The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1919-06-21
p. o. EFFICIENCY
BY ELECTRIC MAIL
A New Plan Which Would Re-
lieve Present Congestion and
Improve Service.

The business of the country is now
seriously hampered by an utterly in
adequate postoffice service, not due
to lack of efficiency, but to demands
with which even increased equip
ment could not keep UP. A similar
condition in England required three
years to get order out Of chaos.
A new postoffice service is now a
vailable which, il adopted by the
authorities, will largely relieve this
condition. 1t is the Electric Mail.
This service handles the letter or
card at both ends by the postoffice
just as letters and cards are handled
now, but the contents are transmit
ted by wire between terminal post
offices. The Electric Mail is the last
word in postoffice service, as practi-
cally all other means Of transmission
but the wire are now in use.
The Electric Mail will use the Tel
epost system of Automatic Rapid
Telegraphy. This new service is
possible because of the general eff-
cheney and especially the word car
rying capacity of the Telepost Sys-
tem-1,000 words per minute on
one wire.
HOW 1T WORKS
Write a letter, put 1t in an en-
velope, seal it, write Electric Mail"
on the outside and afnx 25c in post
age stamps for the first so words
or less, with SC for each additional
10 words or less.
Get the letter to the postof1ce
just as you would any other letter,
using the Rural Delivery mail box,
the street corner box, or the mail
chute in your building, II you wish
to save time, send it directly to the
postofflce.
In the postoffice the stamps are
cancelled, the contents of the letter
wired to the distant city, there type
written, put into an envelope, sealed
properly addressed and delivered by
carrier or put in postoffce box or
General Delivery, as is any other let
ter.
If 10 words will serve your need
write 10 words on a card, and attach
10 cents in postage stamps-all else
same as for letter.
Ten cents additional secures spec
ial delivery for either. letter or card.
This service will mean that you
and your correspondent, hundreds or
even thousands of miles apart, can
exchange three or four more letters
or cards during the business hours
of single day, as train time be-
tween cities, bagging, hauling, etc.,
are all eliminated.
POSTOFFICE SAVINGS ,
If adopted the Electric Mail, while
adding to postoffice revenue, will
lessen postoffice work, as it will do
away with the trouble and expense
of putting mail into bags and taking
it out of bags, hauling bags between
the postoffices and railroad, and the
cost of transportation. Also carrier
service at one of both ends will be
saved, as large proportion of the
letters will be sent directly to the
postoffice and many at the receiving
end placed in postoffice boxes or in
General Delivery.
TELEPOST PROPOSITION
The Telepost is ready to handle
the wire service of the Electric Mail
as above outlined.
The Telepost will pay the usual
rental for wire and space to be pro-
vided by the postoffice.
The postoffice will retain-All fees
paid for. special delivery, cents for
each letter, and 2 cents for each
card, turning over the balance to the
Telepost.
THE ELECTRIC MAIL MEANS.
For the postoffice:
Ease and nominal expense Of in
PRODUCTION.
Less labor for employees.
No change in present postoffce
methods.
No new methods to be learned.
Same fees as now received for
hrst-class mail, but far less work.
Increased revenues: (a) Savings
on present irst-class mail transfer
red, new business that will be Gre
ated by this service.
ror the Public:
A new service almost as speedy as
a telegram, costing but little more
than a Special delivery letter; CIV
ing convenience, speed. low cost and
general efficiency.
Example: - 50-word telegram,
New York to Chicago, $500; SO
words by Electric Mail, New York
to Chicago, 25 cents.
If the Electric Mail service appeals
to you as desirable, write to your
Congressman urging Its adoption.
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You can't graft now for love Of
country or in the name of patriotism.