Show Ree letl osal wonderful as has been the development of the postal service there is necessity for continual improvement if it is to keep up with the demands of the times ex postmaster general james in an article in the forum for october shows the advantages that donld follow four improvements 1 I tho consolidation soli dation of contiguous small offices whereby responsibility would be concentrated cent rated and expense saved without inconvenience to the public each small office being a branch of the central one 2 a cheapening of ocean postage so that we may be rid of the necessity of paying five cents per half ounce on a letter to when we can send one to alaska nearly twice the distance from new york for two cents an ounce just one fifth the transatlantic trans atlantic rate 3 a cheapening of the money order rate which is now 8 acts on 10 and 45 acts on and 4 the complete organization of the service on a business basis with out any regard to party politics |