Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-08-29
SENATE PARCELS POST BILL.
The One Adopted Radically Different
Than What Was Wanted BY
Mail Order Houses.


Mail Order Houses.
The compromise parcels post bill
adopted by the United States senate
ana which is the work of Senators
Bourne and Bristow, is radically differ.
ent from the general parcels post meas,
ure wanted by mail order houses and
big city department stores. The new
bnl provides for eight zones of distri.
button and limits the weight of par
GELS to IL pounds. The mail order
houses want fiat rate system under
which they can mail parcels from one
end OF the country to the other at one
price. This is impossible under the
pending measure, the full text of which
reads:
''1hat hereafter fourth-class mail
matter shall embrace all matter not now
embraced by law in either the first, sec
ond or third class, not exceeding IL
pounds in weight, nor greater in size
than ~ inches in length and girth
combined, nor in form or kind likely to
injure the person Of any postal EN-
ploye or damage the mail equipment or
other mail matter and not of charac-
ter perIshable within 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 radius of
approximately $50 miles from the center
of 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 GEN.
ter of given unit of area.
The fourth zone shall include all units
of area outside the third zone lying in
whole or in part within radius of
approximately 600 miles from the center
of given unit Of area.
The fifth zone shall include all units
of area outside the fourth zone lying in
whole or in part within radius OF
approximately 1000 miles from the cen.
ter of 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
proximately 14O0 miles from the cen
ter of given unit Of area.
The seventh zone shall include al
units of area outside the sixth zon,
lying In whole or in part within
radius of approximately 1900 miles from
the center Of given unit of area.
The eighth zone shall include al
units of area outside the seventh zone
That the rate of postage on fourth
class matter weighing not more thar
four ounces shall be one cent for eacl
ounce or fraction of an ounce; and OF
such matter in excess of four ounce
in weight the rate shall be by tn
pound, as hereinafter provided, tn
postage in all cases to be prepaid b,
distinctive postage stamps affixed.
That except as provided in the mex
preceding paragraph postage on matte
of the fourth class shall be prepaid a
the following rates:
On all matter mailed at the post
Office from which rural route starts
for delivery on such route, or MALE,
at any point on such route for deliver,
at any other point thereon, or at tn
| office from which the route starts, o
on any rural route starting therefrom
and on all matter mailed at a cit,
carrier Office, or at any point within
its delivery limits, for delivery by car
riers from that office, or at any oflic
for local delivery, five cents for the frs
pound or fraction of a pound and on,
cent for each additional pound or frac
tion of pound.
For delivery within the first zone, ex
eept as provided in the next precedin,
paragraph, s cents for the first poun,
or fraction of pound and cent
for aaph additional mound - fu,.4:o,