Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-05
SENATE PARCELS POST BILL.
n One Adopted Radically Different
Than What Was Wanted BY
Mail Order Houses.

"UoPtOu ny Inc OulIeu States senate
ana which is the work of Senator
Bourne and Bristow, is radically differ
ent from the general parcels post meas
ure wanted by mail order houses anS
big city department stores. The new
buI provides for eight zones of distri
button and limits the weight of a par
GELS to IL pounds. The mail order
houses want a flat rate system under
which they can mail parcels from on
end of the country to the other at one
price. This is impossible under the
pending measure, the full text of which
reads:
"That hereafter f~ourth-class mai,
matter shall embrace all matter not now
embraced by law in either the first, sec,
ond or third class, not exceeding II
pounds in weight, nor greater in size
than ~ inches in length and girth
combined, nor in form or kind likely to
lnJure the person of any postal EN-
ploye or damage the mail equipment or
other mail matter and not of a charac-
ter ~perishable within a period reason
ably required for transportation and de-
livery.
That for the purpose of this section
the United States and its several terri
tories and possessions, excepting the
Philippine islands, shall be divided into
units of area thirty minutes square,
identical with a quarter of the area
formed by the intersecting parallels of
latitude and meridians of longitude,
represented on appropriate postal maps
or plans, and such units of area shall
be the basis of eight postal zones, as
follows:
The first zone shall include all terri
tory within such quadrangle, in con-
junction with every contiguous quad
rangle, representing an area having a
mean radial distance of approximately
so miles from the center of any given
unit of area.
The second zone shall include all units
of area outside the first zone lying in
whole or in part within a radius of
approximately $50 miles from the center
OF a given unit of area.
The third zone shall include all units
of area outside the second zone lying
IN whole or in part within a radius of
approximately 800 miles from the CEN
ter Of a given unit of area.
The fourth zone shall include all units
of area outside the third zone lying in
whole or in part within a radius of
approximately 600 miles from the center
of a given unit of area.
The fifth zone shall include all units
OF area outside the fourth zone lying in
whole or in part within a radius Of
approximately 1000 miles from the CEN
ter of a given unit of area.
The sixth zone shall include all units
of area outside the fifth zone lying in
whole or in part within a radius of an
p~roximately 400 miles from the cen
ter of a given unit of area.
The seventh zone shall include all
units of area outside the sixth zone
lying in whole or in part within a
radius of approximately 1900 miles from
the center of a given unit of area. e.
The eighth zone shall include all
units of area outside the seventh zone.
That the rate of postage on fourth
class matter weighing not more than
four ounces shall be one cent for each
ounce or fraction of an ounce; and on
such matter in excess of four ounces
In weight the rate shall be by the
pound, as hereinafter provided, the
postage in all cases to be prepaid by
distinctive postage stamps affixed.
That except as provided in the next
preceding paragraph postage on matter
of the fourth class shall be prepaid at
the following rates:
On all matter mailed at the post
office from which a rural route starts.
for delivery on such route, or mailed
at any point on such route for delivery
at any other point thereon, or at the
office from which the route starts, or
on any rural route starting therefrom,
and on all matter mailed at a CITY
carrier Office, or at any point within
its delivery limits, for delivery by car
riers from that Office, or at any office
for local delivery, five cents for the first
pound or fraction of a pound and one
for each additional pound or frac-
tion of a pound.
For delivery within the first zone, ex-
cept as provided in the next preceding
paragraph, s cents for the first pound
or fraction of a pound and 3 cents
Tor each additional pound or fraction
of a pound.
For delivery within the second zone,
6 cents for the first pound or fraction
of a pound and 4 cents for zach
additional pound or fraction of a pound.
For delivery within the third zone,
z cents for the first pound or frac-
ton of a pound and s cents for each
additional pound or fraction of a pound.
For delivery within the fifth zone,
9 cents for the first pound or frac-
ton of a pound and z cents for
each additional pound or fraction of a
pound.
For delivery within the sixth one
10 cents for the first pound or fraction
OF a pound and 9 cents for each addi-
tional pound or fraction of a pound.
For delivery within the seventh zone,
IL cents for the first pound or fraction