The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
NEW WRINKLES IN POSTOFFlCES
Postmaster General Meyer Favors Parcels Post on Rural Routes e
caus. 1t Will Help the Country Merchant Postal Savings Banks,
Simple Postal Notes and Automatic Stamp Vending
Machines on His Programme.

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the 4Sen next 81 DMs o. Of CO Congress gUss WAS was given by MI. Meyer in his address at the
T5sse include the FL further 1hs..s aey SnRa%oss Of tt the ga sssssp post s gf east 10
ons est ' to ss.:5 '6s a aSs1 ths in St RSiio' G5iS" ths eoaHtTy Of "a automatic
1sad sn SoHe7er' Will depend nd upon the SUCCESS Of experiments now being
I~11 Probably the most important and drastic G., Of o any of st the e. rss com nss,aa
is t the extension n, ss s Of taf ss1ssHsb psit be E s4s,t GRy Ine wa es n EsS sssGsns5. t sat
that lat the 5sr MAXIMUM Rs5b9! 9ss sa te f iq p' 4 P1 Ssfsst b s1 Fs ses 5sf fsen Be SIXTEEN tssFea ss iT fspn
fo oars to s!t e! event. pounds s%H IT that local parcels ! posts equipped with . wagons s r
for Service be established in connection with the rural free delivery.
ANSWERS THE COUNTRY MERCHANT.
1.-TWO interests ae Opp@ing the h extension tension Of parcels sr post in t tMs
" n Meyer: " T1ii latter fssr that tn the MI msiIoTder houses Will derive a ben;
nsrs sR sss'f that IT I e d5ssSs se speak Il e s1 'a i3nsf { p?op S@1 ( 59S rs% o19% sst The
s feas Il the small Of a =t sasssss ss' and 5S s Sssi sSs's, ~''sD Will meet TIL ''.ss'
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SfsiSfd m nn hsS dssa by sn5 the sos Frrsl The ssf5 Ime he The hesd dsF fos n Ta be s "a sar tFn
ing his crops ST. and It will enable the storeEeeper to increase his sales and
"s' If If n 6y! reeennend al %nc RI adopted it will cost twelve cents a pound
as5 ' city n post@Ses, D S%ie to for en- asl| RsasSlt from ron e The '" ai:ts Ts"sss' 1 aHs q Of the
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diional pound up to eleven pounds, o twenty-five cents for a package
i am also considering the aavna0iity Of rscommendm anM a local i, par;
sseh post q system Ssn' It will ii Be s@5 ne tSs ?s1 to oSts 2GS; from Congress DsS IS a 81 special al aPP5o:
R RRe o5je tG of afQ M " re wagHns IA aut to- cOngTes So will i be be to Q gt a adjust
R Ps5ss! 81 . sa5s y e pa s e s{hs !s ses until s:ss E! FL . vii a 5Ss Ss'5 5ssss s f" I : ! :
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK.
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20 encourage among our people economy and thrift and by the use OF postal
savings banks to give them every opportunity to husband their resources
The policy will not be to compete in any way with the savings banks, but
rather to encourage the habit of deposting savings. Our object is to bring
hidden money to light, to instll life into it. and to lead it again into the
channels of trade, for the mutual benefit Of labor and capital and thus add
% the prosperity throughout the land.
81 find that there is a great demand from the public for postal notes,
and it is the purpose Of the department to recommend such paper in de-
nominations Of ten, twenty, twenty-five, thirty. forty, fifty, sixty, seventy,
eighty. ninety cents, 81, and up to $3.50. 1t is the intention to have these
notes payable to the party designated. A small fee will be charged, but
lime will be saved; a no sdvices are to be sent; From mo one me- et to to nine
TESTS of sampvending machines will be begun this month M II
The machines ire satisfactory they will be adopted, as they should prove
convenient to the public in facilitating the sale of stamps"
OF rural delivery Mr.. Meyer said that, while there is a feeling preva-
lent in many parts of the country that this service is al extravagant and
al unnecessary drain upon the department, he believes the results accom-
oished in the last ten years prove this feeling to be baseless. He pointed
out that where the first rural route a established in the fall of 1895.
and s15,O 900 was expended during that fiscal year, the postal deficit was
s11 500 600, while for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1907. the expendt-
lures for rural delivery were s27, 900 900 and the estimated postal deficit
showed a decrease as compared with 1897 of about $450O,O00..
1.-The expense is enormous he said, yet it has increased the receipts.
and the benefits to our people cannot be measured in dolars and cents. the
isolation which existed in many parts of the country has been overcome.
Medical men have said that already the establishment of the rural service
Is having its effect upon the mentality of our country patrons, ana that
because of it insanity is on the decrease