Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-11-07
Postal Authorities
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an appropriate time to hroach the
SUBJECT. biit we find that the postal
authorities seem somewhat disposed
TO force our hands in the matter.
The SUBJECT we wish TO discuss is
this: Is II or Is 1t Not About Time
Tor Record Subscribers Who Have
! For Some Time Past Failed to DO
50 To Remember Financially the
1 Publishers Of This Rag Of Free dom -
We, Of FS have meditated quite
deeply on the subject for some time
past. Now come the postal authori-
ties with a very legal-arpealing
I'document bearing extracts of law
which we quote herewith. and also a
rather determined request for a
sworn statement prepared BY the
publishers of the number of bona-tide
paid subscribers On our list Not
only tina, but they want to know Just
lhow many Of them have been in the
habit of remembering The editors
with their little annual offering of
Sl.50.
We have compiled the necessary
information and we say it with
tears IN oar eyes We find that ust
100 out OF a total of 9gl DO not owe
MORE than a Year s subscription to
this paper Just think Of il. Here
we are surrounded with libel suits.
demands from the postal authorities.
for COIN OF the realm to the tune of
$40 or Sl2 a day, and still there are
o3s names Of persons on our lists VINO
have had the be.eiits Of the educa-
tlonal qualities of the hest newspa-
perrin Linton for more than one year
past, and yet they still have our mon
ey IN then pockets
a.Now, we do not intend to state
| that we don need the money for
YOU bet We DO. But here is a more
urgent reason why we must beg, re-
quest. exhort, pray and even demand
that such delinquents at once get
busy The reason is this: Uncle
Samuel has regulation in his
postal department which is to the
effect that newspapers. in order to
have the use Of the mails, must send
copies only to those who do not owe
more than cne year, except one
cent stamp be placed on the wrap
per of the paper addressed to such
delinquent.
Now. you can easily see the point.
If such a one-cent stamp be placed
each week on the subscriber paper
at the end of each year he will owe
us S2.O2 instead Of 81 80, as would
otherwise be the csae. That feature
we know would not appeal TO the
party who would have To fork over
the SOP. Hence, we are looking
out for his interests when we at
tempt to jog his memory and get
him to come across. But we are
looking after our own interests.
too You see. we hate to send good
money after bad. If a man owes
more than year and intends to
beat US out Of it. we will lose the 50
cents tor postageas well as the price
of subscription. We have come to
the conc iusion that We do not care
to try to get rich that way The re-
suit is that the management Of the
Record is forced to request each
and every one ef the :,:3,s persons
taking the paper for more than the
past year without settling up to
send in their remittance forthwith.
thereby savingu Us fren possible com
plications which might ensue with
our Uacle Sam
Following is the dope handed
.us by the government relative To
this all too .ita matter
Post Office Department.
Third Ass stAnt Postmaster General,
Washington. Oct II, 1912.