Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-12-27
APPROVES RULES
FOR PARCEL POST
Postmaster General Issues Reg
ulations Governing System.
WHAT MAY BE SENT BY MAIL
Gives American People Opportunity %
Send Farm and Factory Products
by Mall From and TO Any
Point In United otatoG

Point In United Statoa
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
sust approved the regulations which
cover in detail the articles which may
or may not be sent by parcel post
These regulators are now being
turned of at the government printing
Office on rush order" and they viii
be distributed az rapidly q possible.
The rules a. to what can be sent
and what cannot be sent and the In
structions for the preparation Of mail.
able articles with other ''ofhcial I'd.
vice" are given here % they have Just
been prepared by the postomce do
partment in Washington.
The minimum rate will be I'VE cents
for the first pound and three cents for
each additional pound 10 any point not
exceeding Fifty miles from the once Of
mailing; the local rate. which II I'VE
cents for the first pound and one cent
for additional pound. applies to al
parcels the delivery Of which does not
involve their transportation on rail-
way lines. The rates increase for
each successive one Of the eight sones.
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.
Mailable psrlshahIe 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 % packed or wrapped
as to prevent damage to other mail
matter, will be accepted for local do
livery either at the ONCE of mailing O
on any rural route starting therefrom.
When inclosed in an inner cover and
q strong outer cover Of wood, met.
al, heavy corrugated pasteboard or
other suitable material and wrapped
SO that nothing can escaps
from the package, they win be 40
cepted for mailing to any omces with.
In the first zone or within . radius Of
80 miles. Butter, lard. or any greasy
or oily substance intended for deliv.
cry at Offices beyond the nrst gone
must be suitably packed. Vegetables
and fruit that do not decay quickly
will be accepted for mailing to any
zone IL packed SO as to prevent dam.
age to other mail matter. Eggs win be
accepted for local delivery when 20.
curely packed in q basket or other
container. Eggs win be accepted for
mailing regardless Of distance when
each egg Is wrapped separately and
packed in q container.
There is no restriction on sailed.
dried, smoked or cured meats and
other meat products, but fresh meat
in any form will be transported only
within the first zone.
Parcels containing perishable artf
cles must be marked "PERISEABLE,"
and articles likely to spoil within the
time reasonably required for trans
portation and delivery will not be 40.
cepted for mailing.
Manufactured Articles.
Manufacturers or dealers intending
to transmit articles In considerable
quantities are asked to submit to the
postmaster for approval q specimen
parcel showing the manner Of pack
ing.
When sharp pointed instruments are
offered for mailing, the points must be
capped or encased. Blades must be
bound SO that they will remain At
tached to each other or within their
handles or sockets.
In Powders, pepper. snuff. or other
similar powders not explosive, or any
similar pulverized dry substance, not
poisonous, may be sent when inclosed
in cases made of metal, wood or other
material to render impossible the es-
cape of any of the contents. Flour
OF all kinds must be put up In such
manner as to prevent the package
breaking or the -four being scattered
in the mails.
Queen Bees and Nursery Stock.
Queen bees, live isects, and dried
reptiles may be mailed in accordance
with the regulations that now apply to
other classes of mail.
Seeds of fruit, nursery stock, and all
other plant products for preparation
may be mailed under the same con-
dltions.
Confectionery and Soap.
Candies, confectionery, yeast cakes,
soap in hard cakes, etc., must be in
closed in boxes and 90 wrapped as 10
prevent injury to other mail mat
ter.
Sealed original packages Of propri-
etary articles. such as soaps, tobacco.
pills. tablets. ETC.. put up in fixed
quantities by the manufacturer, and
not in themselves unavailable, will
be accepted for mailing when properly
wrapped.