The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-14
NUMBER 27.

WIN, vi udTher Sllaue. In the
centre is an escutcheon bearing the
words, Postal 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 pre
vent limitations but, as an additional
safeguard against counterfeiting. a
horizontal water-mark, composed of
the initials U. S. NJ. o., in broad. cap-
ltal letters, has been wrought into
the paper ON which the new forms
are printed.
Through the process mentioned
(the carbon, or manifold process), the
order and the advice are produced
simultaneously. By the same opera
ton 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 liability to mistake
is thus greatly lessened, and q saving
of time effected. Discrepancies be-
tween order and advice, which. by
entailing additional correspondence
and causing delay in payment, have
heretofore been source of ANNOYANCE
to the Department and postmasters.
as well as to the remitters and Davees
are prevented, and absolute unifor-
nifty between the order and advice
insured. The despatch of adyices,
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 re-
mltter showing the number and date
OF the order and the amount for
which issued, is also, in the main. a
reproduction, by the carbon process.
OF the writing and stamping on the
order, hence must necessarily agree
Herewith. The adoption of a receipt
has not hitherto been practical. 1t
will tend to popularize the postal
money order, supplying more than all
else what was needed to make it. in
the estimation of the public, "a per-
fectly satisfactory vehicle for the
transmission of small sums. Posses
sion of the receipt will give the remit
ter feeling of security. On the back
OF it he may make, for his own con
venience, memorandum of the name
and address of the person to whom
the remittance is made and the Dur
pose for which it is sent. Production
of the receipt will greatly facilitate
reference to the records if it become
necessary for the remitter to make
application for a duplicate order or
inquiry as to whether the original
I'has been paid and here again Il saw
ing of time will be effected.
In shape and size the new order is
deemed a decided improvement over
any other form of money order hith-
erto adopted by the department. It's
dimensions being about those of the
ordinary bank draft, it may be CON
veniently handled when mixed with
different kinds of commercial paper.
1t is believed that the change made
in this respect will be heartily ap-
proved by banks and business people
generally
That the new order may win its
way to public favor by its simplicity,
clearness and adaptability, great care
has been taken to give it this charac-
ter by arrangement of its parts, by
avoiding surplusage in the text or
wording, and by using plain type
and excluding whatever would be
merely ornate design.
The postal money order system,
from a small beginning in 1864, when
the number of money order post of
fees established in the United States
was 419, has grown to be one of the
great indispensable agencies of ex-
change. There are now about 30, 600
such offices. The number of domes-
tic money orders issued in the United
States during the past year was over
100000 600 amounting in value to S210,-
1000. The system is used most ex-
tensively for remittances from places
where bank exchange is not so readily
Obtainable. While supplementing
facilities for intercourses between
populous centres, it has its own spec
ial field, supplying means for the safe
and cheap transmission of money
where other agencies for the purpose
could not be successfully maintained.
In the adoption Of the new form of
order the interests and preferences of
patrons of the system, no less than
economy of administration, have been
duly considered and it is therefore
confidently expected that it will tend
to enhance in no small degree the
popularity of this method or making
remittances. 1t is expected that on
or about January I next the fee
charged for orders will be materially
ra6ucp1