White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-03-27
INCREASED POSTAL RATES
effective APRIL Is

The bill providing for reclassify
ing and readjusting the salaries an
compensation Of postal employee
and changing the rates on and re
classifying mail matter, became
law on February 28. 1925, and vii
become effective on April Is, 1925
| The law increased the salaries O
some 100000 postal employees, tn
increases ranging from $l00 per yea
for third class poStmasters to al
high as $500 per annurn increase i,
some of the other branches of tn,
service. To meet the increased ex
penditures slight increases have beer
made in postal rates.
The outstanding features of thes,
changes are as follows:
There will be no change in tn,
rate Of postage on government posta
cards nor on any other mail of the
first class except that on all Other
postal cards the rate will be &c
whether they bear written or printec
matter.
In second class matter (newspapers
and periodicals mailed by publishers
the rates are slightly raised.
Mail matter of the third and fourth
classes has been readjusted and un.
der the new law mail of the third
class will embrace all matter now in.
cluded in the third and fourth classes
up to and including 8 ounces ir
weight, while the new fourth class
will include all matter formerly il,
the third and fourth classes over 6
ounces in weight and not exceeding
70 pounds in the first, second and
third zones and not exceeding SO
pounds when mailed for delivery in
any of the other zones. The new rate
for third class matter will be IL
cents for each 2 ounces or fraction
thereof up to including 8 ounces in
weight except that the rate on books,
catalogues, seeds, cuttings, bulbs,
roots, scions and plants shall con-
tinue to be cent for each 2 ounces
on parcels not exceeding ounces in
weight.
The present fourth class pound
rate according to distance or zone
will apply to all matter weighing
more than 8 ounces except that oi
the first and second classes and in
addition thereto there will be a serv-
ice charge of &c for each parcel. ex.
cept upon parcels originating on
rural routes, such charge to be pre-.
paid in the same manner as the
regular postage. Parcels mailed or
rural routes should be endorsed
Mailed on rural route" in order
that the parcels viii show that they
are exempt from the service charge
A slight increase in the fees for
issuing money orders will go into
effect under the new law, as follows
"For orders not exceeding $3.50
cents.
For orders exceeding $3.50 anc
not exceeding SIS, 2 cents.
"For orders exceeding SIS and MOI
exceeding $40, 10 cents.
"For orders exceeding $40 and no,
exceeding $40, IL cents.
"For orders exceeding $40 and moi
exceeding $40, Is cents.
"For orders exceeding $40 and not
exceeding 500, 18 cents.
"For orders exceeding $50 and not
exceeding $50, 20 cents.
"For orders exceeding $50 and not
exceeding S10o, % cents"
Registered Mail
The reg;stery fee under the new
law will be Is and 20 cents instead
of 10 and 20 cents as under the old
law. And there will be an additional
charge of 3 cents where return re-
ceipt is requested.
Insurance and C. O. D.
The fee for insurance shall be S
cents for indemnifcation not to ex-
ceed SIS; 8 cents for indemnifcation
not to exceed SIS; 10 cents for in
Identification not to exceed $50; and
rs cents for indemnifcation not to
exceed $100. Whenever the sender
of an insured article of mail matter
shall SO request, and upon payment
OF fee of 3 cents, receipt shall
be taken on the delivery of such in
sured matter, showing to whom and
when the same was delivered, which
receipt shall be returned to the
sender, and be received in the courts
avs prirna facie evidence of such de-
livery.
The fee for collect-on-delivery ser
vice shall be IL cents for collections
not to exceed $40; Is cents for
collections not to exceed $50; and
Is cents for collections not to ex-
ceed $780,
Where special delivery is requested
on parcels weighing between 2 and
10 pounds, a charge OF Is cents will
be made, and on parcels weighing
more than 10 pounds, a charge Of
% centc