Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-10-01
Blade Possible by Recent Robust
Constructive Republican
Policy.
MnvantiOn Between America and
Xngland in Eject Oct. Its
a. Blessings to Foreign
Born Citizens.
ORDER NO. 1867.


the postage rate applicable to lettel
mailed In United States, addressed II
delivery at any place In the Unite
Kingdom Of Great Britain and 1relan'
shall be two ~ cents an ounce or fra
ton Of an ounce.
Letters unpaid or short paid shall B
dispatched to destination but doubl
the deficient postage, calculated at sal
rate, shall be collectible Of the &C
dressees upon the delivery of the I'LL
paid or short paid letters.
CIV. L. MEYER,
Postmaster General.
Behind this simple statement Is
vast amount of Republican construc
tive legislation which resulted in thu
significant accomplishment, set fortl
BY the Postmaster General. 1t Is clio
quently prophetic Of a worldwide pen
ny postage, for which the credit Will b.
due to Republican administration.
sinth UniversaI Postal Congress.
The Sixth Universal Postal Congress
convened In the city Of Rome, Italy
April and continued until May 20
1905. Sixty-fve countries, including the
United States, were represented The
assembly was for the purpose of dis
GUESSING the postal systems Of all nations
and, II possible, agreeing upon measures
for the Improvement In all practical
ways Of the regulations governing In
ternational intercourse through the
mails. The first congress Of this kind
met in Berne, Switzerland, in 1874.
The United States Postoffice Depart
ment was represented in this World
Postal Congress by two deIegates-the
Superintendent Of Division Of Foreign
Mails, az In previous postal congresses,
and the Hon. Edward Rosewater Of the
Omaha Bee, who had also served In the
preceding postal congress-
49,. -. t.1a.L., AL. n.....a
Al this Universal Postal Congress
representatives OF the United states
proposed universal two-cent postage
to all nations The Hon. J. Henniker
Heatcn, M. \, who ls the rather OF tne
two-cent Idea In England. speaking OF
Americas action at the Rome conVen'
tion, in standing out for universal
two-cent postal rate, said:
'The British members stood coldly
by. They did not recognize that this
was a great historic occasion. a wortbv
parallel Of that solemn scene on July
/, 177e, when the Declaration Of indie
pendence was adopted: for IL the
Americans are willing TO adopt a penny
postage to all parts Of the world il fol.
lows that they are willing TO establish
y " inc nritlsn umpire ana lorm Win
III. sor wh,to,ow pa,d Ars-,c.,.
pso,,h,lcsr r,r,star \, tho cour, - g.
1870 nro,.ed nv ,vor,, !, ~ Arar,.
u, NsIasot,or srd soIsc,t.d ~ .r,srdIv
~ orsrat,or ~ M RrIt,sS sovarrros,,,
a ! Fourth 4, Irlv hsncust sneech n
Tordon = iona ~, pasS s.sS.
..Tsa 1890. 1870 $500 o..
a..as 80 $780, con,rarr,o. 49,.
10 ~ ~. 49,. :. ~ w.. So~:,.s
~ . ~ S 80. so.ua I ~. -. -
Z. p ....' 5000. 49,. S.Su %SaN -
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$3.50. '.Ieu = ~ .- ~ ~ $500. 1850 ~ro .",
= pen.' $500 $500 q. .s1.. - ~
ought to be the easy task Of persuad.
ing the authorities on both sides Of the
Atlantic, that It was as cheap to carry
4 letter from London to New York as
from London to Calcutta or from New
York to Manila-and quite as useful"
A "As
So 1t has come to pass that the Unit
ed States, under its Republican admin
istration, has finally succeeded In en-
tering into a convention with Great
Britain whereby after the ist Of octo-
Der this year. a two-eent postage rate
VIII obtain between TINS country ana
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
We already have such an arrangement
with Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Panama