POSTAGE ON PAPERS AND TRACTS.
By W. C. W.
The workers in our V. M. societies are spending much time and earnest labor to send our tracts and papers to those that may be induced to read, and it is a pity that the cost of the reading matter and the time devoted should ever be lost by carelessness in putting on the proper postage. Some may not be aware of the fact that, although letters without sufficient postage are either forwarded or returned to the sender, packages of books and papers, if insufficiently stamped, are usually thrown into the corner and eventually pass to the paper rag purchaser. Librarians and individuals sending out large quantities of reading matter by mail would find it greatly to their advantage to have a medium size of letter scales. To those sending out papers and tracts the following rules may be of service: The present law requiring one cent for every two ounces or fraction thereof, of strictly printed matter, on our publications amounts to the following:— Our ordinary tracts and pamphlets, with light wrapping, require one cent for each 72 pages or fraction thereof. Signs and Reviews require one cent for a single copy and one cent additional for each additional two copies. Count ½ cent for the wrapper and ½ cent for each copy of the paper. Two copies will not go for one cent, because with the wrapper they weigh over two ounces. Reformers, Tidendes, and Heralds, require one cent for each copy, with ordinary wrapping. The College Record requires the same as the Signs. The Instructor a trifle less on large packages.