Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-12-27

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now furnished with scales Of limited
makes 1t necessary for the
postmaster general to make this very |
large purchase Of scales capable Of
taking care of the parcel post busi- |
ness. 1t is understood that this will
be the largest single order ever placed
for scales.
Rate on Seeds Not Affected.
It should be said that the act OF
congress which puts parcel post plan
into operation does not in any way
affect the postage rate on seeds, cut
tings, bulbs, roots, scions and plants
as fixed by section 482 Of the postal
laws and regulations.
The classification Of articles mall
able as we'll as the weight limit, the
rates of postage, zone or zones and
other conditions Of AVAILABILITY under
the act of congress, IL the postmaster
general shall find on experience that
they or any of them are such as to
prevent the shipment of articles de-
sirable, or shall permanently render
the cost of the service greater than
the receipts of the revenue therefrom,
he is hereby authorized, subject to the
consent of the interstate commerce
commission after investigation, to re-
form from time to time such classifi-
cation, weight limit, rates, zone or
zones or conditions, in order to pro-
mote the service to the public or to
insure the receipt of revenue from
such service adequate to pay the cost
| thereof"
Through many years different men,
bers of the house and senate have
been interested in promoting parcel
post legislation. Among the men most
active in securing the legislation
which soon is to go into effect as
law are Senator Jonathan Bourne of
/ Oregon, Representatives David j.
Lewis Of Maryland and William Sui
zer of New York, who has just been
elected governor of that state.
To ascertain conditions surrounding
the establishment Of the parcel post
system in places differing widely in
size, climate and industries Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock recently sum.
moned to Washington, to confer with
the special parcel post committee, the
postmasters of five typical Offices
They are William H. Davis, Pittsburg
Pa; Daniel T. Gerow. Jacksonville
Fla; M. H. Joster. Wilmington, Del.
e. M. G. Quimby, Suffolk, Va, and
Henry N. Bradley, Charlestown. w
Va.
Confer With Postmasters.
The postmasters Of the five larges
offices in the country have alread!
appeared before the committee, 81
Pittsburg was represented as being {
, large first class office, though smalle
than any of the greater five. and al
, being the center of tremendous man
: ufacturing area. The postmaster o
Pittsburg reported that the board o
trade Of that city has special parce
> post committee, working towar
: bringing the consumer and produce
nearer to each other by the new sys
t tenn. He also said that many of tn
3 merchants are planning to have thei
D city deliveries made by parcel post.
g Wilmington, Del, represented
n large farming and manufacturing dil
trict, with its mail connections clos
n with Philadelphia, one of the larges
g Offices. Jacksonville is the largest o
s flee in Florida, and the outlet for q
J. the mail of the state. 1t is peculis
y in having a special increase Of fore
d in winter, the tourist season, and tn
postmaster said that 1t was expecte
IL that travellers would use the pare
l. post extensively in sending home fly
IT and ten-pound packages of fruit.
3 Suffolk, Va. and Charlestown, '
81 Va, are both very small second cla'
y Offices, one in the tide-water distric
T. with large truck interests; tho 9TH
a far inland in an orchard country, Wi
'e diversified farm products. The pos
masters of both offices reported gre
g. interest in the parcel post, and ga
J. that they had continual inquiries I
n garding its scope.
70 From these postmasters the col
c. Snittee was able to CLEAN a gre
or amount of valuable informatio
I'd which, added to that gained from t,
ir recent hearings in Maryland, puts
o. in position to plan the details of t
St service to the greatest advantage
w. the producing farmer.