Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1920 — THE DEMOCRAT WILL BE DELIVERED TO DOOR OF CITY SUBSCRIBERS [ARTICLE]

THE DEMOCRAT WILL BE DELIVERED TO DOOR OF CITY SUBSCRIBERS

Beginning With This Issue Rensselaer Readers Can Han Paper Delivered Every Tuesday aid Friday Evening.

PRICE REMAINS $2 PER YEAR Action Made Necessary by Provision of P.' O. Dept. Where Free City Mail Delivery System lain Force. Beginning with thia issue Rensselaer subscribers of The Democrat can have their paper delivered at their door each Tuesday and Friday evening by private carriers employed by The Democrat and without any extra charge for subscription. This action od the part of The Democrat is made necessary by the beautiful system of installing free city mail delivery in a town of the size of Rensselaer, which requires us to attach a 1-cent stamp on each paper delivered over the city routes by the mall carriers. This Is not a recent ruling of the postoffice department, however, ‘but one that has been tn force for several years, requiring that a 1-cent stamp be attached to each paper—other than a weekly—delivered by city carriers in cities having free city delivery. This was intended, of course, to prevent the loading down of the carriers with the daily newspapers in big cities, but The Democrat being published only twice a week it was not thought this provision would apply here. Someone 'has evidently learned of the provision, however, aua called the attention of the postal department to the fact that It had not been observed here, and the postmaster has been instructed that It does apply to semi-weekly papers, hence we are barred from the city delivery on our subscribers served by the city carriers, as it would be out of the question for us to pay $1.04 per year postage on each subscription, besides the expense of attaching the stamps to the papers.

This provision does not apply to subscribers receiving their paper ar the postoflice, through the general delivery, or those having lock boxes, and not more than one-third of our city subscribers are served by the city delivery, therefore, we do not have to provide means for the private delivery of over one-third oi our city list. But, as we /must do this by private carrier, we have decided to deliver The Democrat free to every city subscriber who so desires, right at his home and on the same evening the paper is printed. It you want to be included in this list and have your paper delivered right at your door each Tuesday and Friday evening without any extra dharge, phone in and give us your street and number and you will be placed on our carrier list. We also have some as yet Immature plans in mind regarding the improvement of The Democrat and also perhaps more frequent issuing thereof, and if you want to get in cn tills It will be well for you *to subscribe at once —if you are not already a subscriber. This matter is being considered and will be worked out ini due time. It will perhaps take a little time to properly arrange the delivery routes for our carrier boys, and subscribers on these routes who fail to get a paper—Should there be any such —are requested to call The Democrat and teQl us about it or call at the office and get a copy, as we will have a few extras on hand to supply such calls.