The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-26
APPROVES RULES.
FOR PARCEL POST
Postmaster General Issues Req
uIations Governing System.
WHAT MAY BE SENT BY MAIL
Gives American People Opportunity to
Send Farm and Factory Products
by Mail From and to Any
Point in United States.


just approved the regulations which
cover in detail the articles which may
or may not be sent by parcel post
These regulations are now being
| turned Off at the government printing
office on a rush ORDER and they will
be distributed as rapidly as possible.
The rules as to what can be sent
| and what cannot be sent and the in
structions for the preparation of mail
able articles with other 'official ad-
vice" are given here as they have just
been prepared by the postof1ice de-
partment in Washington.
| The minimum rate will be five cents
| for the first pound and three cents for
each additional pound to any point not
exceeding fifty miles from the office of
mailing; the local rate, which is five
cents for the first pound and one cent
for additional pound, applies to all
parcels the delivery of which does not
involve their transportation on rail-
way lines. The rates increase for
each successive one of the eight zones,
the maximum rate being twelve cents
pound which will carry parcel
across the continent or to any of our
possessions. Parcels will be limited
to eleven pounds in weight and six
feet in length and girth combined.
MailabIe PerishabIc Articles.
Butter, lard and perishable articles
such as fish, fresh meats, dressed
fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries and
articles of similar nature that decay
quickly, when SO packed Or wrapped
as to prevent damage to other mail
matter, will be accepted for local de-
livery either at the office of mailing or
on any rural route starting therefrom
When jnclosed in an inner cover and
a strong outer cover Of wood, met
al, heavy corrugated pastebcard or
other suitable material and wrapped
so that nothing can escape
from the package they will be ac-
! copied for mailing to any offices with
in the first zone or within radius Of
SO miles. Butter, lard, or any greasy
: or oily substance intended for deliv-
cry at offices beyond the first zone
; must be suitably packed. Vegetables
and fruit that do not decay quickly
will be accepted for mailing to any
. zone if packed so as to prevent dam
: age to other mail matter. Eggs will be
accepted for local delivery when Sc
curely packed in basket or other
container Eggs will be accepted for
mailing regardless of distance when
:. each egg is wrapped separately and
packed in container.
ic fria
> dried, smoked or cured meats and
other meat products, but fresh meat
II in any form will be transported only
within the first zone.
s. Parcels containing perishable arti
y cles must be marked "PERISHABLE,'
- and articles likely to spoil within the
], time reasonably required for trans
portation and delivery will not be &C
Z. cepted for mailing.
Manufactured Articles.
= Manufacturers or dealers intending
~ to transmit articles in considerable
/. quantities are asked to submit to the
~ postmaster for approval a specimen
:" parcel showing the manner Of pack
- ing.
10 When sharp pointed instruments ART
- offered for mailing, the points must b.
- capped or encased. Blades must b.
:, bound so that they will remain at
:, tached to each other or within thei
handles or sockets.
- In Powders, pepper, snuff, or othe
. similar powders not explosive, or an
70 similar pulverized dry substance, no
- poisonous, may be sent when inclose
in cases made of metal, wood or othe
material to render impossible the e!
s. cape of any of the contents. Flou
50 of all kinds must be put up in sue
81 manner as to prevent the packag
IL breaking or the -four being scattere
VII in the mails.
az Queen Bees and Nursery Stock.
10 Queen bees, live isects, and drie
IL reptiles may be mailed in accordanc
"a with the regulations that now apply
Ell other classes of mail.
We Seeds of fruit, nursery stock, and a
other plant products for preparatio
". may be mailed under the same col
IS ditions.
e. Confectionery and Soap.
er Candies, confectionery, yeast cake
tn soap in hard cakes, etc, must be il
st. closed in boxes and SO wrapped as
at prevent injury to other mail ma
i'd ter
e. Sealed original packages of prop1
etary articles, such as soaps, Tobacco
M pills, tablets, ETC., put up in tixe
at quantities by the manufacturer, ar
N, not in themselves unavailable, wi
he be accepted for mailing when proper
1t wrapped
he Millinery.
OF Fragile articles, such as milliner
toys, musical instruments, etc, and a
ticles consisting wholly or in part
glass, or contained in glass, must
sg- securely packed and the parcel STAN
he ed or labeled "FRAGILE."