Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1892 — Growth of the Postal Service. [ARTICLE]

Growth of the Postal Service.

The growth of the postal service in the past three years has been something remarkable. The number of new offices added to this list from March 4, 1889, to March 4, 1893, was 10,549. The revenue in those three years increased over $40,000,000. Even in the matter of receipts from registry letters the fees increased a half million dollars. In these three years there has been over 54,000,000 miles of railroad, steamship and star service, but at lower rates than before. The increase in receipts of ths past three years was more than double the increase in the three years preceding. , j These new political movements in the states and the recent decisions of some of the state courts agaiu.t unfair apportionment laws encourage the hope that the arbitrary and partisan election laws and practices which have prevailed may bo corrected by the states, the laws made equal and nonpartisan, and the elections free and honest. The Republican party would rejoice at such a solution. —Harrison’s Letter of Acceptance.