Show HOW THE COUNTRY IS ROBBED the fact that the country is bein being 9 held up and robbed of from to annually as aa a consequence of fraudulent practices by those carrying the malls mails is again stated with great ena tt and widely commented upon tt if the charge is true no wonder there always is a deficit in the post postoffice office department part ment the cost of transportation is calculated entirely by weight to ascertain this the country is divided into four divisions each of which Is taken up once every four years for two months men inen are kept busy weighing the malls md aad noting the distance they are being carried and the rates of pay to the railroads for four years are based on the calculations made during these two months it follows if the malls mails can be made extra heavy for a short period the pay for four years will be correspondingly heavy one method of swindling is said to be this A and B are towns miles A apart midway between them is a branch road the mail for this branch t w taken during the weighing months pa past et the junction and carried say thirty miles until the train going 1 in the opposite direction Is met 11 to which it t to Is delivered to be carried back the road ad gets credit for the whole distance sak ck and forth but drops the mail at the he junction as soon as the weighing are over another method is thus described A road will make arrangements with a patent medicine concern to pay the postage on their circulars if they will send nd them during the weighing months hs As many as fourteen carloads of this kind of matter have been sent nt at a single shipment the road probably paid in postage but the me value of the consignment to the ft ad would be over a year for four ur years yeara and yet colaw no law has been violated the advertiser has the right to 10 send his mall mail whenever he chooses there would seem to be occasion for earnest to investigation by men not open 10 corrupting influences even if the rau roads cannot carry mall mail matter at the e rate the th for e express companies charge packages package es but must be paid more than man the service actually is worth there lere to is no reason for practices which according to all standards of morals ing aust st be designated as wholesale chiev |