The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-03

i am iUf II. OppOntHtS Vi the pro-
posed system have asked: From
whom would the people get this?
Would it not be from themselves? You
cannot subtract from the L. s. treas
Jury and not put it back through taxa
tion' Where the average individual
might send ten parcels per month, a
big retail mail-order house would send
ten thousand.
Senator Bourne, chairman Of the
senate postofiice committee has print
ed a table showing rates under Euro
pean parcels post, etc. Some facts
which Senator Bourne and advocates
of parcels post have not shown are
added by Mr. S. Noryell in chart in
his Hardware Reporter" viz:
Proposed General Parcels Post for U. S.
Weight, maximum II pounds. rate
50 cents ali over the country. In the
lU. s. we will deliver to every farm by
rural free delivery. annual cost now
over $S6,OOO,OOO)
Europe has no rural free delivery
In Europe an extra charge is made
for collecting and delivering packages
to homes even in cities.
United States-Longest haul air line,
miles, 29OO; Population per square
mile, SO.9; Area in square miles. q
l974,159.
Belgium Longest haul air line,
miles, 100, less than lilo Us; Popu-
lation per square mile, 655.2, twenty
one times greater than U. s.; Area in
square miles, 1873, less than 1900
of U. S.
England-Longest haul air line,
miles. 700, less than 4 U. s.; Popula-
ton per square mile, S72, more than
ten times greater than U. S.; Area in
square miles. 121 ,391, less than 1-20
of U. S.
France-Longest haul air line, miles,
$50, less than u u S.; Population per
square mile, 1895, more than six times,
greater than U. s.; Area in square
miles, 2O7,O54, less than lilo of U. S.
Germany-Longest haul air line,
miles, $50, less than 1-3 U. S.; Popula-
tion per square mile, 1904 ten times
greater than U. s.; Area in square
miles, 20S,7SO, less than lilo Of U. S.
Note the U. S. haul-distance. Note
size in square miles, of U. S. as com
pared with other countries. Note pop
ulation per square mile in y. S. as
compared with other countries.
| That the scheme would be of little
or no benefit in the transportation of
farm products has been shown. The
retail mail-order houses and the men
who farm the farmers" cooperate.
Some ladies have appeared, contending
that it would give them better oppor-
ltunity to buy from large stores in the
great cities. Some of the big depart
ment store managers expect larger
mail order trade from the smaller
cities and towns and from farmers
Through operation Of mail order de-
partments. They may not know of the
elaborate plans of large retail mail
order houses for sales in their own
cities, if the system be inaugurated.
For the manner in which some of the
managers of such stores have aimed
to influence advocacy in editorial
columns of their city newspapers,
some people say this would be a just
retribution. Many of the large city
daiIies have refused any hearings to
1.-THE opponents in their columns.
Members of the committee have
shown that the reason adduced for the
carriage of first and second-class mail
at a cost regardless of distance, diff
fusion of intelligence, will not apply
to merchandise. frustrated at this, no
two advocates have presented the same
Ideas and plans. Whenever a member
of the committee has proposed plan
+whereunder the government might pay
expenses and charge according to serv-
ices, the proponents have lost interest.
Probably the greatest jolt the advo-
Gates have received has been from the
wholesale dealers. Possibly they never
expected these to line up with practi-
cal unanimity against it. Retail mer-
chants have been studying its conse-
quences to their business. Through
their individual organizations, local,
state and national, retail merchants
have been opposing it. Last October
the National Federation of Retail Mer-
chants was formed, representing more
than a quarter of million retailers.
Travelling statesmen have reported to
their houses the fears Of merchant Gus
tomers Retailers have talked with
their wholesale dealers.
When the wholesalers and manu-
facturers entered the contest. they car