Word: general
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Best general references: G. G. Hubbard in North Am. Review, vol. 137, p. 521; Senator Cullom in Forum...
...There are grave evils in private management. (a) Reduced rates to favored parties; (b) identification with railroad and commercial interests; (c) unlimited control. unregulated by law, of most important business interests; (d) monopoly.- Report of P. M. General...
...telegraph system could be more economically administered in connection with the postal service.- Forum, vol. 4, p. 561; Report of P. M. General...
...present exorbitant rates would be lowered. Cheaper rates would increase the general use of the telegraph and make it a public benefit, not merely the convenience of a few.- Sen. Rep., No. 577, 48th Cong., 1st sess...
...will of the late Sylvester Bowman of Newton, Tufts College will get $50,000 for general use, and another sum, which may reach $50,000, to be devoted to the library...