Cheap Postage

The pamphlet argues for a system of uniformly low postage, documenting British postal reform outcomes and comparing them with prevailing American practices. It presents parliamentary returns and tables showing rapid increases in letter volume after rate reduction, financial data on revenues and administrative costs, and accounts of private carrier competition. The author analyzes policy choices—distance-based rates versus single-rate reform—and reports committee proceedings and testimony to support adopting low, inexpensive postage to expand correspondence, commerce, education, and social ties. An appendix supplies detailed official statistics and extracts underscoring fiscal and civic effects, while urging legislative action to implement similar postal reforms.