St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-09-15

just as they prefer. II man pur-
chases money order be pays a fee
+ of s cents, and The Postoffice De-
partment assumes the responsible
lty of seeing that it is paid to the
! proper person. If he buys a postal
note he pays fee Of 8 cepts, and
then transmits it through the mail,
at his own risk. The chief differ
ence between a money order and a
postal note is that while one il
made payable to designated per-
son. the other is made payable to
bearer"
"Then. if q letter containing .
postal note is rifed, the thief can
readily get it cashed?" :
Yes" said the doctor, 'the
bearer OF postal note is paid the
money. but the wrong person, es.
pecially if he had robbed the mails,
would find some difficulty about
cashins toe note. perhaps more than
hs would be ready to meet. For
instance, whoever sends the note
can take description of it; that ie,
the name of the office from which
it was issued, and the one to which
it is sent, and the amount. Then
tue one who uses it has 10 sign his
name ut the bottom, and if the post
master does not know him, he can
also be required to sign the note on
the back III addition. It sill not
be SO easy u matter as you suppose.
Besides. as a rule. the amounts will
be SO small as to discourage the run
ming OF any such risk.
"The primary design OF the pos
tai note" resumed the doctor. after
this DEPRESSION. sis to take the place
OF fractional currency. which was =
great public convenience. There
has been a very general demand
from newspaper publishers, dealers
III articles Of merchandise of small
value, and others, for something
that could be used in making small
reMittances by mail Ordinary post
age stamps could not be redeemed,
and coin was not available because
1t was neither safe nor convenient.
The postal note meets this demand"
suppose Q merchant receives u
large quantity Of these notes. angst
he take them to the postoEce him
self? asked the reporter.
Certainly not" was the reply.
"These notes are payable to bemr-
er, just as back check ia. Tie
merchant gives them to his messsn.
ger or clerk, and be can get sas,a
cashed at the postofiice. He does
not have the trouble of ASST g;aas,
IS IL the case of money order."
Cant he pay them out again in
trader"
1T the customer will rscaiya
them he can, said the doctor, with
! smile. "These notes are not leuaI
tender, and there is no obligation
on the part of any ono to take
hem. Isee they have been refused
It the United States Treasury, be-
cause they had no facilities for CASH
ng them. There must be some one
o take the postal notes to the post
,ttice, either ut the Office drawn
,pon or at the Office of issue. The /.
notes are payable only al the post
'fhce. No doubt they will be offer
ID at the banks, and it will simply
'e o question of convenience wheth-
Z they are taken or not"
'.Weil. doctor. why did you select
UGH AN ugly color?"
The object of that color is to
make the note anti-photographic.
Brown and canary color. with green
N the back, forms combination
t colors that deties. the Gamers.
hey will look better, however, af-
er awhile, when the first rush in
Yer. aud the printers have a chance
D improve tue press work."
But the color does not guard
sainst the skill OF the counter
siter?' asked the listener.
NO, II does not, replied the
octor; but every precaution has
cen adopted to prevent counter
'itlng. The note is printed OH thin
paper. and has very in.
'lcate designs of geometrical lathe
'ork. 1t is possible, of course, for
ulnan ingenuity to counterfeit It,
1t has counterfeited everything
se, but the chances are 30 greatly
5ainst it that they may be safely
1t out Of the calculation. A coun-
'rfeit would, besides, be very soon
as the notes and the