The Newark journal., 1912-12-27
RULES GOVERNING
 PARCELS POST MAIL
Postmaster General Issues Rules For New Service Which
 Goes Into Effect Jan.I

has made public the rules and reg ulations promulgated for the gui- dance of the public in making use of the parcel post system which goes into effect January 1. The new system will be effective throughout the entire country at the same time and will effect every post office, city, town, rural route, and all mail transportation in every section of the United States.
 Every precaution will be taken by the postoffice department to have the mails moved with the usual dispatch, and all postmasters, superintendents and inspectors have been directed to familiarize themselves and their subordinates with every phase of the new sys- tenn.
 MT. Hitchcock expresses the wish that the public familiarize it. self with the nature of the new service before attempting to use it. Information is now available to any postoffice in the country.
 The regulations provide that parcels of merchandise including farm and factory products Out no books and printed matter) of al- most every description up to II pounds in weight and measuring six feet in length and girth con- bined except those calculated to do injury to the mails in transit, may be mailed at any postoffice for de- livery to any address in the coun- try. Delivery will be made to the homes of people living on rural and star routes as we'll as those living in cities and towns where there is delivery by carrier. Where there is at present no delivery by carrier the parcels will go to the postofice, as is the case with ordi- nary mail.
 For a fee of 10 cents a parcel may be insured and if the parcel is lost in the mails an indemnity to the amount of its value not to exceed $50 will be paid to the sender. The law provides for the use in parcel-post system a set of stamps of twelve denominations. Parcel-post maps, with accompay- ing guides, are to be sold to the public at their cost, 75 cents, through the chief clerk of the post office department.
 According to regulations gov erning the parcels. post system, perishable articles may be sent through the mails only under spe- cific restrictions as to their con- tents and the distance they are to be sent.
 Butter, lard, fish, fresh meats, vegetables, dressed fowls, berries and similar articles likely to decay may be sent for short distances when securely packed. Eggs will be accepted for local delivery when properly packed in a container; and for any distance when each egg is separately packed in a se- cure manner.
 No restriction is placed on the mailing of salted dried, smoked and cured meats, but fresh meat will be transported only within the first zone.
 Fragile articles, including millin- cry, toys. musical instruments and articles of glass in whole or in part must be securely packed and marked fragile" !"
 Articles that may not be sent by parcel post include intoxicating ] liquors of all kinds, poisonsous ami mals. insects or reptiles, explosives of every kind, infammable articles, including matches, internal ma- chimes, pistols or revolvers, disease germs, and obscene, defamatory or scurrilous matter now prohibit ed by law, live or dead animals or birds, or live poultry, rav hides or belts. or anything having a bad