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the principal effect 'it the rate changes is that he will have t'» put 0 cents in stamps tin a letter in the future Instead 'if 5 cents, 10 tents on an airmail letter Instead of K and 5 t ents on a postcard rater than 4 cents. Also hit hy the higher rates will he local business firms that use other c lasses of mail service. Second class, which applied chiefly to mailings of newspapers and magazines, will he nearly 25 perc ent more costly than at present. The hulk rate In third class and the rate for hooks and records sent hy mail,‘which come under fourtli class, will also fie muc h greater. Iri Washington, a total of $8,000 was spent for stamps and other postal services during fiscal year 1906, according to Cost Office Department figures. In 1908, under the new rates this will rise to an estimated $9,800. Oh 3 national basis, the Increased
rates are expected to bring the department’s anniial revenue to $5.9-billion, as against $5.0 billion last year. That amount is equivalent to $29.50 for every person in the counrrv.
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