Evening star., 1924-04-08
REPORTS PROPOSALS
FOR HIGHER POSTAGE
New Sends Edge Details for Meet.
ing Differential Salary
Increase.
OPPOSES BLANKET RA
Plan Would Boost Mailing Costs
$43, 100000 Yearly.

Increased postage on second, third
and fourth class mail matter and in
creases in various postal service fees
are recommended by Postmaster Cen
eral New in sending to Chairman
Edge of the joint subcommittee or
post offices his "differential salary
increase plan as an alternate to bills
for increasing postal salaries now
before Congress.
The Postmaster General condemned
the pending bills, which would au-
workers as "unwarranted" and said
these bills would increase postal ex-
penditures by s150,000.O00 a year.
Has Alternate Plan.
His alternate plan calls for meet
ing proposed salary increases by IN
creasing all postal rates except first
class matter. This would bring in
approximately s43,000,000.
The salary increases suggested as
a substitute by the Postmaster Cen
eral were worked out on a scale
of an increase of 5000 for clerks and
carriers in firSt-claSs offices having
100000 annual revenues, and $1O0
in first-class offices having less than
100000 annual revenues, and in all
second-class Offices.
The total amount of increased ex-
penditure which this alternative
would carry is approximately s43,-
000,o
The increases would amount to
$2,419,920 for second, third ard fourth
sistant postmasters, clerks and super
visory employees, s7.O1O,3O0 for city
letter carriers, S6,210,000 for the rail-
way mail service, s7,5O0.00o for the
rural delivery service, $3,997,36o Tor
clerks in third-class postoffices, $16S.-
$50 for post office inspectors and the
remainder for other classes OF en-
ployes. ..-
The increases in postage and fee
rates suggested are:
Second class matter, $4,9S5,O ,O00, Dy
increasing rates on advertising mat
ter liz cents a pound in first and sec
ond zones, IN cents in third zone
and Y cent in fourth zone:
Third-class matter, $50O.OOO, oy IN
Cooperating in fourth-class matter all
third class matter above eight ounces.
Fourth-class matter. $40, 100000, by
increasing parcel post rates. begin
ming at nine ounces to and lncluoine
eighth zone, and on the pound rates
to and including seventy pounds for
local delivery and for first. second
and third zones; increasing rates for
fourth, fifth and sixth zones from nine
ounces to five pounds, and for seventh
and eighth zones to four pounds.
Insurance fees, $1.750,000, by in
CreaSinE Zee from y 10 D CcillS diiu D
to z cents, the 10 ana 20 cent lees re-
naming unchanged.
c. o. D. service, s1,20O,000, by in
creasing fee from 10 to IL cents for
up to SO, establishing 15-cent fee
for collections from $40 to $50, and
Registry service, $1,100,000, by in
creasing fee from 10 to IL cents and
charging l cent for return receipt
when requested.
Special delivery service, 100000, by
increasing fee to Is cents fof articles
from two pounds to ten pounds, and
20 cents for articles of ten pounds
and over. --s
Money order service, $2,761,0 by
rate increases averaging cents per
order, there being slight increases in
most instances and decreases in 9TH
ers, under this schedules: Not over
$3.50, 5 cents; over $3.50 and under
S., cents; over IS and under $10 10
cents; over SO and under SIS, IL cents;
over SIS and under $50, Is cents; over
$50 and under SIS, 1S cents; over.$75 and
under 500, 20 cents.