Our country and its resources; . an increase of cent over the preceding number of parcels sent (. O. the year was over ,an increase of per cent over thenumber handled the previous year. ... / / / / / / 5 / c ?- a / 0D ?; * / / / I / / Number of Routes in ThousandsAppropriation in Millions of Dollars R. F. D. ROUTES AND APPROPRIATION RURAL FREE DELIVERY Since its establishment In R. F. I>. business has grown by FlSI \ 1 Y BAB Routes Increase in routes Appropriation 1897 82 153 412 1,259 3,761 8,298 15,119 24,566 32,110 39,277 10,
Our country and its resources; . an increase of cent over the preceding number of parcels sent (. O. the year was over ,an increase of per cent over thenumber handled the previous year. ... / / / / / / 5 / c ?- a / 0D ?; * / / / I / / Number of Routes in ThousandsAppropriation in Millions of Dollars R. F. D. ROUTES AND APPROPRIATION RURAL FREE DELIVERY Since its establishment In R. F. I>. business has grown by FlSI \ 1 Y BAB Routes Increase in routes Appropriation 1897 82 153 412 1,259 3,761 8,298 15,119 24,566 32,110 39,277 10,628 12, 13,877 712598472,5024,5376,8219,4477,544 1,549 1,351 151577543606847225 IS. IN 50,250 1899 1900 1901 . 1, [902 4,089,075 1903 8,580,364 1(10 1 12,926,905 L905 21,1 L906 1907 25,828,300 1908 34, L909 1910 ) Ill I 3S IM 42,790,000 1911 IM 5 53 THE POSTAL SERVICE 165. Photo International News Servici CONVEYING MAIL IN A GREAT RAIL-WAY TERMINAL leaps and bounds. Begun witheighty-two tentative and experimen-tal routes, it now has close to fiftythousand. Its initial appropriationwas $40,000. the present appropria-tion is ,$53,000,000, most of which, ofcourse, goes to pay the 43,718 car-riers, the average pay of whom isnot quite $1,100 annually. The table on page 164 gives inshort form the increase in routes. POSTAL SAVINGS In January, 1911, the UnitedStates made its Post Office Depart-ment a great bank, by beginning theTostal Savings System. By it peo-ple of small means are encouragedto save, are provided with a quickand easy means of banking, withoutany red tape, are assured the safetyof their money with all the resourcesand credit of the Tnited States, andare given the privilege of convertingsavings into United States bondswithout trouble, risk or the paymentof premiums. o „ CO ^ ?* o CO I- CO CO CO £-^-^ * o CO S o
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