Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-01-30

i. The approval heretofore given .
# post check plan by thousands nf
, papers and periodicals has -.
been supplemented by its forn,o vC
5, dorsement by the National Assooi
h of POstmasters, a class of Official.
). above all others, are advised as .,
}. linadequacy of present facilitios
small remittances by mail.
The statement is made b,-
= whose business is to know thy
+. of the matter, that in the ordinaCu
, mercial transactions between tbo >.
of the United States sometbirpp ~
two billions of dollars pass tbrons.
q mails each year in sums of Less tbsl
and that nineteen-twentieths of q
remittances are made in the sbou.
postage stamps, silver coins or +,
money. y
Thus we have conclusive proof oeI
unpopularity of the money order ~
sance to get which no busy mar
undertake. Therefore, in 19 ont N
cases where small sums are sortI
mail, some other form of MONEY
a money order is used, all of them
ward enough.
There are, and naturally can bo
accurate figures showing what mr.
tion of these unprotected remittoH
is lost each year, but that il
amount to a very large sum 10
denced by the frequent instancsI
such losses that come to every m
attention.
The process by which a MONEY
is secured is familiar to all. II III
blesome to even the town residen.
volving loss of time and labor. n
nothing of the expense of the oo{
ment fee. To the farmer or the
dent of the town or village so
that its postoffice does not furnish
facilities, the difficulties amount
hardship. 1t has long been seen
the postal money order system 4
equal to all the requirements of
ness cumbersome and limited il
utility, and needs to be improved
A bill providing a method whiE
is believed will furnish a remedJ
the faults of the existing svsten
troduced in congress by Represent
Gardner of Michigan, was favorabf
ported upon by the house postI
in February, 1908. Hi
7ides that the one, two and five
silver certificates used by the 90
nent and used as money by the
mall be so printed that by a
# the pen they may be converted
money orders, and that without
curse to the postoffice.
In other words, John Doe, of d
%, wishing to remit to Richard Rk
New York, one, two or five dollars
nut to take from his pocket
he required denomination, afix
mary two-cent postage stamp tn
ancelling the same with his in
rite in a blank space on the fad
anne and pOstoffice of Richard
lap 1T with his letter into an enV
roperly addressed and prepaid,
all it, The bill, which was Cd
oney the moment before, sud
ecomes a money order, payaH
ichard Roe only. In Roe's hal
ay be presented to the postofIii
'yment, or deposited to the creI
S bank account, as may be the
der of today. In the hands
it is so much cash, fd
part of the public funds to be
itted to Washington, where d
II is issued in it's place, and a
pse of three months it is dest
the treasury officials as defacd
currency now is.
Notwithstanding the favorable
the house committee, Mr.. Ga1
Il still hangs fire. Objections
ide to its passage by the
ates treasurer on the ground
'uld make increased work for d
The senate committd
stoffices was restrained from
favorable report it had
on by the personal request of
or in the interest of an eXpred
ny, which is in the profitable
IS of selling money orders.
re the insurmountable obstacle
thheld this great convenience
public, incredible as it seem
As to the objection of the tri
e Sentry contends that the pei
United States do not exist
lvenience of his office, but
zee exists for the convenience
ople of the United States.
) been shown that the inerease
the treasurer's office will be
IN Offset by reduced work in
all money orders in another
the treasury. And cOncern4
leession to senatorial co
ich restrained the senate cay
m making its report, The S
WINGED that as measure
law has become a public
INST which even a timehono
ION of the senate must not
ted to stand.
The inventor of this sys
ney transference is c. w.
n whose wide and practical
e IN business has made him
etical in his suggestions.
profit from his Invention,
lgned it to the government
'lleo. He has not only do
has, it is said, expended
'ate means in a campaign
of not only the people,
IS as well.
is not pleasant to aeknow
{, which must, however, be
if Mr.. Post had used his
hoy a lobby about cong