:K88. (rVwTAt 



undersigned as very inopportune, and is. at IseM, a 

 n the dark, if there are no intemtrd | . 



It tttll U^r 



Homester-General, at 



tor sent through the mails occasions the deficit. 



liable to make any estima 

 rytoir newspapers, and | 



' 





J~r* ai* Why do u th. 

 uncwrnsd abutti the deficit in lU 



i, mi-, it will be uDsenfM 

 -ularr matter |n- 

 i. and as this goes in bulk th. 

 an not be greatly in vice* 



uanr freight. The 

 second H' la-** matter wi 

 MDpOSc. i ' 

 make the charge more than 1 



, h is largely in excess of r 

 rate*. The enormous oust of $160 per too 

 tying the ina.l-. it - , m to the umlersignetl. 

 * be acrounte.l f., r by the eipense * 

 he letter mails and business connected ith 

 st-class mail matter. This amount is cer- 



r the express companies nor private mdivid- 

 \j any such rale. 



r making an accurate 

 our . has been 



various persons professing to be experts 

 the extravagance of ll in dealing 



th th. 





irirht. Feb. t. 1*7. tfce Bew BMri 



bill amrttdlng the cufiyrMt Uw. wkirli iW rato 

 - Bt it MaJCTsfe. Tkat asetioT^MI of tka Be- 



msadsd so as lo rsad as 



prrss such notirr. or word* of the SUM pn 

 or upon any bock. Mm efcait, diMMtic or 



r%bt then ' - 



copyright, or shall knowingly isaee or M 



cle bearing a notice of i 



!<h K :I - not 

 siiall in.|..rt 



or aril aat arti- 



fully prepared article on tin- -ubject, 



n. James I*. Cowle, the a ntral 



Freight ami 1'axvnp-r Post,' appear 



numU-rof tin- - roves 



the .let: ^d by the very 



exorbitant and unreasonable rates wlm h the Gov- 



ul now pays to railron. rying the 



mail*. The New York ' World.' among <( 



-hed a statement on Jan. 80, showing that 

 . ig o.iild be made of 



supervision and conlracl with the rail- 

 loads and the enormou* amount | leas- 

 ing of cars, which could be largely saved \i 



'. its own cars. The saving 

 . could be made in thi inspect alone is esti- 

 mated by exnerts to amount to at least * 



undersigned U unable at 

 U) go into detail* with reu'nrd to these 

 matt. \amination, is thor- 



oughly mtificd that the defeciency in the mails re- 



any book, pootofr^cir 



Cra|.|... r Ifcsj .v -.... ' 



copyrighted in thb count ry.afaall be liabsttoapamv 

 ialtT and one half to ta* aw 



.- . ' : ' ' ' 

 ixMik iiiiri^an litK pgmiA c* 



ally 



!>hnl! sue for such psj 



: StAtc of any 



|.hot.. k -r|.h. ,,r tht-r ar- . 

 v hen there is no 



hereb aul boriied to 



' " 



itea. it prohibited : and the eir- 



..:>..,-.:. , 



iinjiiin iln jsjiia^ fiwfla*iag_ 



.'.. . 



, 



nt charges paid the railroads 

 nail cars. 



--ond. tho \.-ry ItU-rnl contrart* 



it nuiki- with 'If r.uir. .i.: r ( - rations 



ut paid per too 

 -rmously and absunllv high. 



ii tho <;- 



and >;t|iooially with n-foreoce to the atnotn 

 inatt.-r which the railnU profess to haul, and for 

 > tho ( Jovrnuii.-iit i- charged. 



at tho present pontal drf 

 to the transpoi 



mat! | ,-r pound are altogether mislead 



1 almost said intentionally aiiaiearthy 



iy , l.-.-ir fnnn the facts praMOted in 



* abort referred to that the postal deficit 



nt -a- pound postal rate paid to 



the Government by the people, but to the 8-cent-- 



f anyneison cosapiaintag of eact) vtosstMi : 

 /VeiWse*. That, this act shall not apf4y to aay iav 



,'- '--... 



. >tates prior to the fanrajr aafeof 

 Ssr. t. That all la an.l jrt* of .... inetm- 

 sMrni uh the fuMDiaw provissom he. aejd the 

 saiae are hereby. repeaWd/- 



tu , mM Jt |^ K- 



i ..i . . 



The Congress |* 



ment to the copyright kws, 

 dulr approved : 



MelMl.ele.That sectiue Ml of the He- 

 vised 8Hat.it.- U. and the saase is hrrby. 

 so as to rrsd as follow. : 



^ 



to he aseessed el each 



f-rthv fmt at.d $-'-f reverj 

 ance,as to the court shell 



oned for a period Bot exceeding one 3 

 junction that may he granted upon 





