Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-08-26
IT WILL BE APPROVED
By Banks and Business People GeneralIy.,-can Be Conven-
 iently Handled.


 money order, which will be intro duced gradually, CT as supplies of the old form become exhausted, at the various post ofhces throughout the country. after the 4th of Septen4- Der.
 DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE NEW
 FORM.
 The new form is somewhat small CT than the lone in use. It's dimen- sions are about those of the ordina ry bank draft. It has two adjuncts- the advice, or notification to be sent by the issuing to the paying postmaster, is a reproduction of the order through the use of carbonized paper (the manifold process and receipt for the amount, to be furn- ished by the issuing postmaster to the remitter.
 On the back of the order sepa- rate space has been provided for the stamps of banks through which it may be passed for collection.
 In color the order is blue, having a light blue ground. with fine, closely interlaced, tinted lines of geometri- cal lathe-wCrk. of darker shade. Tn the center is aR eseutcheon bearing the Words, Pos tai Money Order" in shaded capital letters of the same two tints of blue. The tint of the order and the lathe-work will serve to prevent imitation; but, as an ad- ditional safeguard against counter feiting, horizontal water-mark composed of the initiale U. s. M. O.. in broad, capital letters, has been wrought into the paper on which the new forms are printed
 ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW FORM. Through the process mentioned (the carbon, or manifold process, ) the order and the advice are pro- duced simultaneously. By the same operation the essential particulars of name of payee, date, amount, and place of payment. as written in the order, are duplicated. or reproduced and made to appear in the advice precisely as in the order. The liablI- ity to mistake is thus greatly lessen ed, and q saving of time effected Discrepances between order and ad- vice. which, by entailing additional correspondence and causing delay in payment, have heretofore been a source of annoyance to the Depart ment and postmasters, as well as to remitters and payees, are prevented and absolute uniformity between the order and advice insured. The despatch of advices, which hitherto have not been made out until after issue of the orders, will also be ac- celerated,
 The receipt, which is to be fur nished by the issuing postmaster to the remitter, showing the number and date of the order and the amount for which issued, is also, in the main, reproduction, by the carbon process, of the writing and stamping on the order, hence must necessarily agree herewith. The adoption of T receipt has not hither- been practicable. It will tend to popularize the postal money order, supplying more than all else what was needed to make it, in the esti- nation of the public, a perfectly sat isfactory vehicle for the transmission of small sums. Possession of the re- ceipt will give the remitte.' feeling Of security. On the back of it he may make, for his own convenience, memorandum of the name and ad- dress of the person to whom the re- mittance is made and the purpose for which it is sent. Production of the receipt will greatly facilitate reference to the records if it become necessary ion the remitter to make application for duplicate order or inquiry as to whether the original has been paid; and here again a say ing of time will be effected.
 h shape and size the new order is deemed decided improvement over any other form of money order hith- erro adopted by the department. It's