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Teddy Roosevelt: “If the pound rate of postage, which produces the large loss thus entailed, and which was fixed by the Congress with the…”

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If the pound rate of postage, which produces the large loss thus entailed, and which was fixed by the Congress with the purpose of encouraging the dissemination of public information, were limited to the legitimate newspapers and periodicals actually contemplated by the law, no just exception could be taken.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

This quote addresses the need to limit the pound rate of postage to legitimate publications to prevent financial losses.

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