Show WARNING WARNING-TO TO ALL USING THE MAILS W WASHINGTON July 22 The The postal laws prohibit placing written messages in merchandise packages packages' or letters on which cli less than two cents an ounce has been paid and the provisions of ot this statute admit of ot no waiver of ot the penalty pro pro- vided S During the last fiscal ye year r postoffice Inspectors in inspectors inspectors In- In collected for tor such Viola viola- I In thousands of or cases casesa a short note or memorandum was placed inside a package of or merchandise on which postage was raId paid ald at one cent an ounce while the Written matter made it necessary that two cents an ounce should have been been S paid l Finding that in a a. great number of ot cases the offense was due to ignorance of ot the law and that the collection of ot the fine usually works a hardship to the very very poo poon especially where written messages are made in return coupons tags and certificates for premiums Postmaster Gen eral Meyer has directed that proper notice notice no no- tice be placed in warning the public against the practice |