New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
BUSY POSTOFFICE CLERKS.
MONEY ORDERS BEING SENT TO THE oiO
COUNTRIES FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS
pic INCREASE IN BUSINESS

The annroach Of the Christmas season mas III
creased enormously the foreign money orue.
pess Of the New-York Postofiice' ana 'ne 0i NO.
which sailed yesterday. and the bucan'a' -,
sails the latter part Of this week VIII 20 uon,o
,reasure ships In the eyes Of thousands OF peopo
T., rryiard Scotland ireland and Wales Sweoen
ord Norway. Germany and Italy. and IN iao' ali
The countries of Europe which have pos'ai GU"
ventions with the United States Inc ''o"e! -.
division is being hard pressed TINS io".'' . -.
thirty-seven extra clerks have been aHo"eu ~
,ne Department and about sixty are really heeoeo'
~ o,arks arc 60 busy making out money oruers
A.. 90 abrood that some Of them are growing colo'
.uss ord q rumber OF women in the DIVISION nave
broken down with the hard WORK anu ",u ", ~ !,
end substitutes have taken their places - T.,
a rush every year in the month OF DeoeS ~ :,
the money order division. but never oe'''' w
been as severe this year. ,,.,
Tho t-,,bria Yesterday took TO Great BRITAIN
LARGELY in the form OF Christmas present money
orders 1924 9Ol; TO Sweden. $4,000: 10 NORWAY 60
70 German s9Os.675. The shipments WIN -
reach the maximum till the last OF TINS "eeA' VIZ
Tho Incania will carry to the other sde ia'ee
Mounts than ever. That will end the rush, now
.ver and then the tired clerks. who have Deeh uo
,,o Utle of late but sorting comparing, re"rl'i"e
and compiling money orders, VIII nave so"e
our Work is made doubly hard this year s sa1u
Assistant Superintendent w. r. hotChhisSS ~ do
.on account of the fact that the rush OF u U
Ss,ic orders which ordinarily does not begin IN
after December 49, has been strong ior We 'rT
a,eek II is expected that the Lucanla VIII 49,
10 Europe on Saturday next about $1,000 ICY 10
senting only weeks business Inc HtUr the
from wage earners almost entirely ana aHorus 'e
rorking people Of this country an ob)ect Iessom a.
usrating the difference between inGa6t,ons in
The money order division on THURSDAY reacnttJ ' I
eecregate Of rs SOS The orders issued payape III
'6e1e,9n countries amounted TO l2l4i ana tnose
ceiyed nayaOle i'm this country reached the ooa. vi
81 on Friday forenoon at 10 O'Clock SuPeirins
taDdent Joseph Elliott Of the postofiice deposited
eith the Seventh National Bank SiVoVO the io
CENTS of the previous hour and nan oo- 49,,
For the fiscal year which ended June j. 1881, tneIe
was sent from the United States to other counttiess
si0- a.e 7CS The following year the total reacneu
,be st1n OF s1l 400 and last year II increased W
ka2 2oq SIS For the first three months OF ths pfoE
ont fiscal wear the business transacted was soo'is,,
zS4 % an Increase of nearly 20 per cent over me
c0rresnondlng period last year. II this rauo is
maintained II is estimated that the total TOT !he
year will amount 10 Sl350O00OO. In speaking OF tne
relative generosity Of the different natlonnannSSs
toward the folks at home" Assistant superhero
emf HotcbkIss said he was inclined TO think that the
Irish were little more liberal 10 their reIatNes on
the other side than any other race foio"lus
them he thought the Germans came next, nut ne
added that there no certain way OF telnhs, az
the Swedes and Norwegians made regular pradSS.
tce OF sending to their relatives on the o'Hel se
large at Christmas time