Note 301 — II THE RATE FOR NEWSPAPERS
Reading edition
"Another objection might be urged that, by once touching the permanency of the 1d. rate they were endangering its stability, and that if the edge of the wedge were once inserted it might lead to the uniform rate of ½d. He shared no such apprehension, and believed that the wisest way to maintain the permanency of the 1d. rate was to remove the cause of the agitation."—Mr. Graves, 6th April 1869; Parl. Debates (Commons), vol. cxcv. col. 241.