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Article TO THE EDITOR. ← Page 2 of 2 Article TAXES UPON KNOWLEDGE—NEAVSPAPER STAMP. Page 1 of 1
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To The Editor.
[ We trust this awful instance of struggling mortality will not he lost upon all who attend at the Board of BENEVOLENCE . A few questions grow out of it . First , —Ought not some immediate measures be devised to relieve such as are really eligible ? Second , —Ought not the parties signing a petition to be attainted for a breach of Masonic law , if they neglect to support it ? Thirdly , —Ought not parties signing a petition to be more careful in their examination and attestation ?—ED . ]
Taxes Upon Knowledge—Neavspaper Stamp.
TAXES UPON KNOWLEDGE—NEAVSPAPER STAMP .
TO THE EDITOR .
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In discussing the question of a total abolition of the stamp upon newspapers , one very important question must not be lost sight of , namely , the mode of transmitting those unstamped papers to the country . A very simple , and , at the same time , very efficient plan , has occurred to me , of removing this difficulty very advantageousl y both to the government and to the country . Noone ever dreamed of liaving his " letters carried to a distant part ofthe
country free of postage ; neither is it reasonable to expect that the much more bulky matter of a newspaper should be so . AVhat I would suggest , therefore , is this , that long slips of paper , covered with an ingeniously printed stamp , with a blank space for the direction , should be issued from the stamp office to the news vendersstamn distributors .
, etc . & : c . for sale to the public , at various prices ; each price being distinctly printed on such slips , together with the wei ght of printed paper , left open at the ends as newspapers are , which they will thus frank to any part of the country . By this means , pamphlets , magazines , & c , as well as newspapers , may be transmitted through the post-office to the advantage of the revenue , and great convenience of the public . Persons residing in toivns may thus have their intelligence of the progress of
society and passing events , at the lowest possible price consistent ivith the cost of the material and labour ; and having gratified their own curiosity and thirst after knowledge , by stepping to the next stationer ' s shop they may obtain a frank , at a small expence ( the lower the scale can be made the better , and the more extensively will it be availed of ) , and transmit to their friends in the country the paper , pamphlet , magazine , & c , which had afforded themselves such amusement and instruction .
Perhaps , as an unstamped publication , and only issued quarterly , this communication ought not properly to he addressed to you ; but a little consideration will show that such is not the case , but that , on the contrary , being uninfluenced individuall y by the question , yours is the very descri ption of work in which such a question may be properly and fairly discussed . J I have neither time nor the material at hand to go largely into the questionand therefore merel
, y throw out the hint for those who may have the means of doing so . With best wishes for the widest possible dissemination of knowledge , and of our excellent Quarterly as a medium , Believe me , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , London , Oth March , 1 S 3 S . ROBERT FIELD .
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To The Editor.
[ We trust this awful instance of struggling mortality will not he lost upon all who attend at the Board of BENEVOLENCE . A few questions grow out of it . First , —Ought not some immediate measures be devised to relieve such as are really eligible ? Second , —Ought not the parties signing a petition to be attainted for a breach of Masonic law , if they neglect to support it ? Thirdly , —Ought not parties signing a petition to be more careful in their examination and attestation ?—ED . ]
Taxes Upon Knowledge—Neavspaper Stamp.
TAXES UPON KNOWLEDGE—NEAVSPAPER STAMP .
TO THE EDITOR .
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In discussing the question of a total abolition of the stamp upon newspapers , one very important question must not be lost sight of , namely , the mode of transmitting those unstamped papers to the country . A very simple , and , at the same time , very efficient plan , has occurred to me , of removing this difficulty very advantageousl y both to the government and to the country . Noone ever dreamed of liaving his " letters carried to a distant part ofthe
country free of postage ; neither is it reasonable to expect that the much more bulky matter of a newspaper should be so . AVhat I would suggest , therefore , is this , that long slips of paper , covered with an ingeniously printed stamp , with a blank space for the direction , should be issued from the stamp office to the news vendersstamn distributors .
, etc . & : c . for sale to the public , at various prices ; each price being distinctly printed on such slips , together with the wei ght of printed paper , left open at the ends as newspapers are , which they will thus frank to any part of the country . By this means , pamphlets , magazines , & c , as well as newspapers , may be transmitted through the post-office to the advantage of the revenue , and great convenience of the public . Persons residing in toivns may thus have their intelligence of the progress of
society and passing events , at the lowest possible price consistent ivith the cost of the material and labour ; and having gratified their own curiosity and thirst after knowledge , by stepping to the next stationer ' s shop they may obtain a frank , at a small expence ( the lower the scale can be made the better , and the more extensively will it be availed of ) , and transmit to their friends in the country the paper , pamphlet , magazine , & c , which had afforded themselves such amusement and instruction .
Perhaps , as an unstamped publication , and only issued quarterly , this communication ought not properly to he addressed to you ; but a little consideration will show that such is not the case , but that , on the contrary , being uninfluenced individuall y by the question , yours is the very descri ption of work in which such a question may be properly and fairly discussed . J I have neither time nor the material at hand to go largely into the questionand therefore merel
, y throw out the hint for those who may have the means of doing so . With best wishes for the widest possible dissemination of knowledge , and of our excellent Quarterly as a medium , Believe me , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , London , Oth March , 1 S 3 S . ROBERT FIELD .