. Review of reviews and world's work. eed-ing five pounds in weightmailed from a local post office;for delivery on a rural-deliv-ery route from the same office,to be paid by a special stampat three cents per pound orfraction thei-eof. An evenrate of one cent for fourounces might be more in linewith other postal rates andof greater convenience to thepeople. The new plan willbe of further benefit to therural community, and thoughfor some years there will bean increase of expense overreturn, the growth of ruralpopulation and this newsource of revenue may 1)eexpected to make the rural free-deliver
. Review of reviews and world's work. eed-ing five pounds in weightmailed from a local post office;for delivery on a rural-deliv-ery route from the same office,to be paid by a special stampat three cents per pound orfraction thei-eof. An evenrate of one cent for fourounces might be more in linewith other postal rates andof greater convenience to thepeople. The new plan willbe of further benefit to therural community, and thoughfor some years there will bean increase of expense overreturn, the growth of ruralpopulation and this newsource of revenue may 1)eexpected to make the rural free-delivery svstemalmost if not quite self-sustaining, and its fulldevelopment may prove a chief credit of thepresent administration. An additional conven-ience has been suggested, by the use of a specialtelephone stamp which would authorize a ruralpostmaster to telephone a message to any tele-phone subscriber. The registry service (first authorized byCongress in ), for a fee of 8 cents in addi-tion to regular postage, prepaiii with ordi-. DEIjIVEKY and C( liOXES AT CROSS-ROAD!^ nary stamps, insures the registration of a letterat each point of its Journey, a receipt to thesender and one from the addressee, and insur-ance up to $25 value. Post office money orders,first in use in 1865, can now be obtained, at the;)5,094 money-order offices for payment at anyspecified money-order office, for from 3 centswithin $ to 30 cents for $100, these ratescovering also Hawaii, Porto Rico, the PhilippineIslands, Canada, Newfoundland. Cuba, and theUnited States Postal Agency at Shanghai, China. Price, 2 Cents for Pink Blank ($2 Limit) ; 5 Cents for Blue Blank ($5 Limit).good at any money post-office to any person if names are not written in. PLACE HERE1-CENT STAMP IF RECEIPT ISALSO DESIRED. United States of America. POSTAL CHECK. ON PRESENTATION OF THIS CHECK WITH STAMPS TOSTATED AMOUNT AFFIXED ON OTHER SIDE, PLACE HERE 1-CENT STAMP FOR MAILING. Postmaster /Ci:^^ will pay
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