Besides, cheap ocean postage will tend to supersede the clandestine or illicit conveyance of letters, and to bring into the mails all mailable matter, which, under the present system, is carried in the pockets of passengers or in the bales and boxes of merchants.
Sumner argues that cheap ocean postage would reduce illegal letter conveyance and increase mail usage.
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