The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-04
Won MEYERS PLANS
NOT YET CHANGED
His Message to Congress In
corporates Original Be-
Iiefs on System.
VIEWS WILL BE OPPOSED.
RICHMOND COMMERCIAL CLUB
WILL PROBABLY ADOPT RESO-
LUTIONS MONDAY NIGHT UNI
FAVORABLE TO PARCELS POST.

Whatever may have been the charac-
ter of the suggestions sent to Postmas-
ter General Geo. Won l.. Meyer, from Or
carnations Of all characters through
out the country. they do not seem 10
have greatly changed his ideas in -
gard to parcels post, as he originally
devised the system. and as he thought
it applicable to this county; at least
his original ideas are expressed i'll his
message to congress on the subject.
In Richmond. Won Meyers plans are
looked at with intense interest. Next
Monday night, the local commercial
club will pass on resolutions drawn up
by all appointed committee on The sub
ject of parcels post. 1t has leaked out
from behind closed committee room
doors. that these resolutions will be di-
rectly opposed to the system, but 1t is
a certainty that they will not be adopt
! ed until friends of the system have had
their say" in "mcetin." Adoption Of
resolutions. not favOring the system
will be fought to the bitter end.
Won Meyers report also touches on
the postals savings bank proposition,
another thing which has been discuss.
ed in Richmond.
In the matter of extending the par
cells post the report urges q rate of u
cents a pound for packages forwarded
through the mails to pOstOtticeS in the
United States and is possessions. sub
ject to the same regulations as exist at
the present time, with the exception of
increasing the weight limit to j
pounds.
He also recommends the establish
ment of a special parcels-pOst system
on rural delivery routes for packages
originating on rural route or at the
distributing postOffice for delivery by
rural carriers to patrons thereof at Il
rate of , cents for the first pound and
= cents for each additional pound OF
fractional part of an additional pound
up to II pounds; for two ounces or less,
l cent: over two ounces and up to four
ounces, > cents: over four ounces and
up to eight ounces. = cents; over eight
ounces and up to - ounces, 4 cents;
over twelve ounces and up to one
pound. ) cents.
This will be a great boon to the far
mers who have not the cOnveniencaS
for obtaining the necessaries OF life,
such as residents in cities enjoy.
Urges Postal Savings Banks.
Discussing postal savings banks, the
report says:
Il earnestly recommend the estab-
! lishment of postal savings banks:
First, In order to encourage among
our people economy and thrift.
Second. In order to afford d place
! IF deposit free from any possibility Of
doubt or suspicion for vast sums of
money which might otherwise be
| boarded and kept out of circulation
through ignorance or lack of conf
dence.
wherever it may be, this money
has lost its proper functions and the
business of the nation not only re
ceives no benefit from it, but even the
prosperity of the country suffers and
may be eventually destroyed. Money
deposited in postal savings banks
| WOulu De aDSOlulely sale. DIS the gov
eminent would be back of it.
More than seven millions of immi-
grants landed in this country during
the past 10 years. and it has been dem
onstrated that i'll the aggregate im-
mense sums of money have been
boarded or sent away by these people.
In many instances it has been found
that. for want of postal savings banks,
money orders are being bought, paya-
bic to the purchaser. good for one year.
During the fiscal year ended June
30, 1907. the pOStoftice department sent
to European countries alone in the
form of money orders SIP, Ill, las. "a.
This money. while it was accumulat-
ing, would noturally have been placed
for safety in the postal savings banks.
In fact, it has been brought to my at
tention that money of the immigrants,
on account of its possessors being ig-
norant of our language and suspicious
of our private institutions, is being
sent home in order that it may be plac-
ed in the postal savings banks of their
native countries. 1t is believed that
this would not be the case in many in
stances, if we had postal savings
banks in the United States
i One of the SpriOIlS proDOSitionS for