Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-12-27
APPROVES RULES
FOR PARCEL POST
Postmaster General Issues Reg
ulations Governing System.
WHAT MAY BE SENT BY MAIL
lGlvee American People Opportunity to
Send Farm and Factory Products
by Mail From and to Any
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 q 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.
MaiIabIe PerishabIe 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 30 packed or wrapped
as to prevent damage to other mail
matter, will be accepted for local de-
livery either at the Office of mailing or
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
cepted for mailing to any offices with
in the first zone or within a radius oi
so 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 quickl.
will be accepted for mailing to an.
zone If packed so as to prevent dam
age to other mail matter Eggs will b.
. accepted for local delivery when Sc
curely packed in basket or othe
| container Eggs will be accepted TO
mailing regardless of distance whel
: each egg is wrapped separately ant
packed in a container.
/ There is no restriction on salted
dried, smoked or cured meats an
: other meat products, but fresh mea
l in any form will be transported onl
. within the first zone.
/. Parcels containing perjshable art
:. cles must be marked "PERISHABLE,
!. and articles likely to spoil within tn
/; time reasonably required for tram
4 portation and delivery will not be a.
:. cepted for mailing.
Manufactured Articles.
Manufacturers or dealers 1ntendin
It to transmit articles in considerabl
y quantities are asked to submit to tn
o postmaster for approval specime
a parcel showing the manner Of pac
r ing.
s When sharp pointed instruments al
l. offered for mailing, the points must |
# capped or encased. Blades must
If bound SO that they will remain 8
81 tached to each other or within the
d handles or sockets.
,r In Powders, pepper, snuff, or 9th
g. similar powders not explosive, or al
le similar pulverized dry substance, n
ir poisonous, may be sent when inclos'
in cases made of metal, wood or 9th
a material to render impossible the {
g. cape of any of tie contents. Flo
80 of all kinds must DC put up in su
st manner as to prevent the packa
IT, breaking or the -four being scatter
Ill in the mails.
ar Queen Bees and Nursery Stock.
ce Queen bees, live isects, and dri
ne reptiles may be mailed in accordan
ed with the regulations that now apply
el other classes Of mail.
We Seeds of fruit, nursery stock, and
other plant products for preparati
W. may be mailed under the same C,
So ditions.
ct, Confectionery and Soap.
er Candies, confectionery, yeast cak
tn soap In nara cakes, etc., must De
St closed in boxes and SO wrapped as
at prevent injury to other mail N
id ter
re- Sealed original packages of prol
etary articles, such as soaps, tobac
M pills, tablets, etc., put up in fl
,at quantities by the manufacturer, {
IN not in themselves unmailable, '
ba be accepted for mailing when prope
a. wrapped.
ba Millinery.
~ Fragile articles, such as MILNE
toys, musical instruments. ETC., and
ticles consisting wholly or in part
glass, or contained in glass, must
co. securely packed and the parcel sta
,h, ed or labeled FRAGILE"
Unmaliable Matter.
80 The following matter is declared