The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-11
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
BEING CONS|DERE
PostOffice Anticipates Greatest
Holiday Mail Business i'm
City's History.
STAMP BUSINESS THIS
YEAR SHOWS BIG GAIN
Department Urges Use of Reg
istry System to Avoid Loss
of Articles.

The time has arrived when the ques.
ton Of the eternal Christmas present
must be considered. What to buy and
where to buy and who TO buy for arc
grave problems that must be solved
speedily.
Then there is another question quite
as important as any of these, and that
is the better method of sending the
| Christmas present to the one who is
to be favored. Tho postotlice depart
mont each year "lays itself OUT TO
handle tremendous deal of Christmas
mail. This year will be no exception
TO tho rule Indeed, ii is reasonable
TO assume that the holiday business
at the Salt Lake postotlicc Will be
greater this year than ever before. This
statement seems to bc justified by the
fact that tho stamp business at the
office thus far in 1909 has shown re
markablc increase over last year. The
increase amounts TO $4U,9i5.9O, or Is
per cent for the first nine months over
the corresponding period of 1908. II
Will be readily seen, therefore, that
if tho ratio Of increase continues through
lUB nbllIdN ptllf'l, Iu fu'IluluS dh'hhh
of mail must be handled by the local
office.
Commenting on tho probable Christ
mas rush. Postmaster \. l.. Thomas
said: of | were sending Il Christmas
present, would insure myself against
loss by having II registered, Rcgistra-
tion costs only ten cents, aud II Insurcs
the sender a recovery Of $50 when
first class postage is paid. Packages,
H., L., - ny
classification. The registry system lu
surcs delivery. rcwraps parcels when
ncccsSary-aud il often is the ease that
packages arc inSccurcly wrapped, some
being tied with only a thread. lu the
handling of the vast amount of mail
during the holiday season. packages
arc often broken by the weight of
other mail matter ON top of them, or
in being thrown into the pouches. The
registry system eliminates this danger, -
Heavy Foreign Traffic.
I'uqucstiouably the foreign traffic will
be exceedingly heavy this year. There
and all of them want TO send token
of remembrance 10 the folks in the old
country.
The system known as the "parcels
post applies ia large number OF
foreign countries To these countries.
parcels. uuscalcd. may be sent at the
rate of twelve cents pound. Follow
ing is list of the countries included
under tho parcels post rule:
Australia. Austria. Bahamas. Barba-
dos, Belgium, Bermuda. Bolivia, Brit
ish Columbia. Chile. Colombia. Costa
Rica Denmark. Ecuador. France, Ger
many, Great Britain, Guatemala. Hon
duras (British). Honduras (Rcpublic
ofj. Hongkong. Italy. Jamaica. Japan,
LccwaTd Islands, Mexico. New Zealand,
Newfoundland Nicaragua, Norway,
Peru, Sweden. Salvador. The Danish
West Indies. The Netherlands. Trini-
dad, including Tobago, Uruguay, Nenc-
zucla and Wiudward Islands
Domestic postage rates apply to Il
soldier. no matter where lie is sta
toned. and To mail 10 all points in the
United States proper and the Philip
pines. Hawaii. Guam, Porto Rico, and
the Canal zone in Panama. The rate
for unscalcd parcels under the domestic
rate i one cent an ounce. with a limit
of four pounds. Books and the like
may he sent at the rate of one cent
for two ounces.
Must Sign Declaration.
In the case of mail destined TO for
cign countries under the parcels post
regulations. the sender must bring the
package 70 the postoilicc, whore he must
sign declaration" This document
sc1s forth the nature of the contents Of
the package. No liquids. spiritous Ii
ouore. fruit or other things liable TO
decay. grease or oil. poisons or any
other substance that may iniure other
mail matter will he accepted for trans
mission II should be emphasized that
parcels must be brought TO the most
Office. and cannot he dispatched from
mail boxes in the case of foreign dcstin.
alton,
All packages must he securely tied.
vet so tied that the insnection Of the
contents NAV be accomplished without
the breaking Of the seal.
OF course. the plainer the address The
more certain it is that the parcel will