The Washington herald., 1910-08-28
ADOPTS new FORM
OF MONEY ORDER
Post-office Expects to Save
$500,O0O Annually.
is SIMILAR TO BANK CHECK
Order and Coupon Mailed by sender
and Latter Is Retained Mt office
Of Payment ms VOucher-GOvern-
ment Also Eliminates Receipt of
the Registered Package.

Two innovations have recently been
adopted by the Post-ofice Department. in
tended to work out in the way OF large
economy. which affect the public in no
small degree. These are the new form
Of money order, and the disuse Of the
receipt sent from the Office Of delivery
Of the registered package.
Hitherto the form Of the money order
has consisted Of two coupons--one IN the
form Of a check. given 10 the sender, 10
be mailed by him. and one giving name
OF sender and name Of the person to
whom the order was to be paid. sent by
the department for the information Of
the postmaster at the office of payment.
This double mailing. or one mailing by
the government for every money order
issued in the United States. resulted IN
great expense IN the way Of printed
blanks. carriage OF mails. and other
items connected Herewith 1t was
thought expedient by officials OF the de-
partment to eliminate this item OF cost II
possible, which has been done through
ghe new form OF money order which has
been prepared. and which viii go into
universal use at the end OF L.Ie calendar
year.
Feature of New Form.
The distinctive feature Of the new form
Of order is the detachable coupon. con-
tanning particulars OF the order and de-
signed 70 take the place Of the advice.
but 10 be delivered by the issuing official
TO the purchaser and presented with
the order by the payee or indorsec at
the paying Office and there held after be-
ing separated from the order, which,
after payment. will be sent. as voucher
with the semi-monthly or monthly money
order statement to the auditor.
The names OF the remitter and payee
will not appear in the body OF the or
der; but the sending Of the coupon with
the order Will serve 10 acquaint or re-
mind the payee Of the name Of the person
entitled to credit for the remittance
on each order will appear two num-
bers printed in red ink along the upper
margin. one Of them on the left and the
other on the right Of the name. Of the
issuing ofice The one on the left is
the number Of the office placed there
simply for convenience In accounting and
auditing The one on the right is the
number Of the order itself. its serial
number II appears on the stub. and is
repeated on the coupon and receipt. and
is the number TO be used in designating
the order in returns and correspondence
Size and shape OF order.
The order and coupon together are
somewhat longer than the order now in
use. bat may be handled conveniently
with commercial paper by banks and
business houses The width is the same
as that of the present order.
Models Of the new style and SIS ad-
juncts, consisting Of stab. coupon. and
receipt for remitter are on exhibition.
Inasmuch as many poStmasters will be
called upon 10 pay orders OF the new
form before they issue any OF them.
postmasters should familiarize themselves
with the model al once.
II will be seen that the principal fea-
ture OF this new form will be a detachable
coupon To take the place OF the ADVICE.
to be presented with the order by the
payee or Endorsed at the paying Office.
To meet the requirements Of the Postal
Union. however. separate advice. fur
nished by the department, must be filed
out and sent al once and directly By the
issuing postmaster 10 the country Of pay
| fnent, in the case Of each money order
of the new style drawn payable in any
one of the countries with which the
United States conducts money order bus
mess on the domestic basis
VIII Eject n saving.
The Postmaster General has figured. on
a very conservative basis. that about
$4,000 a year will be saved by eHminat-
ing the advice feature OF the domestic
money order. A large part OF this saw
ing will doubtless result from the elm
inatiOn Of work made necessary by the
old form. such as the asserting and III
| ing Of advices by States. and then by
cities in advance Of presentation OF the
orders. which under the old system re-
Quired the services Of hundreds OF clerks,
who were kept busy on filing a greater
part OF the time.
Hereafter the sender Of a registered
letter or package through the mails Will
not receive a regular receipt returned 70
him from the party to whom the letter
or package was addressed, as has always
been customary heretofore, unless a spe-
cial request is made that a receipt be
returned to the sender at the time OF
mailing
This change in the postal regulations
Is made in accordance with an amend
ment TO the postal laws passed at the
last session OF Congress.
1t is expected that the change In the
regulations will make a great reduction in
the expenses Of operation OF the registry
division for the cost OF furnishing,
Transporting, sorting. and delivering mil