This is the more necessary, since Mr. Scudamore himself cited the success of penny postage in support of his proposal for a uniform rate of 24 cents for telegraph messages.
He said the committee had considered that “two pence postage could be introduced without any loss to the revenue,” but he differed from them, and found “the whole of the authorities conclusively bearing in favor of a penny postage.
To this should be added, as fast as penny postage shall be propagated in other countries, an international arrangement for prepaying the inland postage of the country to which the letter is sent.
The story of Penny Postage would be incomplete if we did not add a word as to how the great reformer fared at the hands of his country.
Such in brief is the story of Penny Postage, which has caused such a revolution not only in the postal arrangements of this country, but in the conditions of all sections and grades of society.
A Parliamentary Committee was appointed to inquire into the whole matter; and after a session of sixty-three days, reported in favour of Penny Postage.
History of Penny Postage, by Sir Rowland Hill and his Nephew, George Birkbeck Hill, D.
The extension of penny postage to all countries has been prevented simply by financial considerations.
The story of the conception, advocacy, and adoption of uniform postage is fully told by Sir Rowland Hill in his History of Penny Postage,[66] and need be only briefly dealt with here.
They had before them the evidence taken that year in England as to the effect of penny postage, which had then been in operation three years.
In 1844 the government appointed a committee of the house of commons to inquire as to the measure of public benefit that could fairly be attributed to penny postage.
The question of a reduction in the postage rates engaged the attention of the legislature every session, after the beneficial results of penny postage in Great Britain became known.
After the introduction of penny postage, the change was so marked, that the immense success of this branch establishment may be considered as entirely owing to the reduction of postage-rates.
He had a plan in view, which was eventually to place the foreign and inland systems on a basis unchanged until the time of penny postage.
Before the introduction of Penny Postage, the use of railways had only started.
The ruling principle in England, from the beginning down to the triumph of penny postage, was revenue; and this is still the ruling principle with us, to which all else is subordinated.
In reviewing the subject, long afterwards, in his 'History of Penny Postage,' Sir R.
The new postage will be distinctly and simply a penny postage by weight.
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