The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical And Analytical Study
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" I He also attacked with vigour the sample-copy abuse. 2 *-"^ Several Postmasters-General caused estimates to be made of the actual cost to the Post Office of the handling and trans- mission of the second-class mail. An estimate made in 1894 indicated the cost of transportation for all mail matter as 8 cents a pound, and on that basis second-class matter at that time involved a loss of nearly 17 million dollars for trans- portation alone. In 1897 the total loss on account of the second-class m...ail was estimated at 26 million dollars. A further estimate made in 1901 indicated that the cost of transportation of second-class matter was at least 5 cents a pound, and that the cost of handling was a further 2 cents, giving a total cost of 7 cents a pound on matter for which postage at the rate of only 1 cent a pound was paid. 3 In 1905 Postmaster-General Cortelyou submitted an esti- mate which put the loss on second-class matter at some $27, 000, 000 a year; and he recommended that the whole question should be considered by Congress, and a law enacted 1 Report of Postmaster-General, 1892, p.
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