Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1906 — Postmen Collect Debts. [ARTICLE]

Postmen Collect Debts.

A debt-collecting agency which is run as a part of the regular public postal system is the newest “improvement” of the postoffice of Austria. Despite the novelty of the enterprise, the plan has worked admirably, so that thousands of dollars are collected annually by the postmen throughout the Austrian empire. The system Is very simple. Suppose a tradesman in Vienna has an account due from a customer in, say, such a distant town as Budapest, which he wishes to collect. Distance does not matter in the least. He merely sends the bill to the postoffice in the capital, whence it is at once transmitted to the postofflee at Budapest. There the postman presents it to the Vienna postoffice, whence It Is delivered to the tradesman by postman. In the event of payment being refused, which, of course, sometimes happens, the creditor is promptly apprised of the fact, and valuable time Is thus frequently saved.