Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-02-22

The United States Express Company's New
System of Transmitting small sums
OF MOney-Superior to the
Government Methods.
New York Tribune.


A quiet but earnest contest has been 90
ing on during the last lew years between
the government and the express companies
regarding the transmission of money fcE
people not having bank accounts. 1s has
been an interesting struggle. L ach side has
strIven energeticaily TO present the most
satisfactory solution to the problem; that is.
to provide means for sending small sums OF
cash to all po nts in the safest, swiftest and
cheapest manner possible, but as usual in
such cases, where public and private enter
priseS come into contact, the result Is
signal victory for the companies. The fact
Is established that money can now be sent
by express moaey orders at less g, pense,
DO her and delay and with ust as mueh, if
not more, safety than through the post
off ces. A partial know edge OF this on the
part of the public has caused revolution
IN the money order department OF the
United States Express company, the busl-
ness of which has more than doubled in the
last twelve months, while the present indi-
cations point to a still greater increase dur
ing 1880.
crease is due largely to the improved system
of handling money that this company has
adopted. This is represented in Its new
form of money-order, by far the Simplest
and most complete thing of the kind yet de-
gised. 1t is in reality, as well as IN appear
ance, nothing less than bank draft, aud
in security and negOtiability corresponds
closely to cashier check, with the nited
States Express company and its numerous
agencies as the bank. 1t is superior to al
most any ordinary personal check, because
the company is far better known than the
average individual who en- oys the luxury of
abank account, and hence ITS commercial
paper would be cashed where a PERSONAL
check mig { not go unquestioned. ANY
banking institution In the Oountry will take
these orders like currency, since, unlike
postal orders, they are negotiable anyN hsre.
AS a the complicated features peculiar to
the money order formerly Used / y the COM
pany is done away with IN the new cheek,
the merest tyro IN financial matters can
| readily understand everything about IT.
Suppose you want to send SO to rela-
| tive in, say, [ hattanooga, Tenn. You don't
want to waste time standing IN line at the
| psstofce awaiting your turn at the postal
order window. You do not want TO incur
even the slight risk that Is attached to
registered letter, and you certainly don't
want to send the money without some sort
| of safeguard. You are in doubt. IL you
only knew some responsible person with
| bank account you would go to him ana buy
a check for the sum you want TO transmit.
| Now, this is just where the Uni ed States
| EXPRESS comp my steps IN to ser,e you. 1t
| is a RESPONSIBLE concern. Its bank account
| is immense. lis paper is current every
| where. 1t will accommodate you with the
| desired check, or money order, II you
please, for trifing sum-in this case Just l0
| cents. You step into its main Office, No. 40
| Broadway, or into any of its numerCu US sub
| offices in this city, or into any OF Its 4.OOO
branches throughout the country, AMI with
! ont moments delay you ere PROVIDE With
the desired order or check.
Besides the order itself, you also get re-
ceipt The order you forwar1 BY II all; the
| receipt you keep as an absolute guarantee
against loss, for if the order does not reach
| It's destination within a reasonable time, or
say it is lost in transit, then on producing
| this receipt your money is refunded or a du-
| plicate order issued. No blank applications
have to he fillei out by purcha ers and no
waiting for letter of advice Oh the part OF
the recipient of the order. AMI, as stated
| in substance before, it Is not necessary to
| Producs the order at one certain pace; IL Is
| good at all the tces of tails and other ex-
| press companies, since these corporations
pay each others orders. As there are 15.COJ
EXPIRE S offices in this country, Canada and
| Europe, it follows there are 1900 PAGES
where money can he sent IN this way.
| The rates for these orders are as follows:
Any amount not over So, cents, over 5000,
to 500, cents; over $1,000 to $4,000, 10
cents; over $20O0 to 5000, Il cents; over
| 5000 to $4,000, Is cent: over $4,000 to
| $1,000, 70 cents over $50 at the same rates.
| No single or, e.. Is issued for over 500, but
| If more than this sum is wanted several or
| ders may be purchase /. he syst m is more
popu' ar in the west than the east, owing to
| greater banking facilities here. For the
same reasons more orders are sold in the
/ country than in cities. The entire money
order system of the United States company
| has grown up within the last i've years. 1t
| was started as an advertisement, but 1t has
| become one of the most prohtable depart.
ments of the business.