The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-19
$114,89O OF POSTAL SAVINGS CREDITED. ID ALABAMA OFFICES
Interesting Data Given of Quantity of Second Class Mail Matter Handled
 in Alabama

Washington, December 1S.--(Special. )-Of 49,444271 on deposit in postal savings
 banks of the country. s114,ss0 is credited l to residents of Alabama, according to report issued today by A. NJ Cookery, third assistant postmaster general. On ! June 90. 1913, the deposits in Alabama ag
 giegated ss5,57s, during the year $12s.a.
 was deposited and s110,5e0 was withdrawn,
 leaving the total for June 50, 1914 as stat ed The balances on deposit in banks is | given S111.697.74.
 l On general lines, General Cookery re- 1 ports that the revenues of the postal ser , vice for 1914, including revenues from money order and postal savings business, were $2S7, ,9o4, 565 .6I. an increase of 7.99 per cent over the preceding year. The ex- pendtures are given as $2S3,543, ,769. .16, an increase of g. 19 per cent.
 The number and class of postoffices des- ignated in Alabama as postal savings de- positories on June 30, 1914, were as follows: First-class, 4 second-class, g; third-c class. s5; fourth-class 14; total. 1S5 branches. 3; stations, 9 grand total, 40.
 Of 43 banks which qualified as deposi-
 tories for postal savings banks r were
 na tional IS were state banks, was a sav- ings bank and were trust companies. New Orleans, Louisville and Memphis are the only southern cities among the first 50 in the entire country having the largest deposits.
 Another interesting feature shown in the report is the number of pounds of sec ond-class matter, which includes news "a 1ad at ha nd fl free-in-county rates for the year, the totals for the entire country being as follows: Free-in-county, 61,7s4,753 sub-' scribers' copies and 1,O14 40333 S55 at cent-a- pound rates; sample copies at cent-a- pound rates, 12,ss7,512; total at cent-a- pound rates 1,026,9 1901 ,367; total mailings at cent-a-pound and free-in-county rates, L. 0SS 6S6,120
 For Alabama the figures are Free-in- county, 6l4,20S subscribers copies; at cent a-pound rates 6,230,477; sample copies at cent-a-pound rates, 240,S6S; total at cent a-pound rate, 6,230,477; sample copies at cent pound, 240,S6S; total at cent-a-pound ,, rate. 6.d71,346; total mailings at cent-a-7 pound and free-in-county rates, 7,0S5, ,5S3. ! Under this head General Cookery says: Although the mailings of newspapers and periodical publications of the second class at the cent-a-pound and free-in-coun- ty rates during the fiscal year 1913 were greater than in any previous year in the history of the postal service, the mailngs during the fiscal year 1914 increased 294 per cent over those for 1913. the total | fnailings at the rates mentioned aggregat- ing LOSS. .6S6, l20 pounds, on which $l0,269,- Ol367 postage was collected
 | Under the provision of the act of Au- l gust "A, 1912, known as the publicity law, /! publishers of daily newspapers are re- I t..1 Cl,s. ment of ownership, management circula-
 tion, etc., provided for by the act, the | average number of copies of each issue | sold or distributed to paid subscribers. 1 Considerable uncertainty existed in the minds of many publishers as to just what this requirement. contemplated, it being construed by some not to include copies sold to individuals taking only one copy
 of single issue, nor copies purchased | by news agents, and consequently more I or less confusion and lack of uniformity | in filing the statements resulted. The de- partment took the view that the statute l contemplates that the entire bona hde paid circulation of daily newspapers shall | be given, and such interpretation was
 upheld by the Attorney General in an
 opinion rendered on January 5, 1914, where I in it is stated that copies of daily news | papers actually paid for by news agent | comprising the number delivered to him | less the number returned as unSold. and | copies subscribed for or sold to indvid-
 uals taking but one copy of single is- sue constitute copies sold or distributed l to paid subscribers within the contempla- l tion of the law. This clarlfication of the
 requirements of the publicity law has greatly simplified it's administration and
 assures uniformity and completeness in
 the statements file dthereunder. "On June 30, 1914, there were II 23S post offices at which publications were entered and mailed as second class matter, and of the total postage at the cent-a- a-pound rate on such mailings, 79,4S per cent was collected at the 50 offices where the larg- est amount was mailed, and onlq 2O.52 per cent at the other Il, ,1SS offices.'
 There arose during the fiscal year 517 cases involving alleged violations of the act of March 4, 1909, making 1t an offense punishable by a fine of not more than
 $l0o to conceal or inclose matter of a
 higher class in that of lower class for the purpose of evading payment of the
 higher postage rate properly chargeable as compared with 475 cases during the
 previous year. It developed upon inquiry
 and investigation that 4S9 of the apparent l violations were not willfu but due to in.
 advertense, while in 20 cases the mailers were unknown and could not be located IT i7 cases, resulting in prosecutions, fines l varying from q to s100 were imposed by the court. and in one case a nolle prose,u
 was entered.