Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-09

ROWE niece Of paper just ldIso
80 OF near the stamp, and COW
1a'lsn ,be back with a glutinous
rd on IN micht BY the application
rasn ',is moisture be attached az the
"a TO the Letter.
-yF sattlIng down Of nations aft
II Gigantic struggles Of war.
3D.. invention Of steam and
- ts practical applications OF
..,,rr transportation and use IN
= 49,. s.s of manufacture thereby
E p.ry their production together
~ tbe advancement Of eu .l..,.,,,,i
80 me classes Oh llv .'l''i ,n,,',, y,
ss ID consideration OF the laws III
w. Great Britain governing nl''il
l,,ts papers ana tne pii,leiis
rscllP'-' ,.r1Uy. as well as the cum
.,5s and tariy cohu lti VI '''0
w. then in operation. -..-.
kesltsiB general. In the first place,
~ we very heavy duty on the
t,,,ttra of paper requiring TOT
nllu -, ~ the presence OF an inter-
ii' eV.'.,,,o officer In every paper mill
hA - tbs weighing Of every ream
DO oy oaxiur "a label thereon Ger
w ~ a., of make. weight and dis
tt}It .,-tsids the mill The official re-
li4+ - sent TO the revenue office
lfnss, - tbe collections rigidly made
l1 ~ intervals. on newspapers, in
49,, Z, 4II this. a penny 1.-TWO cent?
,as required to be stamped,
It. h ulssad through the mails
ftl.-..',p3 one shilling and siNpence
.-t5 was charged on every adj
--,.rf boz every issue, as revenue.
stamuing had to be done az
~ gt91,r office in London,
which the paper had TO
f,rVardod az the expense or
,.ter and thence sent TO its des-
- ~ the printer. thereby adding
ssr,slv 10 lts original cost
-. reneal of these taxes on knoWl-
ts.-rss they were termed. was freely
i..ssrss.ad bv leading publishers, among
An charles knight, the publisher or
ny psnpv Encyclopedia, who almost
~,rsS himself In its production, IL
~ vbila I'm conversation with Row
IA Vn on the subject OF repeal or
80 taves that the words quoted
tsboye we're used.
I vog. as TO the Penny Postage; tho
s,,s,irte necessity Of some radical
fbanre in order 10 make the postal
s..-,ise respond 20 the commercial and
s.Spratlonai needs OF the times was the
snrprsl theme among the advanced
a,rkers OF the community.
h. 1881 Rowland Hill, born in 1873, IN
v,sSermlnster Warwickshire, "details
q whose NE will be found set forth
/, Norraphical encyclopedia published
= ate years and which need not BE-
.,rssepted hore). after giving the mat
l,sr much study and investigation OF
Iarorts issued by the postal authort-
I-es devised a scheme for a uniform
Ia for Internal postage which was
i,-ssspfei t8 the heads Of the treasury
s,sartmrnt. before whom he was sum-
,~5rs1 and 90 whom iu "a long exam
i,sfo1 he matter was submitted I'm de-
III Fearing the scheme too radical,
III lbs ADOPTION likely to cause n
i,srv loss tn thp revenue. they decided
.,ti 10 nc1mmend its adoption. Mr.
Ian through his studics, had come 90
~ conclusion. that the distance of
srrst was not the chief consideration,
MI he handling and delivery OF the
lnal natter and thai these two items
1,ify involved bu@ "a small cost per
fe.ar
rron lis rejection he further. Din
V,1 elaborated his scheme In
tmnrtlat which he issued. and which
hsd q vide diffusion both at home and
stuad and met a ready response from
III classes Of the community. Numerous
sgtt0ns were gotten up, largely signed
sul presented 70 the house or COM
hons A committee was appointed boy
H. house 20 look into postal matters,
shirre whom he explained I'm full all
40. details NJ his scheme. Great op-
stst0n was experienced from the
Erfca' world Early I'm July, 1898 the
lUumIitoe reported recommending