Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1891 — Russo-American Mails. [ARTICLE]

Russo-American Mails.

In consequence of the large immigration from Russia to the United States the volume of correspondence between the two cc untries has been greatly enlarged within a short time. The mail bags sent from here to Russia and brought herefrom Russia are more numerous and heavier than they were a year ago. The letter mail has increased far more than the newspaper mail. The papers of Russia do not favor the Hebrews who are coming here, and are not in favor with Russian Hebrews, while any American Hebrew papers that may be sent to Russia are brought under the censorship. But letters are allowed to pass between the two countries, and the number of mail bags for and from Russia at our postoffice gives evidence that there is an extensive correspondence between the Russian Hebrews who have come here and their friends who are still subjects of the Czar.