Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-07


for 1915 were $l7S.44y.7N and The re
ceIpt> lacked about Sl0,51DU00 of reach
ing this sum. For the present year Al,
Me.cr estimates that the deficit will b
reduced /" about S7.oo0,o"o Those VIII
have an idea that this deficit Is due t.
the extension of the rural delivery ser
zee are corrected by Mr.. Meyer. Il
the year OF the establishment of TN
first rural route. 1896. SIS, 0oo was ey
p"hded il experimental rural free deliv
cry service and the postal deficit WI
81 .3oo,nb For the present war IL.
fApcniltI r" for rural delivery servic.
| MAS s21."H".43o ana the deficit will l.;
t3"'It S'.oehoo". Thus. while the exp.u:,,
| iii' HT1''i in connection with rural deiiv
cry * cHorE;lu,is. it is enormously in
crcaSinS the postal receipts ard a.
course the benefits to our people ar;
-" great to be measured in dollars ant
! cents
| not c"Gttn" himself to the great growtf
"f the postal service or the benefits of
rural delivery. The most int. resting
ana important part Of his address was
that containing his explanation of the
recommendations he will make to the
coming Congress. commentator
which stand good show Of being en-
acted INTO Legislation for the benefit of
tn" people. one Of these Of which
nuch mas Teen said III the new spapers
is til" plan for Il parcel post
r." be sure. we hay. =, parceI
post at present. with a rate Of
- ""niH per p";iI.d and ii limit o. four
pounds. but in nearly all civilized land,
at the world the rate of parcels bv
mail is lower thdn this and The limit
If weight much higher To illustrate
the inrnIIgr .Iiti"S that exist. an indiv-
liIal entering the roStotficc here in
AUGUSTA or III ANY other city or town
weighing four pounds. can send one to
any American CITY or town near or FAR
FOR 81 cents while for the other parcel
which i: sent many times as far 10 "A
foreign land he VIII have to ,.ay but
- cents. Should the packages weigh
! - pounds each. the one addressed
t" IN American nffrc would have 10
be refused by tn" postmaster. while
the ON. addressed to a person in
flr"p" or Asia would be accepted and
forwarded. Therefore Post mas ter-
General Meyer argues that the Amnri-
policy which c"nrels them to pay four
cents her" - round on packages sent
t" each ether /, ~. at home tHnl oven
then permits them to send only four
pounds, than on packages sent to pen-
pie living in - foreign lands icr which
they UrN pay only T. cents a pound
and Which may weigh up to II pounds
on" objection to the extension of The
pared post system in this country has
coin" from tn" retail merchants who
have feared that the large mail orGtr
houses would 'i.rive Il benefit from
Sich 4 - stem ToStmaS tcr-Genera!
Meyer proposes 10 recommend the as
Establishment of Il parcel post on rtral
routes which will meet this objection
II his recommendations are adopted it
Will cost l. cents a pound for the mail
order house to send parcels to the
rural delivery patron from any city
p"st"stic". while. tor delivery from the
ilstcit titin2 Office of the rural route, or
II mailed hy a patron OF any rural
route t"' delivery I" patron on the
same route. "r ut TIE distributing post
cft'te at said route. the charg" will he
hut five cents for the first pound and
tw" cents for each additional pound up
70 IL pounds. or - cents for a package
weighing IL pounds.
This i pound limit will put our
country in a class with the other civil
MED nations. though the maximum
established by Frarce is - pounds
While in Germany il is H. pound, am
III Belgium l32 bounds.
MT MeXer VIII also recommend the
adoption OF postal savings bank sys-
ZEN winch has been adopted by many
countries within trr past generation
Such banks were established IN Eng
S'"hu III IDOL IN France in 1852 and in
Austria in 1888. The policy would not
be to compete in am way with saw
lnss hank>, hut simply to encourage
ti@ hah.t of .leposi;ine savings ard 10
q ny h..','"l! ~..ri.--s ta Ii4ht ana turn