Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-10-17 | Page 18 | 'Dead' Letters are Increasing

'DEAD LETTERS ARE INCREASING Political Activities Enlarge; " Postal Business WABHINOTO.V, Ort. 17 Mr. Political Politi-cal Candidate, if you use I'ncle Kam a malls to garner in i Km fH. .usi, h your stutuplns letters and other mail matter are sent correctly. He aura tha addressee you use are correct. Ion I lie ancient mailing lists or city directories direc-tories to cot tha home adUress. of those you itslre for your followers. Huch Is th warning of the post office of-fice department, lit announcing that the amount of dead letter material ra-celvfd ra-celvfd at the J'ead Letter otfM-e during the months of June. July and Auguat. In which many primaries v. r hld. showed sn Increase uf appruxtmataly Z& per rent over the amount received I urlng -1 he aatns months of last year. The greatest portion of tht.-4 matter. It la tTlt-ved, Is political, although, officials offi-cials said, the ten per cent Increase In Itf-iieral pnat.il business may acrount for a almllar Increase In tha dead matter. mat-ter. Department officii Is believe tht use of out-of-date niHlltriK Hats and city directories accounts for so many undelivered unde-livered letters. For, It la repeated. If there la no return addreps upon a letter let-ter incorrectly addreased. or If the addreasoag cannot he reached, tha letter let-ter goea Into the dead department un timataly to be destroyed. I Aa many as sven and eight thousand i audi letters have come from oua city , alone. It wag declared. i