The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-28
APPROVES RULES
FOR PARCEL POST
Postmaster General Issues Reg
ulations 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.


Point In United States.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
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 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 postoffice 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
a pound, which will carry a 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 glrth combined.
MaIIabIe PerIshable 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 OF
on any rural route starting therefrom
When inclosed in an inner cover and
a strong outer cover Of wood, met
al, heavy corrugated pasteboard OF
other suitable material and wrapped
SO that nothing can escape
from the package, they will be &C
copied for mailing to any Offices with
| in the first zone or within a radius Of
80 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 II packed SO as to prevent dam
age to other mail matter. Eggs will b.
accepted for local delivery when Sc
curely packed In a basket or Other
container. Eggs will be accepted fol
mailing regardless of distance wher
each egg is wrapped separately an(
| packed in a container
| There is no restriction on sailed
dried, smoked or cured meats ant
other meat products, but fresh mea
in any form will be transported onl.
within the first zone.
Parcels containing perishable arti
cles must be marked ''PERISHABLE,
and articles likely to spoil within thu
time reasonably required for trans
portation and delivery will not be &C
cepted for mailing.
Manufactured Articles.
Manufacturers or dealers intendin
to transmit articles in considerabl
quantities are asked to submit to tn
postmaster for approval a specimel
parcel showing the manner Of pacl
ing.
When sharp pointed instruments ar
offered for mailing, the points must b
, capped or encased. Blades must
bound SO that they will remain a
, tached to each other or within thei
handles or sockets.
In Powders, pepper, snuff, or othe
similar powders not explosive, or an
similar pulverized dry substance, nc
poisonous, may be sent when inclose
in cases made of metal, wood or otht
material to render impossible the e
: cape of any of the contents. Flol
of all kinds must be put up in sue
:, manner as to prevent the packas
, breaking or the -four being scattere
4 in the mails.
Queen Bees and Nursery Stock.
Queen bees, live isects, and drie
reptiles may be mailed in accordan,
with the regulations that now apply
i other classes Of mail.
Q Seeds of fruit, nursery stock, and 8
other plant products for preparatit
I may be mailed under the same CO
s ditions.
l. Confectionery and Soap.
# Candies, confectionery, yeast cake
n soap in hard cakes. ETC., must be i
l. closed in boxes and so wrapped as
It prevent injury to other mail m;
q ter.
e. Sealed original packages of prop
etary articles, such as soaps, tobacs
n pills, tablets. etc, put Up In Ak
1t quantities by the manufacturer, a
n. not in themselves unavailable, W
lie be accepted for mailing when proper
1t wrapped.
lie Millinery.
Of Fragile articles, such as millinel
toys. musical Instruments, etc, and
.. ticles consisting wholly or in part
glass. or contained In glass, must
T. | securely hacked and the narcel ato =,