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6 .7 DOMESTIC P O L I T I C S A HO P O S T A L S E R V I C E S
7896 - RURAL AMERICA MAIL V EL 1 V E M

CongA.e-6<l in c lu d e d $40,000 in th e 1896 PO Ap experim ents w ith Free
D e liv e r y . P o lit ic s was embedded in RFD because farm ers p e titio n e d t h e ir Congressman £or
a proposed ro u te m eeting 24 m ite/100 ^ a m i t y c o n d itio n . MC gained t h e ir su p p o rt
by pa ssin g i t to th e PO w hich had to S e t up th e R oute. The s e le c t e d was a
p o lit ic a l a p poin tee who p rovid ed h is own wagon & h orse but was pa id a s a la r y o& $300 pa.

1S96 - Exp
1902 - Permanent

4-Line Type. T =
GRANITE FALLS Route

2c PS £ with hi R.F.d.j Gianite Fdli/ DEC 13 1900/ Minn.
By 1902 th e re were 8000 Routes & th e 1902 a p p ro p ria tio n was $7. 5 t o make RFD
perm anent. The 32,000 Routes in 1905 were making com pensating sa v in g s c lo s u r e o-fc
ru r a l POs; 77,000 in 1901 reduced to 52,000 by 1920. August 1900 th e PO p rovid ed
each c a r r ie r w ith a handstamp £or use on a lt th e matt on h is r o u te .

3-Line Type. '2' =
JAMESTOWN 2.

2c PSE with hi R.F.d./ DEC 3 1900/ JAMESTOWN,
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