The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-05

uitlN Nndil dhN bAlAti IL Cllillltu 10 present
relief; that such relief may be extended
without doubt TO other public interests
will be discovered upon reviewing the re-
suits OF former deductions. immediately
prior to the act OF lSl5 the postage upon II
letter composed OF single sheet was as
follows: Ii conveyed 10 miles or less, 6
cents, between so and 80 miles, 10 cents
between So and loo miles, l23 cents; be-
tween $50 aud 400 miles, lSf.
over 100 miles, p by the
act of 1915 the postage upon a single letter
conveyed for any distance under 500 miles
was fixed at 3 cents and for any greater dis
lance at 10 cents. BY the act OF 1851 it was
provided that single letter, il prepaid
should be carried any distance not TO eN-
coed 5000 miles for cents, and any greater
distance for cents. 1t will be noticed
both of these reductions were of n radical
character and relatively quite as important
as that which is now proposed. In each
case there ensued temporary loss Of rev.
enue, but there was sudden
and large influx of business,
which substantially recovered that
loss within three years. Unless the expert
ence of past legislation in this country and
elsewhere goes for naught, il may be safely
predicted that the stimulus of 5Oper centum
reduction in tax for carriage would at once
increase the number of letters consigned to
the mails. The advantages of secrecy
would lead to n very general substitution
of sealed packets for postal cards and
open, irregular and divers other
ways, and the volume of first. class
augmented. Such increase amounted in
England in the first year of the adoption of
penny postage to more than l25 per cent.
AS n result oGCareiul estimates, the details
of which cannot be submitted, ! an con
WINGED that the deficiency for the first year,
after the proposed reduction, would not eX.
coed per cent. of the expenditures, or S.
0O0,0OO while the deficiency after the reduc-
iiOn of 1915 was more than III per cent, and
after that of 1851, was y per cent.
Another interesting comparison IS al.
forded by statistics furnished me by
the pOst'ollCe department, The act of
1913 was passed in the face OF the fact that
there existed IA deficiency of more than
$50 900, that of 1851 was encouraged by the
slight surplus OF $4,000. Ii congress
should approve these suggestions it may
he deemed desirable to supply to some eX-
tent the deficiency which must for time
result by increasing the charge for carrying
merchandise which is now only Is cents
per pound, but even without such an in
crease am confident that the receipts ur-
der the diminished rates would equal the
after the lnuse of three or four
years.
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