Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-22
One.Haif q Million Of Dollars For
Postage.

George Stinson u Co., the ceie-
brated Art Publishers, of Portland,
Maine, undoubtedly pay more money
for postage stamps than any other
firm in the world; for the last five
years their postage bill has averaged
over two thousand dollars per
week. making a grand aggregate of
over five hundred and twenty thous-
and dollars; this is about the three
hundredth part of all postage of ev-
cry description collected by the
United States government during
that time, and in this connection 1t
must be borne in mind that the coun-
try now has over fifty million souls,
and fifty thousand post-ofiees,
But the enormous sum paid for post
age represents only the cost of send
ing the light packages, letters and
circulars, for large, heavy packages
are sent by express and freight.
Messrs. Stinson & Co. publish every
description of pictures of. the better
class, and their trade now extends
over the entire world. AS an illus
tration of the fact that their trade
reaches the furthermost parts of the
earth, the following may be interest
ing: A short time since an order
for an assortment of over three
thousand large and expensive pic
lures was received from Tasmania,
away down under the South Pole.
Not many years ago Tasmania was a
penal colony of England, and it's
population was entirely of convicts
and their Keepers Since the re-
moval of the convicts. it has become
a thrifty colony; this place is SO re-
mote, that three months are required
for an answer to a letter. Tons
of pictures are sent to South
America by Messrs. Stinson & Co..
and West Africa sends to Portland
for works of art; they have trade in
every quarter of the globe where
civilization has gained a foothold.
Commencing at the bottom, they
have worked their way up to the
top, step by step, and thereby, added
to the greatest push and enterprise,
they have that solid, practical ex-
perience that is always necessary for
the best results, in all things. They
carry in stock millions of pictures
and are at a moments notice ready to
fill a five cent order, or one for thous-
ands of dollars; they employ some
five hundred artists, clerks, and
%wOrkmen; their machinery and APP
pointments are on a magnificent
scale, and a trade of ten thousand
dollars a day, on an average, is re-
quired to keep them moving in full
blast. Their assortment of steel
plates is especially fine, and tanks
very high in artistic merit; many
thousands of dollars are often spent
on a single plate. They appreciate
the value of printers ink, and know
how to use it to the best advantage;
therefore they advertise largely and
literally in the newspapers-news-
paper advertising was an important
factor in laying the sound founda-
tions of their great success, and
without it, they state that it would
have been utterly impossible for
them to have reached their present
position.
Stinson & Co. are a striking Illus
t~ration of what can be accomplished
by energy, industry, and good judg-
ment. There is Groom at the top''
-all honor those who fight their
way up. This firm believes in stan
dard goods and low prices, and on
that principle their business is con-
Quoted. American homes should be
made beautiful by refined and meri.
torious works of art; no one has any
excuse for not adding to their homes
the charms of pictures, for fine
works of high art r within the
reach of all.