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Show Statements by Postals i . "The department has ruled ' that the clause prohibiting epi-i epi-i thets or language calculated by i the terms or manner of display : and obviously intended to reflect ' upon the character or conduct of another makes unmailable cards by which it appears that the addressee ad-dressee is being dunned for an account that is past due. This does not include cards that bear respectful requests for the settlement set-tlement of current accounts or i that give notice when an account ' paper, assessment, taxes, gas bills, etc., will be due, and such cards are regarded as mailable." Asked if the including of an amount past due as a feature of the card setting forth the dues ' of the current month constituted ; an objectionable feature, several : postoffice officials stated that they were not entirely prepared ' to say whether or not the wording word-ing of the ruling would exclude such data. A further reading of the ruling gives the information that assessments of fraternal orders or-ders and other societies may be mailed by card provided that the assessment does not appear as past due, The adoption of the current account card as a means of rendering ren-dering statements as allowed under un-der the ruling will materially effect ef-fect the receipts of all offices. It is estimated that one company at Salt Lake Citv admitted under the ruling will save four hundred dollars a month by the substitution substitu-tion of a postcard for a two-cent stamp upon their monthly statements. state-ments. Sun, Price, Utah. |