The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-02-03
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OFFICIAL FIGURES
TELL A PLAIN STORY
Mai 0i Other Classes ofIsIns'ss
from Newspapers No jus.
iics In The Attitude
OF Authorities

postage ftts 80 fl1f times Rfestef
IN isfo 'hsn uor
Coming doen teeiFe yeafs ~ 1918 Z
ihs total weight ~ setand.elsss mat
tsf Nae that yeaf Ices than e5.pp 90
pounds
Nov N IL 1t2s iii pounds, more
than twelve times greater
Then the postage rats was four
times what it "a nov
Then the gross revenue vas s2l ,pi5,.
500 nav " IL s22i ~, o5I, mote than
ten times ne much.
Then there was no rural free do
livefy, nov that system costs s36,.
g23,7g7
Then there we're no registered let
tefs; now there are i2,053,57i year
Then there we're issued sis,tl5 500
Of domestic money orders; now there
are issued sjl7 ,00J,Gl1
Then postmasters were paid s5,i2l,.
0G5; now they are paid s27 5l4, 1852, and
their clerks are paid s3s, 053, 1862
Then city delivery cost but Titles
now IL costs s3l 1906, 4s5.2s
In 1872 there were issued OF stamps,
stamped envelopes and wrappers less
than sls.000,000 there we're no postal
cardsE now are issued including
postal cards, 800, o64 sS7.96, more than
ten times ~ much.
Observe that the weight of second
class matter is 1852, 42S,14l pounds
greater than In 1872, costing therefore
according To some official mathe-
maticans), more than nine cents u
pound for transportation, or a total
OF S67, 71S, 532 90 The deficit for 1910
Is almost Identical with that OF 1872
FROM 1885 TO 1910
AS late as 1885 the government In
come from the issue OF stamps,
stamped envelopes and wrappers and
postal cards was S35, 92l, 1877 10
In 1910 1t was 5000, O64, 1897 .96, more
: than i've times as much.
: The number OF registered letters
!, issued In 1885 was 1903, 256; in l0lt
= IL was 40, ,797.
/ The amount OF money orders issuet
rose from Sll7, 1858, 92l in 1885, TO S49s,
600, G37 in 1910.
The total postal receipts rose from
:; $i2, 560, s4l In 1885, to 1924, 12S, 657 II
h 1910, an increase Of 1881, 567, sl3
, | nd ri a
Is matter In 1856 was double what 1T i
now,
During the intervening period tn
weight Of second-class matter had in
creased about 600, 10000 pounds.
:, Now we will get down little close
!, in this business and see what has haT
- pened Within the last five years.
~ FROM 1905 TO 1910
~ In 1906 there was gain in weigh
"a OF second class matter Of 4l,674,0S
y, pounds; In that year the deficit wa
~ $l0,5l6, 900
In 1907 there was a gain In weigh
- OF 80, 6l6. 1896 pounds--ll 900, 900 pound
-, more than In 1906: the deficit was +,
4, duced to So, 653,2
!, In 1908 there was loss instead {
~ gain 10 weight Of second-class matte
=, OF lS,079,292 pounds; the deficit wer
49,. up to $40, S73, 223, an increase over til
=, year before OF more than $4,000, 900.
-, In 1909 there was only slight gal
10 10 the weight OF 2s,367, 29S pound
IN the deficit went up to $l7, ,7i9.
10, In 1910 there was gain in weigh
W. OF 9i,S05,SSI pounds, the largest ev,
~, known; and the dedcit dropped
20 81, S4S, 500 IS
~ From 1906 10 1910 there were los
50, S83,3S7 pounds increase in the weigh
OF second class natter the dehc
I,s was $4,66S, Az IL less in 1910 than
-, 1906
"a The impression is prevalent TIL
'na the amount paid for railway tran
M portation was cut down the pa
~ year, but the truth is that the ra
"a roads were paid S44,654,5l 81, Il
M railway mail service and the postotil
,.h car service cost S24 ,065, 21S.SS, a tot
=. OF SOS, T19, I33 So, which Is more by
Mo half million than was paid 1909, al
no, over $1,000,000 more than was paid
- 1906
Ia 1t Is claimed that there is no de
an, mite relation between deficits al
In, second class matter; very we'll, d
nos foregoing are the official figures;
,,,a them speak for themselves.
iIy. ORIGINATES OTHER MAIL
nds In the whole history OF the POI
tly, Office department. neither an increa
the OF second class matter nor a redr
ter ton o. the postage rate, has ey
Increased deficits, no matter VIII
burdens have been piled upon the s,
vice In the way OF an extension
90, city delivery, the establishment
IA rural free delivery. the multiplicati
MI in number and Increase 0. pay
A., officials, increase OF government fr
,n, matter, increase OF railroad aud 9th
~ transportation charges, nor an
IT. crease IN the obstructive energies
postal officials directed against 4
publishing business.
IL has come TO be generally undt
stood and conceded that second ella
Co. matter originates mail OF the 9th