The Worthington advance., 1892-09-15
woRrHlNarcN. MINI. September Is. 1892.

scales ut the present time in the United
States? 1t is upward, unquestiOnably.
The Utica Herald publishes the follow
ing partial list of establishments which
have increased the pay of their EN-
ployes:
Haskell & Barker Car Company,
Michigan City, Ind, 5 per cent in
crease.
Wooster & Stoddard, Walden, n. Y
5 per cent increase.
Camden Wooden Company, Camden,
Me-, 10 per cent increase.
Rider Engine Company, Walden, N.
Y. 10 per cent increase.
Hawthorne Mills Company, Glenville
Conn, Is per cent increase.
Alfred Dodge, Dolgeville, N. Y, 20
per cent increase.
Lake Superior Lumber Company,
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., l5per cent i'll
crease.
J.C. Pass, Roxboro, n. c., 25 per
cent'increase.
H. L. Chapman, White Pigeon, Mich.
Is per cent Increase.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany, Grafton, w. Va, 20 per cent in
crease.
Close & Christie. Mayfield, N. Y,
Is to % per cent increase.
Wilkins & Gloss, Mayfeld. n. Y, Is
to 25 per cent increase.
Canastota Knife Company, Canas-
tota, n. y, 10 per cent increase.
New York Knife Company, Walden,
N. Y, 10 per cent increase.
Thomaston Knife Company,
Thomaston, Conn, 10 per cent i'll
crease.
W. F. Epperson, Ladoga, Ind, 10
per cent increase.
Pitts1urg Reduction Company, Pitts
burg, Pa, 10 per cent increase.
Sultan Buggy and Carriage Com
pany, White Pigeon, Mich, 10 per cent
increase.
B. Howi,zer, Coaseburg, Wis.,. 10
per cent increase.
Enterprise Manufacturing Company,
Mannheim, p.,., 80 per cent increase.
Shaw Stocking Company, Lowell,
Mass, 10 per cent increase.
Kings County Knitting Company,
Brooklyn, n. Y, 5 per cent increase.
Western Knitting Mills, Rochester,
Mich, Is per cent increase.
Western Knitting Mills, Rochester,
Mich, Is per cent increase.
Western Knitting Mills, Detroit
Mich, IS per cent increase.
Langley 4 Davis, Oriskany Falls
Mich, - to 80 cents day increase.
William Carter 4 Co., Highlands
Vile, Mass, Is to 81 cents u day in
crease,
Mccormick Il Co., Harrisburg, Pa.
10 to so centsa day increase.
No mention is made in the above lis
of the Fall River cotton marufactur
prs, who recently made a general I'D
vance in their payrolls.
POSTAL y FOR VI AIlON.
TO say that the postal service touche!
more nearly than the service Of III!
other department the average citizen
whoever and wherever he may be, is Al
observation remarkable chiefly for it.
triteness. at nothing could be NOR
true. The postal service is not a thinl
apart from the great body of the peo
pie, the operations of which are onl
brought home to them through til
daily and weekly journals; but it is Al
establishment which reaches into ever
community, into every house, and iden
tifies itself, to a greater of less exten,
with everybody. 1t is an indispensa
BILE adjunct to every CONNER
cial enterprise, and a useful auxiliar
in all the activities and agencies of in
dividual and organized effo1t. There
fore the ADVANCE will, from time
time, give space to information con
cerning this important function of 0u
general government. This informa
tion we obtain through the courtesy c
Frank Lewis, ESQ, our Post Master
We begin by giving some rulings OF tn
department, which the reader will fin
to be both important aud interestin
matter:
RULINGS.
!. News agents are entitled to retur
second class matter to other new
agents at the pound rate of postag
but when such matter is returned t
publishers, it is subject to postage I
the rate of ono cent for each fou
ounces or fraction thereof.
A simple statement of account md
be written upon il postal card and Sci
in the mail, when the same is unaccon
panied by any scurrilous, defalnatol
or threatening language.
g. PUstmasters are required to cOlle|
one cent postage due upon all lette
ADVERTISED, whether by posting or Otl
erwise, which are subsequently deli,
cred.
l. It is not the business of the pos
master to attach stamps to letters a.
packages submitted for mailing. TIL
may be more properly done by the pc
son mailing such letters or package
but where he is unable to do so, by re
sou of infirmity or other cause Of il
capacity, the postmaster may ASST
him, if requested to do so.
5. When letters are deposited at
post office for mailing after the m;
pouch has been locked and sent to tt
train, the postmaster may cancel t
stamps thereon and hand the letters
the postal clerks on the cars; but if tn
are taken to the cars by any other pe
son other than himself, or his swo
assistant, the stamps thereon must n
be Cancelled by the postmaster.
6. mot of general importance.)
7. Postmasters are not permitted
.a..hlio in forra ion ohta in