The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-24
new MONEY ORDER
Form Adopted by Post Office
Department.
THE CHANGES IN ITS FORM

I'LL OllhNULo IN ITO lVlNul
And the Duplicate Receipt are Fea-
lures that Will Tend to POpularize
the Postal Money Order With the
PublIc-Thc New Money order in
Form Resembles Bank Check or
Draft.-somethtng of tho Growth
ofPostaI Money Order business.
The postod8 department has adopt
ed a new form 81 domestic money or
der. which will be introduced gradually,
or as supplies Of the old form become
exhausted, at the various post offices
throughout the country, after the 4th
OF September.
The new form is somewhat smaller
than the order now in use. Its dimen-
slops are about, those OF the ordinary
bank draft, II has two adjuncts-the
advice, or notification TO be sent by the
issuing to the paying postmaster, Is n
reproduction OF the order through the
use of carboniZed paper 1.-THE manifold
process), and n receipt for the amount,
to be furnished by the issuing postmns-
ter to the reTnltter.
ON the back OF the order separate
space has been provided for the
Stamps OF banks through which 1t may
be passed for collection.
In color the order Is blue, having
light blue ground, with fine, closely In.
terlaced. tinted lines of geometrical
lathe-worlS, OF darker shade. In the
center is an escutcheOn bearing the
words, Postal Money Order in shad-
ed capital letters OF the same two tints
OF blue. The tint OF the order and the
Iathe-work will serve to prevent imita-
lions; but, as an additional safeguard
against counterfeltlng, horizontal wa
ter-mark. composed OF the Initials .. S.
NJ. o.. in broad. capital letters, has been
wrought into the paper on which the
new forms are printed.
Through the process mentioned (the
carbon. or manifold processC, the order
and the advice are produced simulthn-
eously. BY the same operation the es-
sentIal 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
liability to mistake is thus greatly les
scncd, and n saving Of time effected.
Discrepancies between order and nd-
vice, which, by entailing additional cor
respondenCe and causing delay in pay
ment, have heretofore been a source OF
annoyance to the department and post
masters, as well us TO remltters and
payees, are prevented and absolute uni
formity between the order and advice
insured. The dispatch of advlces, which
hitherto have not been made out until
after issue OF the orders, will also be
accelerated.
The receipt, which is to be furnished
by the issuing postmaster to the remit
ter, showing the number and date OF
the order and the amount for which Is
sued, is also. In the main, reproduce
ton, by the carbon process, Of the writ
ing and stamping on the order, hence
must necessarily agree Herewith. The
adoption Of n receipt has not hitherto
been practicable. It will tend to popu-
Inrize the postal money order, supply
Ing more than all else what was needed
TO make It, in tho estimation OF the
public, n perfectly satisfactory vehicle
FOR the transmission Of small sums.
Possession OF the receipt Will give the
remitter n feeling OF security. On the
back OF II he may make, for his own
convenience, n memorandum OF the
name and address OF the person to
whom the remittance is made and the
purpose for which 1t is sent. PRODUCE
ton OF the receipt will greatly facili-
tate reference to the records II 1t be-
come necessary for the remitter to
make application for n duplicate order
or inquiry as to whether the original
has been paid: ami here again saw
ing OF time will be effected.
Tn ghnna md size the new order Ia
deemed u decided improvement over
any other form OF money order hither-
to adopted by the department. Its d.
mansions being about those OF the or
binary bank draft, 1t may be convent
entity handled when mixed with differ
ent kinds OF commercial paper. 1t Is
believed that the change made In this
respect will be heartily approved by
banks and business people generally.
That the new order may win Its way
to public favor by its simplicity, clear
ness and adaptabillty, great care has
been taken to give It this character by
arrangement Of its parts, by avoiding
surplusagc in the text or wording. and
by using plain type and excluding
whatever would be merely ornate de-
sign.
The postal money order system. from
n small beginning In 1864. when the
number OF money order postofilces es-
tablishcd in the United States was 4i9,
has grown to be one OF the great tHlts-
pensable agencies Of exchange. There
are now about 10000 such offices. The
number of domestic money orders is
sued In the United States during the
past year was over 3O,OOO,OO0 amounting
in value to $2lO.OOOOOO. The system Is
used most extensively for remittances
from places where bank exchange is
not so readily obtalnnble. While sup
plementIng facilities for intercOurses
between populous Centers, It has its
own special field, supplying means for
the safe and cheap transmission OF
money where other agencies for the
purpose could not be successfully main
tanned.
In the adoption Of the new form OF
order the interests and preferences Of
patrons OF thu system. no less than
economy OF administration, have been
duly considered; and It is therefore,
confidently expected that 1t will tend to
enhance in no small degree the popular
Ity OF this method Of making remit
tances. II is expected that on or about
January next the fee charged for or
ders Will be materially reduced.
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