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Show i ONE CENT LETTER POSTAGE That tse adoption of a one cent letter let-ter postage rato will mean a largo Increase In the amount of letter mall carried by tho government Ib tho belief be-lief of prominent business men who havo made a study of American pos tol problems. I It Is thought by many experts In I postal matters that tho creation nt I a one cent letter rnte by congress at Its coming session would mean so ' much additional business that the ex- . tra revenue derived would easily care I I for tho expenses of tho department , under tho lower rato. I Ono of tho strongest believers in ' tho ono cent lotter propaganda Is I John Wnnnmaker, former postmaster general and noted merchant whoso ) mammoth stores In Philadelphia and New York aro known to millions of j Americans who have visited them. Mr. Wanamaker Is of tho belief that a ono cent letter postage rate should i be Inaugurated at onco. "I am a firm believer In one cent letter postage," declares Mr. Wanamaker, Wana-maker, "and think tho government would havo a larger revenue from It after tho first two years than it has at present from two cent postage, when pcoplo had tlmo to renllzo tho facilities afforded for communication with ench other." John Wnnnmaker Is probably one of tho best versed men in America on postal problems. Ho was United Stntes postmaster general beginning tho year 1SS9 under President BenJ. Harrison and made a deep study of the bltuotiou This statemeent coming fiom n man or such maturo Judgment Ib hailed with considerable satisfaction satisfac-tion by tho promoters of tho campaign cam-paign for ono cent letter postage. That a. definite demand for one cent lotter postago will bo mado nt the coming session of congress Is now evident. Thousands of business men throughout tho country aro Joining the National Ono Cent Letter Postago Pos-tago Association which has Its headquarters head-quarters at Cloveland, Ohio, and which is conducting a campaign for ono cent letter rato. A now bill providing pro-viding for ono cent postago will bo introduced in congress early in tho session and a determined effort Is to bo mado to securo Its passage Hundreds Hun-dreds of commercial organizations, nnd other bodies havo Indorsed tho campaign and aro working with tho postago association In tho effort to securo a lower rato. Under present conditions It Is claimed thnt first class mall Is paying pay-ing a surplus to tho government of nearly ?70,0u0,000 a year. Although It requires two cents to mnll a letter let-ter anywhero In tho United Stntes, It Is estimated that It actually costs tho government about ono cent to I carry it. At tho present tlmo the department receives on letter mnll on averngo rovonue of 84 cents per I pound, equal to $1,080 per ton. Al-! Al-! though this first clnss mall supplies ' less than ono-elghth of the total' ton-I ton-I nngo of tho malls, yet It pays 75 per 1 cent of tho totnl rovonuo. This is tho chief reason why tho ndvocates of ono cent postage assort tho pres- bin rate should bo cut In two. It Is claimed by tho advocates for I oilo cent postnge, that business men would hnvo their postago accounts cut exactly In half were tho new rate Inaugurated. At tho present tlmo an enormous dollclt Is caused in second class mall, the periodical literature, through tho carriage to extreme points throughout tho country, of heavy magalno mail. Periodicals aro carried throughout tho breadth of the land for ono cent per pound, or 520 a ton as compared to $1.GS0 per ton, which business men pay on their letters. let-ters. Beforo tho U. S. Supremo Court, nbout Dec. 1, Solicitor General Bullitt Bul-litt uphold tho right of tho govern- ment to stlpulnto tho conditions tin- j dcr which mall shall bo carried. "It is a fact," declared Solicitor General Bullitt, "that every man, woman wo-man nnd child who mails a letter Is being unjustly taxed. Tho government govern-ment over charges pcoplo who mull letters about f 70,000,000 per year." Many other government clllcinls 'aim t'-nt theio should be a indlcai ( linngo made In tho present rates .barged on various rlas-ses of in "' matter. Tho largo proportion of u-nnd u-nnd class mall matter carried fitoughout tho country Is said to bo v ,'ukly and monthly magazine matte full of advertising pages on which publishers aro mnking vast profits. Tho National Ono Cent Letter Postago Pos-tago Association Is distributing millions mil-lions of stamps throughout tho United Uni-ted States for uso on correspondence of business houses, urging tho lower rate. Actlvo steps will bo taken this winter to press through congress n bill providing for ono cent postage The association's olllces nro located in tho New England building. Clove-land, Clove-land, Ohio, (leo. T. Mcintosh bolng secretary and treasurer. |