The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-18

posed 90 g. This is the House COM
mlttee on p1stolfiCes and p0stroads.
rcseutative Weeks of MasSachu-
seit7- che chairman Of this body has
posed 20 amy legislation OF this kind.
and he apparently has the support OF
.le ma lority OF the committee. With
the end Of the present session. how
ever. ten OF these lose their seats ir
the House, and there viii be "a new
,oininittee with new chairman. when
lne SlNtF-scC0nd Congress opens
Tho arguments FOR and against a
parcels post are many. and have been
iCd time and sEain. and &c is safe
~ SOY iIdt they will be presented i'm
aupiificd form az this session.
The >uIzer BuI.
representative suffers bill IS as fol-
Be &c enacted. etc. That the COM
al service of the United States iq here
ny increased Co eleven pounds. the
common limit Of the universal postal
system. and that iu the general buei-
ness of the postofficc the 1-ceri an
HuINc rate on general merchandise
fourth class mail matfcr-ho. and fe
hereby reduced TO The third class rate.
cent Tor each two ounces or frac-
Sec. THAT the rate ON local let
TORS of scaled parcels posted for de-
iNcrF within The free delivery services
is hereby determined at % cents on uar-
GELS MP Co four ounces. Z cent on each
additional two ounces az non delivery
offices. I cent Tor each two ounces.
Sec. 3.-Tr1t an mail matter collected
and delivered within the different rural
routes or the United states is hereby
determined TO De in one class. with
rates. door 20 door. between tho dIrrer-
eut houses and places of business. and
inc postoffiCe or pOstofriCes on each
route. as follows. ON parcels nm TO-
one HF twenty-five inches in dfulou-
-l"ns aud mp Co one pound iu weight.
D cent. on larger parcels un TO one
naI cubic loot. or Sis bv twelve bv
twelve inches tn dimensions and M 10
eleven pounds iu weight = cents. ON
larger parcels NO 60 one cubic foot. six
tuensions and up TO twenty-five pounds
iu weight. To cents. No parcels shall bo
over Sis feet I'm length and in no. case
-.a,i carrier ne Obliged Go TRANSPORT a
load Of over 500 pounds.
see 4.-That on an UNREGISTERED pre-
paid mail matter without declared
value an indemnity uD 70 SO shall be
paid rN the postoffice dcpartm-rt for
sdcH actual loss or damage ais NAV
occur through the fault OF fte rosfaf
sert ICE. and this without extra charge
Fidcd on demand. On Registered No.
cells or declared value. and on which lie
zee Tor ,registratioa. insurance. and
postorfice department shall nav ne f,,fI
value or any direct loss or damage f1at
may occur through the fault Of the
ItfHNAN rfN NlNN Inc ices Tor Insurance
and registration shall be as follows.
For registration and insurance nm 10
$50. TO cents. FOR each additional $50 q
cents. no claim FOR compensation wiz
De admitted if not presented yvithi-
ono year after the parcel is posted.
Sec. 9.-Inat all acts and nartg Of
acts Inconsistent with this ACT are
hereby repealed.
Sec. e-That this act shall take Of
tcct six months from and after tie
date OF approval thereof
- Variance With Executive
% course. this IS aot h. accordance
with The recommcndation Of the Presi-
cent. as De suggests only a parcels posi-
TOT rural sections. while Mr.. suffers
nill provides for general system.
some parcels post enthusiasts oppose
even the SuIzer bills on the ground that
section two should have the same rates
rs Hecuor trrco-in other words. that
the merchandise rate should only De q
cent a pound. This they claim is The
oniF way that Uncle sam can hone to
compete with the express companics
Ihey argue that III the bill IS made
law as DO stands. Uncle sam will get
aI the long hauls. where losses are in
NuLIeu. WIlIe the express COmuanies
VIII get the advantage Of the short
nauis. as they viii be able TO quote
cheaper rates. Tn support or their
statement they cite. malSs the following
suppose a merchant in New York
CITY desires TO ship "a ten-pound parcel
To Euftalo. The rate by parcels post
would be - cents. while the express
company carry 10 for so cents OF
course the express company would get
the business. But supnose ne wishes
20 ship 10 TO Seattle Wash. The oV-
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