Show I Other OtheO Points Point of f View I t TilE THC COST OV OP AERIAL MAIL One will hesitate momentarily to pursue to Its logical logi- logi cal conclusion the tho statement In tho the report of or the tho postmaster ter general that It was possible to make ma a reduction Inthe In Inthe the tho postage on air mall man because It has proved cheaper to carr carry first class mall b by air than thon by train Our preconceived preconceived ea notion of or airplane transportation as aR largely more expensive pensive than an any other form arising perhaps from the novelty nO of the tho thing thInS receives a n. shock when len we read the following frem Mr Burleson's annual i- i report port With the creation of largo weight carrying planes for tor the mall service consideration was given ghen to a reductIon reduction tIon of or the air mall mail posta postage c rate to tho the regular rate for all an first class matter maller namely two cents per ounce or ot fraction thereof as with the larger planes the saIn saving saving sav sav- In ing in car distribution space en n the railroads will more than pay tho the cost coat of the tho air mall mail service This economy In letter transportation for tor long Ions distances by airplanes nes over o fr the cost of or distributing the man mall on trains Is made mado possible by tho fast tast transit b by air which enables the distribution of Cr letters in the postoffice Instead of oC on on the train There Thera are now eight airplanes transporting mall man In inthe the tho United States flying 1906 miles a n. day and each caCh carrying carrying car car- 2100 pounds of first class matter a routine performance performance per per per- that would have havo been unthinkable even so 50 recently re recently re- re as two years cars ago Carrying mall nail by air Is no longer a stunt but has ha become a n matter maller of or economy The Tho solution of ot our question of or fostering aviation would seem to be bo near If It Mr Burleson can actual actually save money b by the thc new method ho Is unlikely to encounter encounter encounter ter much opposition In efforts to extend the lie service It will be bo no time at all before all an first class man mall will bo be exchanged ed between the principal cities by tho air route We Ve hall shall soon roan become as Indifferent to tho the sound Jound o ot of whirring motors overhead o as were the tho residents of or towns In the Ute battle attle zone in Flanders and ana Portland France Portland Ore Ore- gonian |