The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-10-17
cAgELysstLETrER wRIrERs.

a circular has been Issued by the pos
office department giving some statistics
and Information pertaining TO that branch
: of the postal service. II states that oyei
r 100000 pieces Of mall matter are sent &c
J the Dead Letter Office annually by reason
, Of incorrect, iliegible or deficient addresses
insufficient postage or failure Of delivery.
In the last fiscal car there were $4,000
: letters misdirected; $4,000 were entirely
blank being very largely the correspon-
denee of ofbuslness men and covering checks,
inoney-orders and drafts. Ninetv.cighi
thousand were letters 10 domestic ad-
dresses, held for postage, together with
letters addressed 10 Mexico aud Canada. not
payable except on paying full postage.
There were 100000 letters addressed TO
persons a, botels, and not delivered. Forty.
two thousand letters were sent 10 fictitious
addresses, among which we're included
correspondence relating to swindies OF the
"green goods" order. Eighty thousand
were parcels Of merchandise, books and
Kindred articles from which the wrapper
had become detached.
OF the number OF letters reported 2S,
600 contained money 10 the amount of
$500: Four thousand had Enclosures Of
pos.ai notes In small sums under IS az
gregating $500. In $4,000 there were
found checks. drafts and notes &c the a
mount II sI.47t,s7t. There we're photo
graphs In 42,ooo, 1000 contained articles
forbidden In the mails. and ii,ooo were
lottery tickets. In i6. 900 there were
postage stamps for return answers, and
s3f 900 were letters and 4 900 parcels from
foreign countries mailed 10 Offices within
the United States. There were 10000
letters and 47,ooo parcels returned fron
foreign countries 10 sendefs Ia the United
States.
The following suggestions, II observed
will aid the dispatch aud delivery OF mat
ter sent through the mails, or ils return
directly to the sender 10 the event Of non
delivery, and thus prevent the annoyance,
delay, aud embefrasment caused by send
ng matter 10 the Dead Letter Office.
Mail matter should be plainly and cor
reetiy addressed. the name OF the post Of
dee to which Il l. TO be cent should be
clearly aud distinctly stated. and the name
Of the state ,hould also be given In full
In the case Of mali add. cssed to small Of |
sSes, or whe &c theIe arc Offices OF like |
names In diaeren, states, the name Of the
.oun,y should br added.
Where mall matter is addressed 10 cities
or tfee-deiiVefy offices the street aud
house number. or post Office box number
OF the person addressed arc important, and
should always be given when iI 10 possible
TO do 90,
Where this cannot be done, the business
employment Of the persons addressed, II
stated, will often secure delivery.
Matter mailed TO cities and free delivery
sfliee,, addressed wiihou, stree, and mum.
ber, or some other designs,Ion enabling \
delivery, gees Into the general delivery.
subject to be called for. ana Of sscft EHatter.
the statistics OF the pos, office OF some II
the larger cities show that not more than |
as per cent. 10 called for.
Letters addressed to persons temporarily |
sojournIng In city whers the icsier-ear-
rier system I. IN operation should be mark |
cd "TTansIsnt" or General Delivery" II
cot addressed TO a street and number, or
some other designated place Of delivery.
The name and address of the sender,
either prin,ed or written. should be placed |
upon the upper left hand corner of the en- |
velope or wrapper of all matter mailed.
This will secure ils immediate return 10 |
the sender from the mailing office for cor
rectlcn il Improperly addressed insafh-
cently paid, or othefwise defective.
Letters and all other matter mailed. so
marked with the name and address of the
sender, that should fail to be called for or
delivered ~ the persons addressed, and
Upon which full letter rates OF postage has
been paid are not sent TO the Dead Letter
| Office, but are returnabic to the sender di-
| tectly-without additional cAarge, and
With the reason of non-delivcry Endorsed
Thereon.
Packages should. In addition to the name
and address Of the sender upon the en-
velope or wrapper. bear In connection here
with request for Its return In the event OF
non delivery, in which case 1t Is also re
turnabie directly TO the seader from the
post Office addressed, charged with return
postage at the rate required for the class of
matter to which It belongs.
All matter mailable at less than letter
rates OF postage must be wrapped or in
closed that 1t can be readily examined at
the offire OF delivery, as we'll as at the mall
nc Office, without destroying the wrapper;
otherwise Il Is subject to letter postage.
Much of the package and parcel matter
received at the Dead Letter Office Is that
which has been deposited for sealed and
closed against inspection and prepaid at
less than letter rate, being unmsilsble in
such condition, and the name and address
of the sender not appearing upon the cover,
whereby 1t might be returned for correct
ion and proper compliance with postal
conditions, 1t necessarily Is sent 10 the
Dead Letter Office.
In mailing packages addressed to foreign
countries, care should be taken 10 ascer-
tain whether they are prohibited from
transmission to the country of destination,
or can only be forwarded when the post
age is fully prepaid at foreign letter rates
cents per half ounce.
Only bona fide trade samples are trans
missible at reduced rates of postage.
Persons desiring to mail matter other
than letters 10 foreign countries should
consult their rost-masters, who, being pro-
vided with the postal laws and regulations,
are enabled to give proper information re-
specting conditions, ETC., ETC., oil mailing
to foreign countries.
There is hardly such failure of self-gov-
ernmcnt in this country as would justify
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