Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-05-27 | Page 1 | Charge Postage and Fine

CHARGE POSTAGE AND FINE Great Cuu cot Cain etl 1 h by Americans Ameri coils cans Who lo Do lo 0 Not Prepay tn Po-tn e. e Berlin Ma May 20 Wholesale 21 Wholesale charges of oC criminal carelessness are aro being preferred against business houses houses' and private ato correspondents In the United States b D by Germans as well as American Amen Ameri can Un residents In Germany who receive recel h heavy Trans Atlantic malls It Is declared de do- dared that full Lilly fully 25 6 per pel cent of oC the American mall mail arriving in Germany German hears insufficient postage o. entailing expensive penalties at this lila en end Letters have come from the lie American Ameri Amerl can cnn consulates In this country and amid from flom German business men asking I that widespread ad public attention be called In th time tho United States Slates to a IOn practice rac- rac tice lice that I Is inconsistent l with the he American reputation for efficiency nc Tho The anno annoyance ancl has become so great that German firms are ure now In the habit of a asking I the American consulates lutes late to r reimburse them The American Amen Ameri can ean cO sul general In a n Louth Gelman German GemS Gel man capital lc writes Amei leans should know that the recipients I p i ts o 0 of f I insufficiently iii c ie ii thy sta stamped mu pad letters in iii Germany German must not only pay ray rayth the th In Ill postage but Dut a fine equivalent to double that amount This frequently makes the receipt of ot such things s as we wedding Invitations and Sunday newspapers a positive positive- luxury Hundreds of or American Ana letters arrive every oven day bearing two cent cen stamps The Gorman German postal people ell take a fiendish delight In weighing the Incoming foreign mull mall because the lie penalties exacted provide a handsome hansome source of revenue re