The  report  of  the  Third  Assistant  Postmaster-General  in  1897  comprises  97
pages  of  compact  statements  and  postal  information  in  small  type;  that  for  1901,
133  pages;  while  those  for  1909  and  1910  contain  only  60  and  65  pages  in  larger
type,  respectively.  I  am  not  censuring  Mr.  Britt  in  this  matter,  but  simply
stating  facts.
Then  as  to  the  rulings,  laws  and  regulations,  there  is  not  a  publisher  living
who  knows  what  they  are,  or  can  definitely  ascertain  what  they  are,  from  month  to
month.  They  are  liable  to  change  without  the  publishers  being  informed  directly
of  the  change.  What  purported  to  be  "The  Postal  Laws  and  Regulations  Relating
to  the  Second-class  of  Mail  Matter"  was  issued  in  1910,  but  in  it  the  law,  rulings
and  regulations  are  so  jumbled  up  together  that  it  is  difficult  for  a  publisher  to
know  which  is  which ;  instead  of  being  illuminating  and  helpful,  this  compendium
is  confusing  and  involved  in  obscurity.  It  is  a  well  recognized  legal  maxim,  that
"where  the  law  is  uncertain  there  is  no  law."

Publishers  have  not  known  that  an  active  propaganda  in  favor  of  a  higher
rate  has  been  in  progress  ever  since  Congress  adjourned,  but  such  is  the  fact.  The
Postmaster  General  went  before  the  Hughes  Commission  and  advocated  it.
