The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-07-26
Parcels Post in Germany.

Germany and other countries {
have it, but they do net tell {
US the average haul for all mail ;
matter in these Parcels Post
countries is about 40 miles, $
against $40 miles in the United
States. j
They tell us we should have |
Parcels Post because the express {
companies are opposing it, but {
they do not furnish a single line
of evidence to prove this as
sertion. {
They tell us mail order houses j
are opposed to Parcels Post, as l
it would put them out of bust
ness, but they do not tell us a
that under Parcels Post the I
big catalogues could be sent c
through the mails for about I
cents, as against the present c
rate of % to 25 cents, and that
one item alone would save thous- 6
ands and thousands of dollars +
annually to the large mail order I
concerns. Does any sane mar +
believe they are opposed to y
Parcels Postl
They do not tell us that t
Germany owns her own rail o
roads and makes no charge to t
the post office department for d
carrying the mails. c
They do not tell us hat Ger o
many in estimating a profit of t
.$20,000,0000 from their post Of
flee department, do not make f
any charge for railway service, p
which, if they did, would show Ii
an enormous deficit. r
They do not tell us that there f
is no such thing as rural free
delivery in these foreign Parcels t
Post countries, but that far Y
mers I've in villages. c
They do not tell us that the
towns and villages in this coun r
try under 1000 population, do Il
not have any free delivery SER d
vice at all, but pay about Silly
100000 to the post office, the C
only possible relief from a very h
poor service. f
They do not tell us the far
mars present rural free package a
delivery service would be cut off p
under any or all of the propos- G
ed rural Parcels Post measures c
and carrier would be permitted d
to carry only packages to p
which postage was af-
fixed. In other words, if this p
law should go into effect and Il
prove to be as profitable as it q
is claimed, it would mean that n
the farmers would pay annually Ii
10 to 20 millions of dollars pos p
tai deficit.
They do not tell the farmer Il
that under any bill charging five p
cents for the first pound and o.
two cents for each additional n
pound, with a weight limit of Of
II pounds that it would cost g.
seven cents to market a dozen %
eggs, or four cents per pound
to market a five-pound jar of E
butter, or II pounds of salt g
costing IL cents at the country it
store would cost % cents in Il
postage to deliver, or 10 pounds tt
of nails costing 40 to so cents al
would cost % cents postage, or fl
II pounds of sugar costing So d
cents to 60 cents would cost %
cents postage. o.
They do not tell us that I'M c,
der Parcels Post mail order D
houses would flood the country CT
with glowing descriptions of c,
all-wOol suits of clothes that do W
not contain so per cent of wool, W
and pure silk dress goods, the
silk for which was grown in IL
Texas or Mississippi and pick f
ed by colored men, and a thous- Il
and and one other items on
which the profits are enormous, c,
and all of which could nj
be delivered from Chicago v
could be delivered from Chicago