The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-10-18

but cents for the first pound and
cents for each additional pound up 10
eleven pounds, or 25 cents Tor
package Weighing eleven pounds.
am also considering the ACCESSIBILITY
of recommending local parcei post
delivery at city free delivery postol-
fees. but in order to install such
system IL will be necessary to OBTAIN
from Congress a special approprla-
ton to acquire wagons ana autoiho-
biles to do the required hauiihs'
The object of my recommendation 10
Congress will be to get an adjust
ment of rates and weights that VIII
meet the rates and weights charged
for parcels sent by post TO other
countries. This will mean re-
auction in the rate from 10 TO IL
cents a pound and an increase In the
| weight limit from four to eleven
| pounds. J.,
Another matter Of great public in
terest which l shall recommend lor
the consideration Of Congress is
postal savings bank system. we de-
s;re TO encourage among our people
economy and thrift, and by the use
NJ nostal savings banks to give them
every opportunity to husband their
resources. The policy will not be 10
compete in any way with the saw
lings banks, but rather to encourage
the habit Of depositing savings.
Our object is to bring hidden money
tn light. to instil life into 1t, and 10
lead il again into the channels OF
trade for the mutual benefit OF labor
and capital, and thus add to the pros
perity throughout the land.
I find that there is great demand
from the public for postal notes, and
II is the purpose of the department 10
|, recommend such paper, in denoml-
nations of 10, 20, rs, 30, 40, 30, o.
70 so and 90 cents 81 and up TO
s25 20 It is the intention to nave
: the notes payable to the party desig.
2 mated. A small fee will be charged
Q hut time will be saved as no adVices
ore 70 he sent. From 1 cent to
cents the notes will be made payaple
= TO bearer, and no fee will be chargeo
Tests of stamp vending machines
will he begun this month, and II th'
s machines are satisfactory they VII
's be adopted, as they should prove con
1t venient to the public in facilitating
= the sale of stamps.
l. or rural delivery Mr.. Meyer SAL
% that, while there was feeling pre-
n valent in many parts of the countr
40 that this service was an extravaganza
and an unnecessary drain on the de
nartment. he believed the results at
=. complished in the last ten year
~ proved this feeling to be baseles'
e. nointed out that when the first rurf
in route was established in the fall {
er 1896, and SIS, 200 was expended dul
ing that fiscal year, the postal d'
felt was $11, 100000, while for tn
&c fiscal year ended June 80, 1907, Tn
re expenditures for rural delivery wei
al $4,000, 900 and the estimated pos
he al deficit showed a decrease as con
ne nared with 1897 of about $500 ,OO
IL He added:
ne This is an undoubted evidence
&C. nv mind that while the expense /
he Cured in connection with rural d
by livery is enormous, yet it has /
n creased the receipts, and the pen
rs' fits to our people cannot be measure
.se in dollars and cents. The isolate
of which existed in many parts OF Il
MT country has been overcome; tl
rs. people are in daily communicate
orc with their friends in the rest or tl
in world; the daily papers and mag
mt zines come to the door OF every farl
on house on the rural routes, and
At lightenment and information are b
ec- ing spread broadcast throughout Z
ID land. Medical men have said that
nd ready the establishment of the rur
NV service is having its effect upon T.
his mentality of our country patror
and that because of 1t insanity is
nd the decrease.
mo At the end of the calendar we
ro- complete information will be obtai
mo- ed relative to the cost of transport
,st the various classes Of mail matt
vs. and the amount of mail matt
he which is franked, and the quaint
mt handled for each of the various
ar-V pdTCmcutS, COuSIeSS hdNih6 opp
nts priated 100000 for the weight
for of the mails for this purpose. Thu
,ur for the first time in the history OF
els Postoffice Department it will be p'
or sible to figure intelligently the actl
les cost to the government Of handli
re- the mails, and believe the data
ost obtained will tend to show that
rye very large portion of the def
&C. would be wiped out IL such free M
,ry. ter were properly charged on
books.
ex- The farmers hereabOuts are inve
I'M some in Bradley & Vrooman Paint.
the gives hundred per cent protect
ter to the building on which 1t is
will piled. Sold by Benkleman e NJ
ad- hall Co., OwossO.
thel
40 October CLOVIS in every cheek,
osol October shines in every eye,
. While up the hill and down the v
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