Show ANOTHER PROGRESSIVE STEP t P Postmaster General tn P y ye e fayo favors a r a-r radical 1 r rei re- re I i br of postal rates b between h tI th States and the leading commercial nations of the tile Ol Old I 1 World such as France Germany an and Britain These 1 nations will it is believed belie acquiesce to the proposal and the cheaper rates soon come into effect The The- present rate is 5 cents per half ounce on letters Jetter tot to 1 t all foreign countries countries' save fH Ca Canada ada and Mexico Between Between Be Be- tween these countries and the United States the same fame rates prevail as are ale imposed on our O domestic 5 mail It is now proposed to put Germun Germany England England'S S 'S and and- France Flance on the same sanie footing as Mexico and the Canadian Dominion The rue postal rate bet between this country and aud Europe is especially e in ill view of the S increased volume of p business and the number num hum her ber of commercial transactions between this country coun COUll try and Europe held to be entirely disproportionate disproportion l ate to the tile sUc rate It H is a detriment to the business interests o of tb the countr country Gen Postmaster eral Payne impressed with his conviction believes that a reduction in pos postal i l rates to fOle foreign countries is demanded by the the- commercial conditions of th thage the age and countr country He will nr urge e the matter-in matter Congress Con Coil gress at its next session The Tile increase in the volume vol l- l nine ume of or postal matter sure to follow the decrease of the postal tax is certain is-certain to make up up for an any temporary tem teal lo loss s of revenue The rhe r reduction duct ion spoken en of ofis is certainly u tL step in the right direction The posta pos pOSe ial ta system is is one of the he mo most t effective c of ci It has done more to foster trade and to he beget t a Sell Hen of nn universal brotherhood lI than Oil any o ot her liei- agency of or civilization i A regular system cannot be said to tt Iun existed on any large Jurge scale before the United States took the matter in ill hand Now Now our postal establishment is the tile most complete most comprehensive and aud etIe effective thc on cart earth i It has brought rought tog together t er th the e most distant portions of our land and cemented the hearts hearts' our of people ht power wet of expression and ond description description- What hat an effective ef of- e awl anti heap cheap s system of postal communication has done for America it w will ll do for foi the world More than one fourth of all the tIlO worlds world's mail matter now passes through the tile Cl'S of the United Sta States tes which are toda today tOlay in H in ill number compared with Or 50 jO in iii 1 Sf Hi Thc Ihie revenue le of the department has in th the Ihie same period risen from to j and 1111 the expenditure from 1 Ij GD-Ij 8 to The American postal system m aUf and I the American merican language must encircle the Ito earth |