Show A STRIKING One of the most forcible methods of showing the inferiority of the U. S. postal service is to compare it with those of foreign In the United States the weight of a parcel which can be sent by and the 16 cents per mail is four pounds carries 10 pounds or Germany for 30 England carries 10 pounds for 22 France carries 22 Russia 40 pounds and Belgium pounds In Canada magazines and of a cent per pound papers are carried for one-fourth and a profit made of nearly per The United States charges one cent per four times as much as and now propose to raise the rate to four cents per pound or eight times as much as In most foreign countries the government guarantees the delivery of packages through the mail and pays for them if In this country the government assumes no such Why is it that nearly every foreign including the South American States- and even New Zealand provide measurably better and cheaper postal than the United The answer is that in this land of boasted liberty the great especially express exercise such a control over that they are able to and do prevent any improvement in our post office They not only keep the rates V of postage but they prevent any improvement in the and in this manner divert millions of dollars from the government to the express companies every |