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Show . L WEIGHING THE MAILS - L . k -' v - h Causes a Vast Amount of Extra r- Work K Another two months weighing J . of the 'mails is in progress on r all star routes, which includes all the postoffices of this locality, local-ity, the period covered being October and November. Many patrons of the postoffices are at k a loss to understand why the postmasters and clerks are so . - long in getting the mails dis tributed these days, but if they understood that every ounce of A mail received from the Various ' v routes has to be separated into f; its vaious classes, and each class weighed and recorded separate-lyt separate-lyt and that again before any mails can be dispatched from the postoffice, ' they must be classified again and reweighed, f and an accurate account kept of all sacks and -equipment used in connection as well as those! pass-1 ingfvereach route" irTJhectfrh of emptioattewo-ld be otk,y Tto understand why considerable j time is consumed in the handling hand-ling of the mails. The institution of the parcel post system has greatly sw&led the volume of mails, not only of the fourth calsa, but also of of various kinds arc sent through rhe mails as a r"ult, and the weighing of the mails so frequently the past year and a half are in order to ascertain this increase in the mails so that the carrier 3 on star routes can be compensated proportionately. |