Show ONE CENT POSTAGE senator of illinois has introduced trod a bill in Congre aa providing pio viding for a one cent letter postage it is the old scheme of the rich trying to get their carried for a little or nothing our letter postage is now the cheapest in the world but this fact does not seem enough to satisfy the greed of republicans it is only a small number of the wealthier citizens in the united states who clamor for cheaper postage of course we do not believe the bill will become law this session it is too unimportant a measure to coma up in the short time the present congress has to work m we of the bill mainly to disabuse the minds of some who have a wrong conception of cheap letter postage some fail to realize that the public is already hesed besides paying post abeto keep up UNCLE SAMS mail service each year brings about an an nual millions in tho of the postmaster general through the mail system having failed to pay for its self last year it amounted ti about four and a half millions this being the case the people must be taxed to make up the balance if it an equal tax not so much fault could be is mainly the who derive the bene fit while all must sustain the loss The deficit is paid from the treasury the revenue of which comes largely from our banff and the poor farmer with a largo family must mainly pay the tariff tax because his family consumes on are the highest duty he also has very little writing to do probably five letters m a month a id sometimes not that the rich man with a small family that consumes very few articles on anich UNCLE SAM levies his tariff tax has many letters to send every day who must pay for this in case of cheap postage the poor man must tha poorer classes can much better afford to pay two cents for what letters they mail than to stand the expense of keeping up a one cent letter postage that would involve a large debt for the government to pay annually |