Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1917 — WHY WANT FREE DELIVERY? [ARTICLE]

WHY WANT FREE DELIVERY?

Just why there are many people in Rensselaer who want free city mail delivery is inconceivable. It certainly will not be beneficial to the business man, as every “drop” letter he mails at the postofflce will cost him. just double the postage that it now costs, or two cents for each ounce or fraction thereof, where it now costs but /one cent. Perhaps ninety per cent of thte drop letters are mailed by business firms, and they will be hit hardest, although every person in the city who has occasion to mail a letter to some other resident of the city must pay two cents postage where they now pay but one. However, it will provide a couple of jobs on the government payroll.