 | Commerce - 1850 - 718 pages
...time, averages 3.838 farthings per letter. There is no escape from this conclusion. Major Ilobbie, in his letter before quoted, says, " Considering the...greater extent to which it must be carried, three cants liere will be a far cheaper rate, in comparison to service performed, than one penny in England."... | |
 | Commerce - 1850 - 712 pages
...regarded as a just equivalent for services, which, in England, are amply compensated by two cents, is " the vastness of our territory, and the magnitude of our system of mails." This can only operate by enhancing the cost of transportation. But the fact is, that the transportation... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1850 - 736 pages
...regarded as a just equivalent for services, which, in England, are amply compensated by two cents, is " the vastness of our territory, and the magnitude of our system of mails." This can only operate by enhancing the cost of transportation. But the fact is, that the transportation... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1856 - 812 pages
...able and satisfactory report upon the English system, made in 1848. He then took the ground, that, considering the vastness of our territory, and the...system of mails, and the still greater extent to which they must be carried, three cents here will be a cheaper rate, in comparison to service performed,... | |
 | Commerce - 1856 - 788 pages
...able and satisfactory report upon the English system, made in 1848. lie then took the ground, that, considering the vastness of our territory, and the...system of mails, and the still greater extent to which they must be carried, three cents here will be a cheaper rate, in comparison to service performed,... | |
 | 1856 - 792 pages
...able and satisfactory report upon the English system, made in 1848. He then took the ground, that, considering the vastness of our territory, and the...system of mails, and the still greater extent to which they must be carried, three cents here will be a cheaper rate, in comparison to service performed,... | |
 | United States - 1849 - 420 pages
...undertaking, if successful, with the 3 cent rate, than was accomplished by the British experiment. Considering the vastness of our territory and the magnitude of our system of mails, and tne still greater extent to which it must b« carried, 3 cents here will be a far cheaper rale in comparison... | |
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English system, made in 1848. lie then took the ground, that, considering the vastness of our territory, and the magnitude of our system of mails, and the still greater extent to which they must be carried, three cents here will be a cheaper rate, in... 