The British State Telegraphs A Study of the Problem of a Large Body of Civil Servants in a Democracy
CHAPTER VIII
THE STATE TELEGRAPHS SUBSIDIZE THE NEWSPAPER PRESS 113
Why the newspaper press demanded nationalization. Mr. Scudamore gives the newspaper press a tariff which he deems unprofitable. Estimates of the loss involved in transmitting press messages, made by responsible persons in the period from 1876 to 1900. The State telegraphs subsidize betting on horse races.