POSTAL REFORM.
The lnost sttitini: Pact which tlie r~port of the Postmlr~<~r?General
for 1892 iuwlla ir ths immeose doeoit io the Ymt Onice acoouots.
T6e aet iercnuo ~gC th^)~car wns (e,652,000, but it requi.ed ?n
additioonl ~uoi of~e;e~;a)rc8elf millioli Wlara to meetj~o~/A~s
r?'a*r
elpeodiars. The i>et reveoue did oot, io fnet, simoulil to
of tho eapenditure of tl>c Deprtnieot. Tlie PasL 016oo Iiir for rcarr
bcoo in iI chroliic stnte of what niigl>t be termed departuiontsl io*ol-
vonoy. CJn this condilion of anairs be romedicd 1 lo rlie Depirc
ment of Riilwa)-s it bns bcen tl,ia ycar dclnonatrltod iI>nt bg a bold
srro~c io n>sna~,~ment hvge anoualdeloita cao be Dearlg ripod out,
nithout, Ae will Lnp, sny detriBient Lo Ihe eaeotiro aorliiog af the
(io<~eriinieot railrnys or to t~a Eonditiao of Lheir pc~mioent *?J? L
thore OL>L IWm fOl n. eqOP/I~ b~ld s11~118 Oo IbT pnrt~f the Post
Officc maii>iirmenil Tliis department oP tlie Governmfnt serrioe
ought, oo bvsioorl priooiplcs, to bc iiide to nliow n surplus.
Io iore~~ligatiog the onuses rhicb Iiapo gioao rise to the de~sien~~,
ae ?re st thc outset nict rith tno bots-<hc ooa tli;it huk m?sspaof
uinil inntter, ioeludinF: npa~pnpon iind periodiaals, arc carried cither
froc or uta mcr~b ooil>iBal rarc, altho?-h iosolpinC ao outlny to ?
ver~ lvric sola to railrnys uod other siriiorn employed by the Past
Oaioe; nlid rlie otlier, th;it tlle money order braooh ir praotiopllg
unromoocrnti~,e.
Whiloi the public interest is ierried by cbDap Fosta:~, it is only
pppr~otly eer~Ed if Llio Drparlnieot i< ihcreby alrrie? no at G li~~,
nioee rbip losl hrs LO be u,nde up by additionul tiiria or uth~r iniposta.
Io Ihe euse oE n~artiapers and prriodicals, thsrc is oo rea?on why tlicg
nhould be eni?riod R?ee. Tliore ir a s~rviee perfarioed to botli the
poblirlier nnd cl,e public, rind tli;it seriico rhonld be pid ior. IF the
Qo~,crnrnaot scea Ilie propriDq of s ?otg oii bao~s nhelo no serri~ bg
it il involued. aurelg it is cntitlod O u roluro for ihe oorriDge of thc
oeaapipera, c?pcoi;,lly ahco lhar earriii~?e involrrca a verg hea<iy aotual
outl~y by it. In ,hc no? eiise, tl,ero ia u tilr on culucition; in the
other, a busioeM roLurn forl norrIoc porformed. Tlie old rate af ona