Hearings Before the Postal CommissionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 - 934 páginas |
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Página 91
... mile limit ? Mr. COLLINS . I presume they would distribute pro rata . Representative ÖVERSTREET . You assume in your question that the Government could afford to distribute within the 500 - mile limit at a cent a pound . What would be ...
... mile limit ? Mr. COLLINS . I presume they would distribute pro rata . Representative ÖVERSTREET . You assume in your question that the Government could afford to distribute within the 500 - mile limit at a cent a pound . What would be ...
Página 92
... mile limit ? Mr. COLLINS . Yes , sir ; and that is the average distance within which the Post - Office Department distributes our magazines . Representative OVERSTREET . Is it your judgment that the average haul is 500 miles for ...
... mile limit ? Mr. COLLINS . Yes , sir ; and that is the average distance within which the Post - Office Department distributes our magazines . Representative OVERSTREET . Is it your judgment that the average haul is 500 miles for ...
Página 139
... miles the same as one who travels 3,000 miles , either would it be just to charge the same price for freights carried 300 miles as for freights carried 3,000 miles . While it is always well to retain a system that is working well and ...
... miles the same as one who travels 3,000 miles , either would it be just to charge the same price for freights carried 300 miles as for freights carried 3,000 miles . While it is always well to retain a system that is working well and ...
Página 152
... mile , and the lowest payment was 5.85 cents per ton per mile on the densest lines . The average haul had been figured at 328 miles . It was 438 miles by one count and 484 by another . At present it may exceed 600 miles . The cost of ...
... mile , and the lowest payment was 5.85 cents per ton per mile on the densest lines . The average haul had been figured at 328 miles . It was 438 miles by one count and 484 by another . At present it may exceed 600 miles . The cost of ...
Página 153
... mile , so that a shipment of newspapers at an average haul of 80 miles may be profitable transportation to the Department , while a load of magazines hauled 1,018 miles may cost 8 cents per pound , or 11 cents per copy , and actually ...
... mile , so that a shipment of newspapers at an average haul of 80 miles may be profitable transportation to the Department , while a load of magazines hauled 1,018 miles may cost 8 cents per pound , or 11 cents per copy , and actually ...
Términos y frases comunes
abuses agricultural press amount annual annum association ATKINSON average haul BLAKESLEE BROEK cent a pound cents per pound CHAIRMAN charge Chicago circulation City class mail class of mail Congress cost of handling daily deficit distribution Exhibit expense express companies figures first-class mail freight GLASGOW GLESSNER Government Herald HUBBARD increase issue Journal KRACKOWIZER letters lishers MADDEN magazines ment mile newspapers and periodicals Number of pounds paid paper Post-Office Department postal cars postal rates postal service postmaster pound rate Press publications publishers question railroad railway mail service rate of postage Representative GARDNER Representative MOON Representative OVERSTREET Republican revenue Roor route ROWLAND rural free delivery sample copies second-class mail matter second-class matter second-class rates Senator CARTER sent SHALLENBERGER statement statute subscribers subscription Sunday school Third Assistant Postmaster-General tion transportation VICE-CHAIRMAN weekly weight of mail York
Pasajes populares
Página 137 - The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right ; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Página 555 - ... failure to give any definition which would be at once perspicuous, comprehensive and satisfactory, there is wisdom, we think, in the ascertaining of the intent and application of such an important phrase in the Federal Constitution by the gradual process of judicial inclusion and exclusion, as the cases presented for decision shall require, with the reasoning on which such decisions may be founded.
Página 133 - That it shall be lawful to transmit through the mail, free of postage, any letters, packages, or other matters relating exclusively to the business of the Government of the United States : Provided, That every such letter or package, to entitle it to pass free, shall bear over the words 'Official business...
Página 18 - It must be originated and published for the dissemination of information of a public character, or devoted to literature, the sciences, arts or some special industry, and having a legitimate list of subscribers: Provided, however.
Página 391 - Third. It must be formed of printed paper sheets, without board, cloth, leather, or other substantial binding, such as distinguish printed books for preservation from periodical publications. Fourth. It must be originated and published for the dissemination of information of a public character, or devoted to literature, the sciences, arts, or some special industry...
Página 133 - And if any person shall make use of any such official envelope to avoid the payment of postage on his private letter, package, or other matter in the mail, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of three hundred dollars, to be prosecuted in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Página 721 - Act all period, leal publications issued from a known place of publication at stated intervals, and as frequently as four times a year, by or under the auspices of a benevolent or fraternal society or order organized under the lodge system and having a bona fide membership of not less than one thousand persons, or by a regularly incorporated institution of learning, or by or under the auspices of a trades...
Página 184 - Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to admit to the second-class rate regular publications designed primarily for advertising purposes, or for free circulation, or for circulation at nominal rates.
Página 721 - ... membership of not less than one thousand persons, or by a regularly incorporated institution of learning, or by or under the auspices of a trades union, and all publications of strictly professional, literary, historical, or scientific societies, including the bulletins issued by State boards of health, shall be admitted to the mails as Opinion of the Court.
Página 39 - A mark, except by written or printed words, to designate a word or passage to which it is desired to call attention. (viii) The words "Sample Copy" when the copies are sent as samples.