Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-16

s#TeSentt meet the requirements of the
3gy stofice departments specifications.
MN 4 these two were the Maine people
liI "a West Virginia company.
M Specifications Full of Details.
tIIhiThese specifications prescribe. in de-
vail the materials Of which the paper
Sshall be manufactured as also the ink
with which the printing on the address
;lside of the cards shall be done.
The contractor is required to manu-
fracture the postal cards in a strictly
first-class building, which shall con-
tain a fireproof. storage room, fitted
with fire and burglar proof door, and
of sufficient capacity for the storage
of not less than 60,0O0,000 finished
cards, and to be subject to the approx
al of the postmaster general or his
duly authorized agent.
~ The dies and rolls required to pro-
4 Auce the working plates from which
cards are to be printed will be fur
IS3I she'd by the government, and Of such
signs as the postmaster general may
II 1ppt, and he reserves the right to
n iEfinge the design of any of the cards
= any time during the continuance Of
n he contract
sW Particular About Nails.
VI Even the manner of dressing the
Number Of which the packing cases for
& transmitting the cards from the fac
thy to the department and sub-sta-
S,yHbns throughout the country is covered
10y the specifications, as well as the
Kind of nails to be used in putting the
Boxes together.
III A resident agent of the department
III ryi11 hor 6o CT Nq&
1, facture, storage and issue of postal
Rtimes to the building and rooms where
gthey are manufactured and stored. He
Unjust also be allowed free access to
I Ia paper mill in which the postal
aid paper is made, to the paper in all
ages of manufacture and to the ma
S.tal and ingredients used therein.
u T'he contractor must furnish, with
4S-it cost to the government, suitable
ice rooms, properly furnished and
i. Ssated, connected and directly COM
n iunicating with the premises on which
aA ee cards are manufactured, for the
Ssse of the resident agent Of the de-
&rtment and his clerks in the trans
YSAtion of the business of the agency.
j Need Millions Of Cards.
The postmaster general estimates
lat during the next four years about
sg 100000 postal cards will be re-
E9utred to supply the wants of the peo-
Il sDle of the United States.
fM The postoffice department has moth
Ting whatever to do with the manufac-
i i're or printing of the souvenir and adj
s t,,tising postal cards and in this con-
35stion it is said at the department
ssstySS,re appears to be an entire misappre-
5nsion as to the postal card laws and
HI III regulations applying to the postal rate
IN these mailing cards. The law rec
A ,gnizes two classe Of these cards,
X }ne which Is in strict con-
formity with the regulations, and
Vslpon which the postal card is printed
En conspicuous letters on one side with
9nSptice that only the address may be
1 written on that side. If cards of this
a CHARACTER are Of the right size and
II tsxture, they go through the mails car
at.8ing a message on the reverse side at
eBshe rate of one cent for each card, but
@ssf they happen to fail to comply with
Ssthe regulations, two cents postage is
Srequired and this is where the trouble
Ascomes in.
Mistakes Corrected.
NJ the present time there is con-
I'm in Washington manufacturing
Ids from lacerated money; that is
k;ay, bank bills or green backs which
ME- been redeemed by the treasury
Ssfl destroyed. The pulp thereby Gre.
ssd is sold and pressed out into post
Nrds. But these cards do not comply
Nth the regulations in that their tex
Bic is of different character from
44s regular post card.
he change in texture subjects them
Mt.the same rates as letters, but the
Sa5lic does not know this and the
nufacturers have printed on these
us statement to the effect that
M. cent will carry them anywhere.
SShere is another class of cards
ch meet the same fate of leather