Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-12-26
UNCLE SANS NEW
PARCELS POST SYSTEM
What 1t Viii Mean TO the Public
How It Will operste-Rates and
Distances-Trcmendous Cihicuities
to Be Overcome In Putting IL I.Ito
Operation.
(By Carolyn Cross-)
(By Carolyn Cross

Except the planning Cf a Panan
canal, the designing OF new bat l.
ship, or some such genus little t4sl
as persuading the -.Bull NOS" tn
Elephant and the Democratic Doake.
TO lie down together in peace, Tn
Gle Sam, in the person Of Postnaste
General Hitchcock and his department
officials, is just now engaged in thi
most troublesome project he has at
tempted in, 10, these many years. i
is the establishing Of the new Par
cells Post system over the ent r,
country By the first day OF the New
Year, and, were it not so grave .
nature. the placing Of this time limit
might be construed as a 'pr4ctica
joke" of congressional favor.
An appropriation of $4,000 hai
been made, with the command that
the system be in operation by Janu-
airy l, 1913 Since then the officials
at the Post Office Department, f.om
che Postmaster General down, have
been, and still are, working in their
shirt sleeves and sitting up late O.
nights.
In addition, committee OF SIX con-
gressmen, consisting of three repre-
sentatiyes appointed by the speaker
Of the house, and three senators
named by the president of the senate
IS waiting to thoroughly investigate
and report on the workings OF the
Parcels Post during the coming win
Ter. Twenty-Five thousand dollars
was appropriated for their expenses
and the employing of an Office force
in the meantime the modus operandi
Of the new system is being slowly
and carefully worked out and the
New Year will find the public at
large buying postage stamps for
things other than letters and printed
matter.
What You May Send.
OF course, one can not send q
horse and buggy or a piano through
the Parcels Post, but he might send
them if he mails them in sections
There are restrictions. of necessity.
but even as they are they viii admit
of a surprising assortment of objects,
both animate and inanimate. Uncle
Sam will carry anything provided it
can be done up in q package not
exceeding eleven pounds in weight
nor greater in size than ~ inches in
length and girth combined nor Of q
:orm likely to injure postal en-
ployee or damage other mail matter;
the contents, however. can not be
Of g character perishable within
period reasonably reqired for the
and delivery. The
minimum weight permissible is four
ounces and the maximum II poun5s
under the Parcels Post system.
If you, for example. happen to be
going away for a vacation in the coun-
-ry and find that your laundry came
home Just too late to be put into
Four trunk. don't fret and fume
about having to carry it along with
you on the train. Just affix q Par
,els Post stamp of the proper de-
and mail it to yourself at
your destination Later on, when
you've returned to town, and feel
that you wish to send some evidence
of your appreciation to the friends
who entertained you down on the
farm" Just pick out q folding go
cart for the baby. or '-parlor lamp
Or even portable oil stove for
their bedroom on winter mornings
and ship it to them. properly packed,
5ia Parcels Post
Butter, lard and perishable articles
such as fish. fresh meats. dressed
fowls, vegetables. fruits. berries.
and articles of a similar nature
which quickly decay. when so pack
I'd or wrapped as to prevent dam
age to other mail matter. will be ac-
SSpIeQ lot ioC>A dCAsStss SAl1SA -
the office of mailing or on rural
route starting therefrom. When en-
closed in an inner cover and a strong
outer cover of wood. metal or other
material. and wrapped so
that nothing can escape from the
package. they will be accepted for
mailing to all offices in the first
tone.
Vegetables and fruits which do not
quickly decay will be accepted for
to any zone If packed so as
10 prevent damage to any other mall
natter.
Eggs will be accepted for local de-
livery when so packed in a basket
DR. other container as to prevent dam
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