Show EFFECTS A LARGE SAVING new two cent postage rate to britain i means meana much to people new york one result of the new two cent postage rate to britain according to postmaster morgan will be the saving oft 1350 a day to the senders of letters on pieces of mall mail the difference ot of three cents on each piece represents a saving to the senders of 1200 a day the yearly saving amounts to it Is estimated that about pieces of mall mail for the united kingdom are dally sent by the cities whose foreign letters do not pass through the tho foreign branch here that increases the saving to all tho the people of the united states to 1350 a day of it a year nobody has yet attempted to figure the exact cost of carrying a letter from san francisco or from new york to london it would be practically impossible to fix the cost with precision as the proportionate amount of labor devoted Jo to the one letter by the large number of men who handle it together with its share of the mall mail wag wagon on railroad and steamship transportation por tation cost would have to be figured for this reason it Is a question whether the two cent rate will be a losing or profitable venture to the federal era government |