Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-02


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LOT the last year being less than "a, ~.
preceding, while the expenses continnaA
70 grow nearly as before, Il mipbt hss,,,,
DO Inferred that the rate of postngc hss
peen ieuueed too greatly 70 justify the
| s,Np'e.atoI ihat the service Will again
become scli.sustAnlng.
| A more attentive examinations ,,t,...
Ieueoh 70 think such q deduction 10 be
erroneous, The reduction OF the rate
tuok cnect ON the LIST day OF October.
1855, leaving but nine months Of lie
lscai year TO rs operation, and although
/ uy anticipation some effect was practical.
experienced during the anteccdeni
tnrpe months IN diminished purchases OF
sulinps, yet The sales for that quarter
sun remained large, aud OF course
yleiueu Tor The amount OF thrce.ees,
Stamps sold a sum 80 per cont. greater
IMAM would have arisen for a two.cent
price, while 10 the extent that pur.
chnsers had suspended buying to secure
the cheaper rate, the sales Immediately
! following Us taking effect were increased
10 volume II also appears from the ac.
count OF sales that there worc large pur.
chases OF stamps, and especially of
stamped envelopes, IN That quarter. m
anticipation Of their use In theneyt, ana
| preparatory 20 II. But the fun effect ol
| me change has been continuously opern.
/ tive during the entire wear rceeptlv
closed and has only been countcrnctgd
/ by The same cause, which was 40 ieast
equally IN force, proportlonably, during
! the year preceding the steady growth IA
the public use OF the mall service.
! comparison Of the loss Of receipts
seyomlly sustained during each of these
| years should indicate, la general wny.
thc ptcuniary Influence upon the revenue
OF the natuial Increase IN the public en-.
! ployment OF the postal service, and miaht
ahord approximate percentages Tor com.
pumtlon az 10 the future, II other spccinl
causes from recent legislation had not In.
tefVencd. Such comparison should be
| united TO the receipts for postage nlouc.
to the most instructive.
These have been az follows, In the
year ending June 30, 1883, S48, tG0, 2Bg .g3
~ The year ending Juuc 30, 1884, si0, 1896.
t25'6si Va the year ending June 30, 1885,
$4,000, 22G,G9. The failing on In this
revenue between 1883 aud 1854 was there.
lore S2,BO3,b8i 20, or 5.8 plus per cent. ;
while between 1854 aud 1885 II was but
$500, bo2p9, or Il little below per cent,
giving u ratio of Improvement which, n
otherwise undisturbcd, would warrant
the expectation Of considerable net In
crease, Instead Of further loss, during the
current year. The showing for the rcye.
nue. OF the past ycarls entitled toa further
advantage by the amount of S16l,270 90,
which should be deducted from the rcye.
nue. OF tile previous year In institutug
comparison, on account OF official stamps
and stamped envelopes, then credited 10
revenue, which, during the past year, dis.
appeared by the substitution OF lho pen.
alty envelopes, and the entire dlscuutn,
uantc OF oficial stamps on the 80th OF
June, 1884,
The other sources Of ordinary postal
revenue during the three years In qucs-
ton, mainly bOX-rents, show steady
gain from year to year during the past
three. Thus; Ia 1889, the total IRON such
sources was, s 1886 Sob In 1884, 81.
9Gl 800 80; In 1885, So ,006, Gs8.si.
Although not to be accepted as ndcat.
Ing any measure OF t., these figures prove
the fact Of steady progress IN gain from
growth; corroborative of the Inference
TO be taken from the statistics OF the
OllNI NlliHltlh vi ttitlDIs
more decisive evidence Of the re
stored upward tendency OF the reycnu,
from postage IN 20 be derived from com
parison vi receipts during the seyern
qnarter-years OF the period under exam
nation. During each OF the four quarters
Of he year ending June 10, 1884, the re
ccipts Of this kind were less than during
the several corresponding quarters Of Tn,
preceding year, and during the first twt
quarter-ycars OF the past fiscal year th,
receipts were less than during the cor
responding quarters Of the ycnr before
although not 10 the. same extent. Blu
during the third quarter Of the last yea
the receipts exceeded those Of the thirt
quarter OF the former yearly Sl27 ,S05.70
and during the fourth quarter further IN
crease was gained, the receipts for post
age exceeding those OF the corresponding
quarter OF the preceding year In the bet
ter sum of S2b2, a6l 81; indicating thai
the growth OF patronage has reached The
point Of complete Countenclon To Inc
depressing Influence Of the reduction h
the rate and marking the turn 70 re-
stored prospect Of increasing revenue
This event has been doubtless delayed
aud The postal revenue much diminished
by another cause.-The unsatisfactory con
dition OF general business throughout the
country, which, more or less operative
during the preceding, has been especially
effective during the past year. Not only
has the volume of commercial commnnl
cations been lessened, but many Other
uses OF the mall, which In prosperous
times are freely accepted, have beer
diminished Ia eStoni.
The revenue from the monoy-ordcr serv
ice donotes the condition and the consc
aueuces, having fallen on from Sob,
iD2 .0s ia the preceding to but S4OS,
1888 80 IN the last year,'a smaller sum Than
was realized two years before. since
this service consists OF the transmission
OF small sums Of money, It's diminished
employment Is u strong mark OF TIC I'M
favorable circumstances which have ~
tended the business affairs OF the people
during the year.
Another similar evidence OF the bust
ness condition Is disclosed IN the DIVISION
of registration, which reports decrease
from the number IN the previous year 81
registered domestic letters aud parcels
amounting 20 2Dg, or ~ per cent?
while for seven years before there had
been an Increase averaging lG.7 per cont
dUrinn the first six, hut dropping to8't
nor cent. IN the seventh, The system thus
appearlng 10 be fair barometer Of busi
ness,
Az already shown by the results, ana az
nppenfs from the reports ~ thn greater
nnmher of pieces hnndlod by postal
clerks the incr8asein ihr number Of con-
mnpirations. aud articles transmitted Di