Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1885 — The Postal Law Changes. [ARTICLE]

The Postal Law Changes.

The new postal laws take effect on the Ist ot July. The new rates will be an advantage in many ways. They will ihclude a rate of two cents an ounce for letters, instead of for half an ounce as at present. This extension will be appreciated by the public, who, under the present law, are obliged to pay a double rate if ttiey use paper a little heavier than the average quality, or attempt to write, a little longer letter than usual. Much trouble will be saved the postal officers, for at the present time they are compelled to weigh every letter that weighs anywhere in the neighborhood of half an ounce. The average of letters will weigh very nearly that amount- Besides this reduction of letter rates, there will be a reduction of newspaper postage to one cent per pound for papers sent from publication offices in bulk. Then there is the plan for specially stamped letters to insure promptr delivery up to midnight of the day they are received. This latter change will probably not be introduced until more definite arrangements have been made. In connection with it a messenger service will have to .be organized and perfected.