The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-15
ONE-TIALF A MILLION OF DOLLARS
FOR POSTAGE.

~ R1A ANfA
George Stinson & Co., the celebrated
Art Publishers, of Portland, Maine,
undoubtedly pay more money for post
age stamps than any other firm in the
world; for the last five years their post
age bill has averaged over two thous-
and dollars per week, making a grand
aggregate of owe five hundred and TWEEN
ty thousand dollars; this is about the
three hundreth part of all postage Of
every description collected by the Unit
ed States government during that time
and in this connection it must be borne
in mind that the county now has over
fifty million souls, and fifty thousand
post offices. But the enormous sum
iaid for postage represents only the
cost of sending the light packages, let
tiers and circulars, for large, heavy
packages are sent by express and
f.eight. MesSr5. StiBson & Co publish
every description Of Of pictures of the
better class, and tlfeir trade now ex-
tends over the entire world, is an IL
abstraction OF the fac that their trade
| reaches the furthermost parts of the
earth, the following may oe interesting
Il short time since ali order for an as
sortmeut of over three t ousand large
and expensive pictures was received
from Tasmania, away down under the
South Pole. Not many years a q Tas-
mania was a penal colony of England,
and its population was entirely of con.
victs and their keepers. Since the re-
moval of the convlets, it has become a
thrifty colony; this place is SO remote,
that three months are requi,ed for an
al,swer to a letter. Tors Of pictures
are sent to South America ty Messrs.
Stinson g. Co., and West Africa sends
to Portland for works of art; they have
trade in every quarter of the globe
where civilization has gained foothold.
Commencing at the bottom, they have
worked their way up to the top, step
by step, and thereby, added TO thu
GREATS 81 push and enterprise, they
have that solid, practical experience
that is always necessary to the best re-
suits, in all things. They carry in
stock millions of pictures, AID are at a
moments notice ready " fill a five cent
order, or one for thousands of dollars:
they employ some five thousand artists,
clerks, aud workmen; their machinery
and appointments are or a magnificent
| scale, and a trade of ten thousand dol
lars Il day, on an average. is required
0 keep item moving in fall blast
Their assortment of steel plates is es-
peeially fine, and ranks very high in ar
tistic merit; many thousands of dollars
| are often spent on a single plate. They
appreciate the value of printers ink,
ard know how to use it to the best adj
vantage; therefore they advertise large
ly and LIBERAL i'll the newspapers
newspaper advertising was an import
ant factor in laying the sound founda-
tions of their great success, and with
out it, they slate that it would have
been utterly impossible for them to
have reached their present position.
Stinson & Co. are a striking ilIustra-
lion of what q be accomplished by
energy, industry, and good judgement.
There is ''room at the top'-all honor
to thbse who fight their way up. This
firm believes in standard goods and low
prices, and on that principle their bust.
ness is conducted. American homes
should be made beautiful by refined
AMI meritorious works of art; no one
has any exceucse for not adding to
their homes the charms Of pictures, for
fine works of high art are within tie
reach of all.