Hearings Before the Postal CommissionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 - 934 páginas |
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Página 9
... revenues and to protect the taxpayers from the burden imposed on them . The efforts of the bene- ficiaries of the ... revenue and the people by existing laws regulating the car- rying of second - class mail matter . He stated that it ...
... revenues and to protect the taxpayers from the burden imposed on them . The efforts of the bene- ficiaries of the ... revenue and the people by existing laws regulating the car- rying of second - class mail matter . He stated that it ...
Página 12
... revenue for the fiscal year was $ 111.000.000 , second - i class matter paid only a little over $ 4,000,000 ; that is to say , that while making three - fifths of the whole mail matter it furnished only one twenty - eighth part of the ...
... revenue for the fiscal year was $ 111.000.000 , second - i class matter paid only a little over $ 4,000,000 ; that is to say , that while making three - fifths of the whole mail matter it furnished only one twenty - eighth part of the ...
Página 47
... revenue derived from each . It is based upon the weighing and count of 1890 and the weighing of 1900 , the conclusions reached being the result of a com- parison with the postage revenue by means of proportion and per- centage ...
... revenue derived from each . It is based upon the weighing and count of 1890 and the weighing of 1900 , the conclusions reached being the result of a com- parison with the postage revenue by means of proportion and per- centage ...
Página 48
... Revenue . bined . Revenues com Per cent of rev- enue . Per cent of com- bined revenue . 4,582 , 312 126 , 478 , 666 J. 0.47 12.85 121,896 , 354 12.38 $ 7,422 , 009.00 [ 106 , 539 , 703. 48 $ 113,961,712.48 5.06 J 77.71 172.65 ...
... Revenue . bined . Revenues com Per cent of rev- enue . Per cent of com- bined revenue . 4,582 , 312 126 , 478 , 666 J. 0.47 12.85 121,896 , 354 12.38 $ 7,422 , 009.00 [ 106 , 539 , 703. 48 $ 113,961,712.48 5.06 J 77.71 172.65 ...
Página 49
... revenue in favor of the Government is due to the average number of separate pieces contained in a pound . The following table shows the estimated loss of revenue on that basis of calculation : Statement showing the loss in postage ...
... revenue in favor of the Government is due to the average number of separate pieces contained in a pound . The following table shows the estimated loss of revenue on that basis of calculation : Statement showing the loss in postage ...
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.