POSTAL INCONSISTENCIES.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2077, 18 March 1922, Page 4

POSTAL INCONSISTENCIES.

dl „ , m I With reference to the protest, which c 'is being made against the prohibitive „l' postal tariff, some, of our subscribers j now notice that instead of being ! posted at the absurdly high rate of gild, the business circulars, trade I accounts, etc., are regularly delivered i by hand. The lesson should be obvious to the Postal Department. It may De noted that printed matter with or without covers and without address •will be delivered to "Householders" { for >d each. This rate may be regarded as reasonable, but it does not meet the 5 requirements of business men. To charge, three times as much for the a delivery of a trade account, and four times as much for a sealed envelope, I is a manifest inconsistency, and is ruinous to the business of the Post

Ollico, which should lie fostered and encouraged like any other trade- In fuct, more ho, because It la a purely eo-opcrative institution, which exists Moldy for the benefit of those who pay lor It, and those who use it. The charge- Of Til Tor the delivery of a daily paper is also an absurdity. This journal la delivered by us free over many hundreds of miles of road, and supplied at a price which dors not nearly cover the cost of production. To add Ad per copy would have the same effect as it would have upon the l '..:•! <mice, I hat in, to practically close down the business to a very appreciable extent. and to cause serious inconvenience lo the public.