Postal Riders and Raiders
by W. H. Gantz
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About this eBook
- Author
- Gantz, W. H.
- Credits
- Produced by MFR, Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project at www.tpdlp.net and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications
- Subject
- Postal service -- United States -- Second-class matter
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 55570
- Release Date
- September 17, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.FOREWORD TO THE READER. — Postal Riders and Raiders
- 3.CHAPTER I. MAL-ADMINISTRATION RUN RIOT.
- 4.CHAPTER II. THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL RIDER. — DEFICITS AFFECTED BY SECOND-CLASS TONNAGE. — ATTEMPT TO BREACH THE CONSTITUTION. — FOOTNOTES
- 5.CHAPTER III. SOME PUBLIC-BUBBLING FIGURES. — TESTIMONY UNDER OATH.
- 6.CHAPTER IV. BUREAUCRATIC POWERS SOUGHT.
- 7.CHAPTER V. THE PENROSE-OVERSTREET COMMISSION. — FOOTNOTES
- 8.CHAPTER VI. THE PUBLISHERS SPEAK.
- 9.CHAPTER VII. POSTAL REVENUES FROM ADVERTISING.
- 10.CHAPTER VIII. WHO ARE AFFECTED.
- 11.CHAPTER IX. MR. HITCHCOCK STILL AFTER THE MAGAZINES. — THE HUGHES COMMISSION. — HEARINGS BEFORE THE HUGHES POSTAL COMMISSION. — FOOTNOTES
- 12.CHAPTER X. POSTAL DEFICITS. — NO CREDIT ALLOWED FOR SERVICES RENDERED OTHER DEPARTMENTS. — FREE-IN-COUNTY MATTER. — FRANKED AND PENALTY MATTER. — EXPRESS COMPANIES CONDUCTING A CRIMINAL TRAFFIC.
- 13.CHAPTER XI. LATEST OFFICIAL STYLES IN POSTAL CONVERSATION. — THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. — AN EXECUTIVE OVERSIGHT—POSSIBLY. — THE HUGHES COMMISSION. — A POSTAL TELEGRAPH. — FOOTNOTES
- 14.CHAPTER XII. RAILWAY AND EXPRESS RAIDERS. — SOME LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE FIGURING. — FOOTNOTES
- 15.CHAPTER XIII. RAIDERS MASKED BY CIVIL SERVICE.
- 16.CHAPTER XIV. PARCELS POST RAIDERS. — SUBSIDY RAIDERS. — TOUTING FOR “FAST MAIL.” — THE PARCELS POST. — PARCELS POST “TESTS.” — THE WORM UNCOVERED. — FOOTNOTES
- 17.Transcriber’s Note
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