The Postal O'congress

To iinoxppï't-3 in posüaJ Bejxvloe the suibjeets pro-posed for tilie WasMngton ciongress aeem of nogrent iimportance - matiters af fteta.ii!, 'Kleed. Brnt it i be borne ín mimet tini 1 1 toa whole madiöaery oí tfine tunton consiata In aJS, amd thiat it i5 by imiprovem'e-n'..s oí wihiWh ich ly jtsalf might Inave been tououglit ti'-ivkil that. the enoamious aggregate of progress bas bieen effected. Tlie iiiwrease Wt h wiKhib tiliiat aan bs camveid' u;nd sirjgle stamp, tJne waiierby oousntffiea actxss wMieh. nuails ave carrLeki oí any ela'-iim for oompenisiajtton for ttoia-t eervfcc, tinO trainismiitesion Jree of official nuaüü matter, ania tina itotooicbuetilcm of mi iinterna! j üi.'il stamp tliat can be loinvardod to pay retiuiPn postage- thiese aire ainwnjg tilie priiacJ'pal topics in tlhie prognam of tJue congress. The propositilon uaider th first !iea.d does n'Ot seem n&ry ra.dii.cal, beamg an increase fnoimi lualf an otuneO iio ttoreeqnarters ; but it ta-kes oía a great 'importance whien it is considered as a propositton to oarry half as muoli wiiig'lut of mail matter again as is tuo'w oapried for ai giiven price. Of oooomee thiat -wonMl mat be thie. actual elfec't of adtoptiing thO proposittion silncie t'lie great miajo'rity of lettere are uiiider the wetigait already allcnved, ankl wo'uld oomtiiniue to be so. The waíiver o any claito ïoir tlhie transportiatton of majis by conm-tries across ■whiiioh they are carrieid is at more practiiical importoince. Thje arrangement may seem to' be "aa bro'ani as it la long." Bult im fac it is allege'd tihiat tlue divtoicm. oí tha postage betwieen tlhe oouoifa'y in whfcli letters aro majled and tiha'b in wMcSl tlicy are deKvered, to thie exolasiicm! oí the iinteraiedkie co uintries, would mucüi overtax soine couatriies, and relieve otters of theiir fair share of the