Show Local Postal Costs Would Rise Considerably with New Law Special to Times Independent New York Mar 12 Mall Mail costs will go higher by an on estimated estimated es es- 30 per pel cent In Moab during the next fiscal Ical year yea if It the bill approved by the Senate enato becomes be comes law It calls for an on Increase In nearly neat near ly all classifications of service Postal receipts throughout the tho i nation by virtue of these hikes are expected to be million greater than at present Moab's portion of that increase is estimated at a year In the last fiscal year accordIng accord accord- Ing to figures Issued by the Post PostOffice PostOffice Office Department local lad Indi Individuals and business firms firma spent a total of for tor postal ser vices Under the new rates as passed by the Senate this would rise to Assumed Assume is that i average normal conditions apply ap ap- I 1 ply ly in the city Specifically the increase effective ef on July 1st would be as follows five cents instead of three cents an ounce for letters delivered out of ot town four tour cents if It delivered locally eight cents instead of six cents for or air airmail mall maii an Increase of 30 per cent spread over three years in second se se- ond cond class mall mail and more Involved in involved In In- changes in the other cate cate- gorles gories Should the House of Representatives refuse to go along with the five cent stamp and amI Insist insist in In- fl slat on tour four cents the postal rise nationally would total million instead of million In that case mail mall costs In 11 Moab would be only higher than thal at present Why such an increase Postmaster Postmaster Post Post- master General Arthur E E. Sum Sum- points out that his department de tie is struggling under a amounting amounting amounting mounting load of postal deficits Although the postal system U is handling more mail and is taking tak ing in more money than ever before it is losing ground at an increasing rate he claims It has become necessary to Install more modern equipment such as electronic mail mall facers sorters and the like to achieve better efficiency end and cut down operational costs Many foreign countries are considerably ably ahead of us in this respect he admits Also contemplated is the modernization mo ma- of a a number of obsolete ob solete post office buildings and acquisition of new ones |