Show MAil RATES TO BE LOWER LONER Government Brings About Reduction Reduction Ito thic tion thu of Prices on Letters Carried by b Japanese Boats Washington A up tir 31 Th cost of conveying United State States mail to the Orient by Japanese contract steamers wiH wilt be reduced from five to four foul francs a kilogram on letters and which is b equal to a reduction from about to cents per pr pound The department thus titus will save 2214 computed from the amount paid for the conveyance of the mall mati last year ear If the volume remains remain the same but if it it increases the an annual annual annual nual saving w will ill be greater The postmaster general took meas measures urea tires to bring about the reduction upon the discovery discover that the United States was paying 26 20 per cent more than the rates fixed lx d by b the Universal Postal convention of Rome The new rate applies to the convey onvey conveyance conveyance ance of mails malls from Seattle St attle and arni Sun Sail Francisco to Yokohama and ami Hong Kong by the Japanese se contract steam era rB on the Hong line of the Nippon and the Hong KongSan Francisco Fran line 11 of or the theTo theTo To Too o K |