. Government and politics in Virginia . POST OFFICE AT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA newspapers iand magazines are of course more expensive tocarry than letters; yet because these things promote thegeneral knowledge and information of the people, the govern-ment carries them at lower rates than are charged for letters,even though this policy results in a great loss. , Within recent years the postal service has been improvedin a number of important ways. The government has es- 150 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA tabiishcd, for example, what are known as rural free de-liveries, so that the farmer now h
. Government and politics in Virginia . POST OFFICE AT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA newspapers iand magazines are of course more expensive tocarry than letters; yet because these things promote thegeneral knowledge and information of the people, the govern-ment carries them at lower rates than are charged for letters,even though this policy results in a great loss. , Within recent years the postal service has been improvedin a number of important ways. The government has es- 150 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA tabiishcd, for example, what are known as rural free de-liveries, so that the farmer now has his letters and newspapersbrought promptly to his gate, just as in cities mail matter isdelivered directly to the houses of the people. The govern-ment has also introduced into the mail service what is knownas the parcel post. For a long time small packages havebeen carried in the mails. The government now carries inthe parcel post any package of merchandise that is not morethan seven feet in length and girth combined and that does. (Copyright, Underwood &Underwood) BUSY SCENE IN A CITY POSTOFFICEHandling thousands of parcel post packages at the Christmas season not weigh more than twenty pounds. Indeed, the govern-ment will receive and transport for limited distances packagesweighing as much as fifty pounds. The charges for carryingpackages in the parcel post vary with the weight of the packageand the distance it is to be carried. Still another reform inthe postal service has been the establishment of postal COMMERCE, FINANCE, AND INDUSTRIES 151 sa\ings banks. These banks were provided chiefly forthose who were unwilling to put their savings in banks thatwere privately owned and for those who could not convenient-ly do this. The government itself guarantees the safety of
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