25 SEPTEMBER 1926, Page 3

The appearance of more protests against the policy of the

Postmaster-General in exploiting letters for advertising is a good sign. No doubt the- Postmaster- General must fulfil the contracts into which he- has entered, but after that there should be an end. The Times of Tuesday published a letter from three business organizations announcing that a meeting of protest is to be held in London at the end of this month. We quite agree that no man should be forced to pay for the carriage of a letter which may bear an advertisement of one of his rivals. But the public as a whole has also its just ground of objection ; letters should not bear private advertisements which may be odious to a great many people in both appearance and sense.

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