Show MAIL BY TELEPHONE System of Rural Delivery by Which Farmers May Have Letters Read by Postmaster Indianapolis Ind Oct iAs soon as possible after Congress convenes In regular session = Senator Sen-ator Fairbanks will ask for a report on a resolution he introduced In-troduced just before the adjournment Inst spring directing the Pontmastcr General to Inform the Senate to what extent and In what manner the telephone tele-phone is used In the collection and delivery de-livery of special delivery mall matter and whether or not In his opinion special spe-cial rural telephone delivery of mail Is desirable and feasible Tie said that he has been keeping in close touch with the subject during the summer vacation vaca-tion and he hud bong > hopes of an appropriation ap-propriation being made during the winter win-ter for a trial of the plan He R enthusiastic en-thusiastic over the possibilities of the rural I telephone delivery I have talked with many farmers and merchants nbout the plan since the adjournment said he and they t all Indorse it With the enormous development devel-opment of the telephone business especially es-pecially in the country districts I dont we why the plan could not he made successful Nearly all lie farmers now hove telephones and many live long llstances from HIP postolllcc If we had a system sys-tem whereby the postmaster or his I clerk could read the letter over the phone to the man in the country he could have his reply ready by the time the rural mall carrier cams along so he would enjoy almost the same advantage ad-vantage as the man in the city 1 think we could have a scries of special stamps for the purpose that would designnte haw many words should be read over the phone This could be done at a comparatively small cost to the public and it need not eventually be a burden to the Government Govern-ment |