Telegram-herald., 1889-11-13

u 9iSls,4t2li - A9pil-AL91 tne peo-
PIE oL Lne Cntea states nostn q tae
Lle 0f the Potomac aud O1l0 rVers
bay AID Fe4d more newspapers tan
aay otAer people .l4 the world Wal-s
tn-s Is tgae A. regards tae to.ai number
~ newspapers, Including tne month
lee, Neexles ana ds.les, i l. still more
s-l xlngly true of tie d4les
There . aD0Lhsr corel-4ti fact.
The ~ pc Of the United States are
+ ven lever facilities by Government
l9r tne d.strolg.oa of their daily papers
tlaa the people of aly Of the pr.nc. pal
European nations. II the people oil
toe United states eaioyed the same pos
tsl facilities AZ tie people of France OF
Great Br-A-n, l- IS safe % assert that
taey would buy ana read az least four
Tunes as many daily newspapers A. they
uoa 10.
Ii Is therefore clearly the business IN
terest Of every newspaper publisher ia
tne Cn.Led states ~ earnestly aud con-
--lAL.y urge Al Improvement oI the
pos AL service GpOu tne Government
iu Eng aud, France, and most all
other nations % Europe every AOase IN
the whole land Is passed and SIS ted aI
least once eacn day by tue poslmau.
~ farm house, however remote, bat
has Us mail delivered directly at l.s
toOr, aud l-s letters also taken away
~ tne letLcF -carr-er, or postmAn, as b
.s called n England. But, lu the
ulted states, the cities alone are pro-
slied with iettcr-caruers.
N0w suppose that the letter-carrier
service were extended IA the United
states ,0 as 30 visit every house alike,
lu city, ham. {. village aud country,
would . not FOL OW that, within u
very few years, the circulation OF daily
papers would Increase At least tour
Told and perhaps teu-to.dt II every
farmer AMI every family living in the
country We're certain that daily paper
could be- delivered al the door every
day, does any publisher need % be re-
minded what vast field that would
open for an extension OF his subscr.p-
ton l.st Here. then, is one class whose
manifest business interest ought 20 Sur
up every One to urgency n demanding
that the postal service OF the United
states slal 40 longer lac so many wears
behind that o. almost every atom OF
Europe. Why 60 the newspaper pub
lshers and the people not unite i'm
vigorously demanding Improvement.
SIMPLY because. beng born and living
IN a country where such facilities have
never existed, they do not think of 1t.
Men do not cry for the unknown.
The general people should be equally
urgent. \ daily postal delivery at
| every house in the land-eXcept the re-
mote settlements. where the delivery
might Dc only weekly, or once IN two
| or three days such a manifest con-
venience and advantage that the whole
| people should demand II. For the
SAME postage money, or even less, the
people of countries that Americans af-
feet To look down upon, have postal
| service IN this respect infinitely superior
20 ours.
Another thing: The county people
| have Just as much right 20 daily free
| delivery as the city people, 50 long as
| they pay the same postage rates. The
| expense OF II comes out Of the general
| income derived from all. There IS no
| law, lOg.c or honesty IN delivering the
| mail OF Smith at ms door while JOne:
| has togo 10 the post-Office after hi,
mail, 50 long as both pay exactly the
same postage rates. This shows W
most giarIngly whan Smith lives upon
| one side of street within the city
| limits and gets his mail delivered free
while Jones lives on the other SIDE OF
/ the same street, but outside the city
limits, not 100 feet farther; yet he ha,
TO walk a couple Of miles to the post
Office TO get his mail. But, in fact, the
farmer away out IN the country has the
same right, and he ought TO get rig ht
| up ia earnest and insist upon having
the same service for the same postage
that city people have.
wish the public would think OF this
| and, when Congress meets, don't ash
for a reduction of postage from two
| cents % one cent-that would be only q
| tritliug benefit-but ask and demand
| through your Congressman, an exten
SION OF the daily mail-carrier free de-
| livery system 70 every house I'm the
| country. Why shouldn't the Grand
! Rapids district be first TO urge It IN
| Congress? IL viii be a long honor tC
| the leader who brings il about. b.
| GRAND RAPIDS, Nov. y, 1889.