The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-15
TW0-CENT POSTAGE.
What the Luxury 10 Likely TO Cost
the People Of the United States.
Our Mexican Visitors-Landlord Shot
The Prosecuting Attorney Advised It
Welded to Death-Requisition Wanted
Swine Breeders in Convention Hor-
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Sued for Libel, Etc, Etc,

WARRINGTON, Nov. l4.-"How much
Of a falling off in the receipts of the Post.
fl department do.you suppose the re-
ductiol of letter postage is going TO rsuse?"
Tue question was addressed to rather
short, p an.looking man, who leaned back
in an easy chair in a cozy room In the Post.
qfiice department building, smoking very
did.nary- cooking pipe, that II 1t was not
one % the three-for- tiye.cents Kind it very
much belied Its looks, He took the plain
pipe from his mouth, and, looking reflect.
vely toward the ceiling, replied that he did
not know.
1T is very difficult to give an estimate OF
that YETI said the Third Assistant Post
maSter-G General, for ne ii was who was en-
ga.ed wi h the short, plain pipe aforesaid.
II is pretty hard to say what the falling
Of will be yet-indeed, il will be some
months before we can give an accurate es-
timate.'
"But you have the first months sales by
this time, have YOU not--at least In some OF
the mrfe important ciiiesY'
eyes, we havs the first months work
in some thirty or more OF the cities, They
show that the sales OF stamps for the
month amounted TO little more, in cash
receipts, than in the corresponding month
OF last year. That YOU will observe, when
YOU think Of it, shows immense increase In
the number OF stamps sold, for II takes
good many more stamps 1T two cents
10 make thousand dollars than at three
cents. -
He put the short pipe into his mouth
again and pulled re1ectiyey for a minute
or go. "Of course he said, ''the re.
celpts for last month are more than they
will average, taking one month with an
other, for there were many people who buy
stamps IN large quantities who put IF their
purchase until the reduction, and others
who delayed certain classes OF their CORES.
ponderce 10 await the date Of the reduce
ton; go that thi. months work will not be
q criterion. II enables us to see, however,
that the falling off in the receipts is not 20.
ing to be very great
Glow great, should you thinkr'
"Well, perhaps from three to four mil.
lions OF dollars. Then the expenses OF the
| department naturally increase eachyear as
| the country expands, and the mail service
! is called upon to grow with il, so that the
| simple amount in reduction Of receipt:
does not show what the deficiency is tc
I be-
"YoC do look for deficiency, then:'
"On, undoubtedly. You see there have
! been but three years IN the past twenty oil
more in which the Department has made II,
| expenses. 1t is not intended that it shal
/ do more, and when It has come within a
| few millions O. that the people have beer
| well satisfied. For tue past two years, how
/ ever, we have come out with handsome
/ balance at the eud Of the year, and
/ should doubtless have done 80 In the one
in which We are row working but for the
reduction. Ii would, however, be asking
too much when we cut down the principal
source Of income 80 per cent, and go or
| increasing expenses, TO expect that wG
should make expenses the hrst year, We
shall probably have dc fcency OF six oil
| eight million dollars
"How long will it be before the De.
psrtment will be again selt-sustaiuing"
Probably two or three years, provided
there are no further reductions, There Is
talk, as you Of course know, that Congress
In its wsdom may make some furthe
changes, especially in regard to loca post
age Oh letters, and perhaps by increasing
the standard letter weight to one ounce
which latter measure would give us pre-
cisely the same letter rates that England
/ has -