The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-06-09
INCONSISTENT POSTAL LAWS,

a Tree delivery Of mail in the city
IS very much to the disadvantage Of
the newspapers that are printed in
the city containing the free delivery.
Postal laws in regard to newspaper
postage contain a great many incon-
sistcncies.
The free delivery Of newspapers as
originally adopted by congress was
intended, it seems, mainly to subsidizc
the weekly newspaper and all of the
weekly newspapers arc still given an
advantage over those that are printed
more frequently.
Heretofore the newspapers printed
in Ncwbcrry have had free postage to
all papers delivered in the county.
Since this poStolicc became a free
clty delivery office the law requires
that iII" newspapers that are printed
in the city and delivered through this
office shall no longer have free pos
la"r and on the seven rural routes
which originate from Ncwbcrrv shall
b" charged the same postage that is
pald Tor papers on all out Of
the county mail which is one cent a
pound. Thc other mail delivered in
the county and delivered by the rural
carriers still enjoys free postage.
W" can see no good reason for
charging postage on mail deliver
rd by rural carriers when the route
originates at Ncwbrrry and delivering
II free by other carriers even if the
mail IS carried from the Ncwbcrrv
office through several counties and
the route may originate from a post
"iic" out OF the county, In that case
It is still carried free for delivery i'm
the county.
The fact that Ncwbc1ry is a free
delivery Office for the city should not
b" amy reason for char~in" postage
on rural routes which happen to orr
"inatr 1T thc Nrwhcrrv office. Still
that is the law.
Another Inconsistency is that we
are permitted to mail papers at New
berry and have them delivered in
other cities with free delivery by
carriers bnt if they arc delivered in
Ncwbcrry by carriers we are required
I" wrap them separately and place a
one cent stamp on each paper. Tn
other words if our paper happened
t" be printed at Helena and entered
at that Office we could mail them to
Ncwbcrry and have them delivered
hN carrier without postage but be-
cause the paper is printed in New
berry and entered at the Ncwbcrry
office and Ncwbrrry is Il free delivery
office the law says we must pay one
cent Il piece on them.
We are simply making this state
mcnl SO that our subscribers NAV
know that if Ncwbcrry is Il free de-
livery office it is not to the aavan-
in"r of the newspaper and that we
cannot have "ur papers delivered by
city carriers without charging an on
ira subscription price.
The Inconsistencies in the postal |
laws snnuld have the attention Of |
our r"n"rrSSmcn and they have been
called 10 the attention of congress
IN several reports by the pnSloilicc
n1hnritlrS Mlt no congressman has |
undertaken to correct them. IF the |
paper were il weekly paper these OBJ
lcriionS woull not exist rs the law
Gives the weekly paper the right to
." thr"nGh The mail in the county Of |
publication without postage. We
shall endcavor tn extend our own tc-
livery system in Ncwbcrry so as to
put all papers into the hands of our
subscribers without additional cost
to them.
All drop letters now arc required
I" have Il two cent stamp.
These are some Of the advantages
of progress. II comes high. but we
must have il.