Evening journal., 1899-08-12
POSTAL REVENUES.
Respect TO Average Con-
tributions.

The total postal receipts of the United
States for this year-a record breaker
are estimated at Sl0o 000, 900. Last year
they were ss764o, ,oe0, New York con
tributing the-largest item of the total.
sis,ooo,eOo, and Alaska the smallest,
$4,000.
New York collects in postal revenues
more money in year than does any
other state, Illinois coming second;
but in the number of post Offices New
York is largely exceeded by Penpsyl-
vnnia, which has,, 100 to s,7eo in New
York, and Ohio, with 3,40o, is not very
FAR behind. There is published in
Washington a table showing the aver
age amount contributed by each inhab-
liant OF each state to the postal rev
enues. This constitutes a pretty fair
gauge Of the intellectual development
and activity in each state. At the head
OF the list Is Massachusetts, with an
average last year Of $3.50 per inhab-
liant. Next follows New York wiAh
S2.27, then the District Of Columbia
with safe. Colorado vita Sass and Goa
necticut with $3.50. Thfrty-third In 20
spect to the nFmber q post Offices. Col
orado is fourth among the states In re-
speot 10 the average amount Of collec-
ITEMS for postage. They amounted to
$4,000 last year, and win certainly
exceed S1.000,0oo this yea~. It is OBJ
servable that all the Pacific states ap-
pear to pay for a large amount of cor
rospondence. California. twenty-first
Ia the number OF post Offices, is sixth
among the states and territories in the
per capita collection. Nevada fertT-
seventh among the states in the number
OF post offices, is eighth in the number
Of collections, the seventh state on the
list boing Vermont
The postal collections in Illinois
amouut approximately to S1.5e per cap
tia a year, and the other states with
the same amount Of collections per cap
lea are Rhode Island, Montana, New
Hampshire, Maine and North Dakota,
the New England and the northwestern
states having in this particular many
points Of resemblance. Pennsylvania
collects about $3.50 per capita, New Jey-
sey $1.z5, and Wyoming, Michigan.
Maryland, Minnesota and Ohio havo
about the same amount Missouri.
Iowa, Oregon, Idaho and Kansas, four
agricultural states. contribute an aver
age of between Sl.02 and s1.i4 to the
postal revenues for each inhabitant.
With a present population Of probably
T5,oO0,ooo, the contribution Of 81 of
/ postal revenue each would represent a
total Of s75,oo0,ooo, or Sl2,O0o,ooo less
than was taken in last year. The pres
ent average is about sl.3s per capita.
Two states widely separated and differ
/ ing from each other in all essential par
\ ticlHars Of business, Utah and Wiscon.
I sin. collect identicaliy The same amount
per capita in postal revenue ip a year
Utah has 3S1 post offices; Wisconsin
has nearly 1000; but the per capita col
lections of the two states are the same
81 ceats per year per inhabitant. Ne
braska and Florida have the same col.
lections per capita; so have South Da'
l5ota and the Indian Territory. Della
ware collects IS cents per capita from
its lie post offices, and Indiana, which
has 2,20o post Offices, collects rs cents
Virginia, fourth among the states il
the number Of post offices (it has 3,3eo)
collects 6s cents. Oklahoma 65, Wes
Virginia Ga, Louisiana 65, Texas 81, Ten
nessee IS, Georgia SO and Kentucky 49
Kentucky stands very low among tn
states in its contribution TO the posta
revenues, soliciting in a year about th'
same amount as the state of Kansa
and less than half as much per capita
! kentucky has $500 post Offices. 200
more than Massachusetts,, but for ever.
dollar of postal revenues collected II
Kentucky, Massachusetts, collects 81
Next below Kentucky is Alaska witt
only 3s post offices, but an average rev
/ enue per inhabitant of 43 cents year
1 After Alaslea is North Carolina, thei
Il Arkansas, then Alabama with an aver
D., age of 35 cents, then Mississippi wit
I an average Of 81 cents, though it ha
500 post Offices, and finally the fifty
: first and last ON the list Of states an
territories, South Carolina, with al
+ average collection of only 25 cents pc
Il inhabitant.-N. y Sun.