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Beyond the sufficiency of this rate as a protection of the Post-Office against abuse, and also its obvious convenience, is its cheapness, reducing the tax on correspondence to its practical minimum.
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Sumner argues that a uniform postal rate would protect the Post-Office and reduce costs for correspondence.
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