Postal rates

Postmaster General Cortelyou acknowledges Representative Overstreet’s letter asking about the weighing of mail, and encloses a reply from the Second Assistant Postmaster-General, who is responsible for that area. Cortelyou has directed an investigation of this, as well as an investigation of the different rates and routes of carrying the mail across the country, and how much compensation would change given different variables.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-09

Creator(s)

Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940

Theodore Roosevelt is concerned by Paul V. Collins’s letter. While he agrees with the increased postage rates on magazines, Roosevelt finds issues with aspects of the matter. Regarding reciprocity, Roosevelt believes in standing with the farmers and wants to know what part of the treaty the Minnesota farmers find objectionable.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Louis L. Arnold thanks Frank Harper for his previous letter with the photograph of Theodore Roosevelt. Regarding Harper’s question of what sort of subject might be advisable for Roosevelt to mention in his speech, Arnold suggests that the issue rising postal rates is the subject of greatest interest to newspapers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-04

Creator(s)

Arnold, Louis L. (Louis Lincoln), 1872-1928

Ferdinand C. Inglehart presses Theodore Roosevelt to speak against the proposed increase of postal rates on magazines and periodicals.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-21

Creator(s)

Inglehart, Ferdinand C., -1922

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-01

Creator(s)

Cocks, Isaac H., 1836-1910

Recipient

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Language

English

Ambassador Reid writes to President Roosevelt about a conversation he had with John Wanamaker about international postal rates and improving postal service between London and New York. Reid hopes Roosevelt will listen to Wanamaker when he comes to discuss it. Reid is sending gossip to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and will send the president more on political matters in coming days.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-10

Creator(s)

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

Postmaster General Meyer addresses the New England Postmasters’ Association outlining policy proposals which he intends to give to Congress. His chief proposals are an expansion of the rural delivery system, an adjustment of parcel rates for domestic and international shipping, and the implementation of a postal banking system.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-12

Creator(s)

Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918

Representative Bennet provides an overview of the current state of the United States Postal Service’s rates and capacity for shipping parcels, and outlines the rates charged by private express companies. He urges the passing of a law to increase revenue and allow for the shipping of more parcels and the provision of insurance on parcels sent through the mail. He compares the United States’s postal policy with those of other countries.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-05-13

Creator(s)

Bennet, William S. (William Stiles), 1870-1962