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The President as a Sheikh
April 2, 1885 issue

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When the "spoils system" was introduced into the Government of the United States, the population was about 13,000,000, there were about 8,450 post-offices, and the postal revenues amounted to $2,000,000, and it took a large part of a month to get from the Ohio or Tennessee to Washington. To-day the population is 55,000,000, the number of post-offices is 51,000, and the postal revenues $43,000,000 in round numbers, and it takes six days to reach Washington from the Pacific Coast. The business of every department of the Government, except the army, navy, and diplomatic service, has increased in much the same ratio as the post-offices.

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POSTAL service; REVENUE; COASTS; POPULATION; ADMINISTRATIVE agencies; UNITED States
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