Postmaster General Hitchcock, so far as I have found time to read him, has made no particular effort to restrict or limit the piece or copy-weight of periodicals. He was, seemingly at least, so occupied in his efforts to “get” a few periodicals through the means of that unconstitutional “rider” of his that he had little or no time for anything else. But the 1906-7 commission boldly advocated a _penalizing_ of periodical _weight_ for copies mailed to piece, or individual, addresses. A table of graduated increases is given and some very peculiar argument, to put it mildly, is presented to support the recommended scale, or system, of weight penalization. Following I quote from pages 28-29 of the commission’s report. The italics are mine: The rate then for copy service would be one-eighth of a cent per copy not to exceed _2 ounces_, one-quarter cent per copy not to exceed 4 ounces, and one-half cent for each additional 4 ounces or fraction thereof to be prepaid in money as second-class postage is now paid. Tabulated, it would appear thus: Not exceeding-- Cents. 2 ounces ⅛ 4 ounces ¼ 8 ounces ¾ 12 ounces 1¼ 16 ounces 1¾ 20 ounces 2¼ 24 ounces 2¾ 28 ounces 3¼ Etc., etc. The net result calculated by the pound will be, upon the periodicals above the average weight of 4 ounces and not exceeding a pound, a change from 1 to about 1¾ cents per pound. For heavier periodicals the rate would average 1⅞ _cents per pound_ for those weighing 2 pounds, and increasing by an _infinitesimal_ fraction with the proportion of weight above 4 ounces but never reaching, no matter how heavy the periodical may grow, the limit of 2 cents per pound. While the actual increase of rate upon the _normal_ periodical, especially in view of the publisher’s right at all times to send it by bulk at a cent a pound, would be so small as not to upset his business, there would be two advantages to the postal revenue, one at each end of the line. (1) The making of a definite minimum charge for the handling of the individual piece. (2) Increase of revenue as the periodical grows heavier, due to the fact that the initial rate of one-quarter cent for 4 ounces is _less than the incremental rate_. This system of payment by the individual piece with a minimum limit of weight and an increased rate for each increment of weight is _common to the postal systems of the entire world_ with the exceptions of Canada and the United States. The only difference is that in the present project the incremental rate is higher than the initial rate.