The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
IMPROVE PARCEL POST
RURLEsON INTENDS TO EXTEND
THE SCOPE OF SERVICE.
Would Abandon Parcel Post Maps,
Increase XII mum Weight Limit
and Redr q resent Rates.

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Plans for the extension, improve
ment and reduction in rates of the
parcel post were announced Friday
by Postmaster General Burleson.
The changes, which are to become ef-
fective on August Is, include an in
crease from II pounds to 20 pounds
in the maximum weight of parcels; a
material reduction in the postage
rates in the first and second zones,
and the abandonment of the parcel
post map as means of computing
rates and the substitution for it of a
rate chart individualized to every
post Office in the United States. The
plans contemplate the purchase of a
large number of automobiles to be
used exclusively for the delivery Of
parcel post matter.
While, for the present. the maxi
mum weight limit of 20 pounds and
the reduction in rates will apply only
to the first and second zones, from
any given post office-a distance of
about $50 miles-the changes direct
ed Friday constitute the first long
step toward a universal extension of
the system and general reduction in
the rates Of postage on parcel mat
ter.
ar. Burleson announced the
changes as follows: ''The first zone
shall include the territory within the
local delivery of any Office and the
first zone rate of postage will apply
to all parcel post mail deposited at
any Office for local delivery or for de-
livery by city carrier or on rural
routes emanating from that post Of
fee.
''The second zone shall include the
remainder Of what is now the first
zone together with the present Sec
ond zone, and shall include all the
units Of area located in whole or in
part within a radius of approximate
ly $50 miles from any given post Of
fee.
'tThe rate Of postage on parcels
weighing in excess of four ounces in
the proposed first zone will be reduc-
ed from five cents for the first pound
and one cent for each additional
pound or fraction thereof to five
cents for the first pound and one cent
for each additional two pounds or
fraction thereof, and the rate for the
second zone will be reduced from five
cents for the first pound and three
cents for each, additional pound or
six cents for the first pound and four
cents for each additional pound or
fraction thereof to five cents for the
first pound and one cent for each ad-
ditional pound or fraction thereof.
"The maximum weight of parcel
post packages will be increased from
III pounds to 20 pounds, the increase
of weight to apply only to the first
and second zones. No change has
been made in the size or form Of the
packages"
Under regulations recently adopt
ed the use Of distinctive stamps no
longer is mandatory and the public
now is permitted to mail parcels with
ordinary stamps affixed.
The insurance fee, which was for
merly ten cents, was found to be eS-
eessive and an order, effective July
1, reduced to five cents the fee on
parcels insured to actual value uG tn
s25, and a ten-cent fee is exacred
only on parcels insured to actual
value of more than SIS and no; ex.
ceeding $50. Under this arrange
ment the business Of insuring pack
ages has more than doubled, partic-
uarly in the sending of valuable ner-
chandise.