asked by prin-