Hearings Before the Postal CommissionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 - 934 páginas |
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Página 140
... routes take two horses , because of the condition of the roads . It is in this carry- ing of merchandise the delivery of articles , packages , and parcels from the starting point and other points on the route to customers of the route ...
... routes take two horses , because of the condition of the roads . It is in this carry- ing of merchandise the delivery of articles , packages , and parcels from the starting point and other points on the route to customers of the route ...
Página 141
... route agents to carry packages from the post - office from which they start , or from any other place on their route . Suppose that the rate was fixed at 1 cent a pound from 1 pound up to 5 pounds , and at half a cent a pound above that ...
... route agents to carry packages from the post - office from which they start , or from any other place on their route . Suppose that the rate was fixed at 1 cent a pound from 1 pound up to 5 pounds , and at half a cent a pound above that ...
Página 156
... route transportation , for which over $ 7,000,000 is appropriated , but we do know that the cost per mile traveled has almost doubled because of the institution of box - delivery service on star routes , and the requirement that the ...
... route transportation , for which over $ 7,000,000 is appropriated , but we do know that the cost per mile traveled has almost doubled because of the institution of box - delivery service on star routes , and the requirement that the ...
Página 157
... routes in Great Britain measure 20,000 miles , while those of the United States are over 200,000 miles , in addition to 218,000 miles of star - route service and 66,000 miles of other service . The mileage of our mail cars is thirty ...
... routes in Great Britain measure 20,000 miles , while those of the United States are over 200,000 miles , in addition to 218,000 miles of star - route service and 66,000 miles of other service . The mileage of our mail cars is thirty ...
Página 167
... route to route . The VICE - CHAIRMAN . It is on that account SECOND - CLASS MAIL MATTER . 167.
... route to route . The VICE - CHAIRMAN . It is on that account SECOND - CLASS MAIL MATTER . 167.
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.