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Show The'people of Cacho valley are still a thrifty, economical race and though they do not handle pennies llko the t easterners they have never ceased to count them. The reduction in letter postage between Great Britain and America will mean therefore more letters between the old England and Utah, for the ties between the two countries are still strong. Business houses in both America and Great Britain will profit materially from this reduction in letter postage, which went into effect at midnight October 1. New York houses, having a heavy British correspondence, held back mall during the latter part of September and then dumped tons of It Into the postoffice the minute the clock struck 12 Wednesday night In order to get the new two-cent rate. The reduction from live to two cents an ounce for a sealed letter means an Initial loss to the British and American governments, but all experience ex-perience indicates that it will soon be made up by the Increased correspondence correspond-ence between the two countries. The reduction will tend toward, closer and, larger business relations, while more letter writing between individuals In the United States and Great Britain and Ireland must tend toward a warmer warm-er international tceling. To the poorer poor-er people of Ireland, whose blood relatives rela-tives havo come to America, the reduced re-duced rate will be an Inestimable boon. |