The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-28
Receipts of Money Order Depart
ment Of Post Office Show
Falling Off for Year
P0ST0FFICE USED AS BANK
Amount Of Money Sent to Foreign
Countries More Than Eight Times
Amount to Kenosha From
Those Countries


Supplementing the report of Post
master Reyes of Madison as to the
business of the Kenosha Postofice the
officials in charge of the money order
department of the Kenosha office have
made public a, report prepared by Will
liam L. Marx, the money order clerk,
which shows that the business of this
department of the office is much great
er than the gross postal receipts of the
office While the stamp clerks handled
a little over $4,000 during the year
just closed the report Of money order
Clerk Marx shows that the department
of which he is the head handled over
$4,000. The report of the stamp
clerk shows an increase in business of
more than fourteen per cent. over last
year while the report of the money
order department. shows a decrease in
business. The report has many inter
esting features to it and shows that
the foreign population of the city is
using the postofice for banking pur-
poses to large extent The postofice
is shown to have issued more than
$4,000 worth of money orders which
were certificates of deposit. It is in
teresting to note from the statistical
report the very large average of the
amounts of the foreign money orders.
This seems to carry out the claim that
many of the foreigners are sending the
greater part of their earnings to rela-
tives in the old country.
The vast difference between the
amount of the International Money
Orders paid in Kenosha and those sent
out of Kenosha shows to what extent
the balance of trade between Kenosha
and the foreign countries is in favor
of the foreign Offices. The Kenosha
postofice sent to foreign offices last
year more than $44,4 400 while the
amount Of foreign orders paid in Ke-
nosha was but $5,99568. Most Of this
money is paid to the manufacturers of
Kenosha it being shown that the aver
age of the orders is more than $50.
The following is the statistical report
of the Money Order Department as is
sued by Postmaster Maloney on Tues
day:
Cash balance Jan. /, 19o8..$ 766.07
Received from domestic
money orders issued.... 76,5O0.03
Fees on domestic money
orders issued ... 6o2.8s
Received from international
money orders issued. -. 44,468.3
Fees on International money
orders issued .... 1925
Certificates of deposit issued 49,723.OO
Errors debited for auditor
report 1908 ........ 1882
Cash received for year. .... $172, 390.44
Credit
Domestic money orders paid S 55,364.9 90
Foreign money orders paid. 5,995.6e
Deposited at Milwaukee. -. 109,967O0
Errors for auditors report
1908 j.. .............. 500
Cash balance Jan. l 1900. 1,o56.81
Total /. ...............$ 172, 390.44
The number of domestic money
orders paid was 6,436 Of al average
value of 1892. The number of Inter
national Orders paid was 118 Of an
average value of $50.81. The nun.
Der of domestic orders issued was
1904 of an average value Of 1880 The
number of International Money Orders
issued was 1,7O7 of an average value
of $26.05.
The receipts of the money order de-
partment of the postofice for the year
just closed were not so large as in the
preceding year, there being a very
large reduction in the money sent by
foreigners to their friends in the ma
tive land. There was also slight fall
ing off in the domestic orders paid and
issued.