The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-24

'The money order system continues to
grow in popular favor. The auperintend-
ent OF the money, order System suggests q
plan for the reduction OF fees, which seems
to me entirely feasible, and which is COM
mended to the attention OF Congress.
Briefly stated, his plan Is to reduce the fee
for money orders not exceeding five dol
lars, to FIVE cents, and to extend the max
imum limit OF an order from fifty dollars
to one hundred dollars, SO that increased
commissions. received forlarge orders may
Offset that resulting from reduced fees for
small orders. The foreign money order
business and the operations OF the letter
carrier system are reported In a highly sat
isfactoIy condition" ~. ~ ~
Mr.. Maynard rcnews the reconmenda.
ton OF his predecessor for legislative au-
thority to accept and to carry into effect
the provisions of,-a article ;of the
universal postal union convention con-
cluded at Paris January ], rs, respecting
paymento oflimited indemnity for registered
articles OF postal union origin or address,
which may be lost or stolen d1riug trans.
mission through the mails, and also for
such modification OF the provisions OF the
act OF March 70, as will authorize the
adoption by the Secretary OF the Treasury
and Inc Postmaster General OF regulations
providing for the delivery by mail to ad-
dresses at the offices OF destination In the
United States subject TO the payment OF
customs duties thereon, Of any packet Of
dutiable mail matter received in the mail
from foreign countries. He 10 Of the
opinion also that authority to transmit
and deliver dutiable articles OF mail mat
ter to addresses, through the mail subject
10 payment OF customs duties thereon,
should not be restricted to such mail mat
ter as is now exchangeable in the univer-
sal postal union mails, but ahouid EN-.
brace all articles OF .dutiahle matter re-
ceiyed In the mail from other countries.
The Postmaster General suggests the
establishment Of the postal savings system
and also Of the postal telegraph In this
country in the following terms: One oi
my predecessors some years since recon-
mended an incorporation into the depart
n. ent OF system OF postal savings. The
snbject has from time TO time occupied
the attention Of Congress. For several
years the system has been in operation in
the United KIngdom, Great Britain and
Ireland, and In Canada. When In Lon:
don recently Her Majesty's Postmaster
General kindly gave me the facilities FOL
observing the management OF his depart
ment. Tiearnsd that the postal saving
system had been remarkably Successiul
and had constantly grown In popular
favor. As managed in that country It i
a sonroe Of some profit TO the government
| In thiscountryI am inclined to believe tha
the system would hRye advantages ever
| greater than 10 q compact population hke
that Of HreAt Britain. In by far Q large
! portion Is iti'the United States, and thert
are 30 savings Repositories and are nst
likely 10 be 70 ths people, ,ot these parts
The uss OF the Postotiice tor this purpose
WouId be q real boon. Itwould be on I'D
ditional advantage In that the depoaitl
yould be available at any depository ottic,
in the United States, an important consid
Grafton with q people 90 migratery as ours
.lit Il believed they still would interfere lit
tle with thu business Of savings banks, bu
would absorb the funds NOT nov depositet
In them, nor would the patronage .ot th!!
Government be sensibly Increased, sinc'
the system would be operated by person!
already In the public service With no eon
! siderable addlionto the number. Fon
attention, and the attention Of Congress 1
respectfully invited 70 Il. f-
During my visit 10 the British postofice
examined With much interest the system
Iot telegraphy, for several years past con
lnected with the postal service. Thi
method Of correspondence Is thopght't, I,
haye made Q great advance since itwa
changed from tLs arrangement ot privat
: corporations, responsible 10 NOBODY an,
> hardly to public opinion, aud placed gr
!. der the control Of the government. Th
business has increased manifold. Th
cot OF sending message has been largel
I. ieduced and serYIces performed IL local
lies Il never S6hiH hayO feaehpd unde
i. the peeunIayy Stimulus OF private entel
|. prise. At the sanH time II Yields ma,
) GIN Of profit to the Royal Treasury. Il
not time for us 10 renew the inquir