| Show HOW Till COUMIIV If Ollttru The fact that tie country Is I being held III on < hailed 01 tram 1610010 to 8000000 nmiuullj ns a consequence of raululint practices by those nirjlng the rnalls Is again stated with great mpbnuls nnd widely commented upon It the chtrre Is true no wonder there alwnjs Is u deflclt In the postonlco dc pnrtmont Tlio tost of transportation Is calcu ated entirely bj weight lieicei ala Ihlo the country Is J divide < Into four divisions each of which Is I taken up once very four years Ior IW month men arc licit busy weighing the malls and noting tho distance they urn being carried and the rates of pay to the railroads for four years are based on he calculations made during these wo months It follows If tho malls con lie made extra heavy for n short put lad the p ty for four years will be orrespondlnglv heavy One method of swindlIng Is fall to bo hlsi A und n are towns 100 mills apart Mllwny wtvicen them Is I n irnnch road Tho mail for this branch Ic I liken during the neighing months loot the juneUon Dnd carried say thlrlY miles until the train going In Iho poslte direction Is I met to whlcn 110 I delivered to I carrlid back The rood gets credit for tho whole distance buck nnd forth but drops the mall at Ihe junction an soon as the clthlnj monU oro ver Another nuthnl Is I thus describe A road will make arrangements with a patent medicine concern to pay the oBtago on their circulars It they will end them during the weighing monlh ate mnny as fOllrlen ear bade of this kind of matter have been sent nt a single shipment The roia probably paid 600 In postage but he value of the consignment to the road would ho over 00000 a year for four years And yet no law has been lolnted the advertiser Ins the right 10 send his mall whenever ho chooses Thero would < poem to bo occasion for earnest Investigation by men not open corrupting Influences Kvcn If the rollroads onnol carry moll mailer at he rate the express companies charge for i acl ages but must be paid more han the sen Ice actually Is I worth there Is I no reoon for proebloes vhlch ccordlng to all standards l of morals nust bo designated as wholesale thlev nir |
