Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-08-01
AFTER AUGUST 18TH MAXIMUM
WEIGHT ON PARCELS WILL
BE TWENTY POUNDS. e,$= .#5
RATES IN: FIRST AND SECOND
ZONES TO BE MATERIALLY .S..s Z
sS Ss51 REDUCED. ,s Il

* washington, -. T., Aug. 1-PlanS
for the extension, improvement and
reduction in rates. of the parcel post
have been announced by Postmaster
General Burlespn. s,yssz $.. ..s
The changes, which are to become
effective on August Is, include an
increase from IL pounds to 20 pounds N
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 Of
a rate chart individualized to every
post office in the United States. 5sa5
! Autos to Be Used.
@ The plans contemplates the pur-
chase of large number of automobiles
to be used exclusively for the delivery 1
of parcel post matter. 5E@
System to Be Extended.
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 distance of about
$50 miles--the changes directed con-
sstitute the first long step towards
q universal extension Of the system
and a general reduction in: the rates
of postage on parcel matter.
lis my expectation and belief
said Postmaster General Burleson,
that eve be Is or
.assssss alss,s
handle Practical ys of The small
package transportation business III the 81
United States The maximum weight
limit, extended now from Al to 20
pounds, l expect to see increased to-
100 pounds, and experience may de-
monstrate the practicability of handl-
ing the parcel business at even lower
rates than we now propose.
Must Proceed With Caution.
TN the making of extensions and
reductions of rates it is necessary for
us, to proceed with caution SO as to y
afford ample opportunity to prepare
for the increased business. For that
reason we have made the changes pro-
posed apply only to the first and
second zones. i appreciate fully the
sentiment for an Increase in the
weight limit and reduction in rates
to all zones, but it is necessary for us;
in sense, to feel our way .585$
Mr. Burleson announced the changes
as follows: IS $5iss 58s
! THE first zone shall include the ter
ritory within the local delivery of any
office and the first zone rate of post
fage viii apply to all parcel post mail
deposited at any office for local deiiv-
| cry or for delivery by city carriers or
on rural routes emanating from that
post office. (. 453 M 4 3s5 .g
1 The Second Zsne.
...sThe second zone shall include the
remainder Of what is now the first
zone, together with the present second
Zone, and shall include all the units
OF area located in whole or in part
within a radius of approximately $50
miles from any given post office.
The rate of postage on parcels
weighing in excess of four ounces in
4 the proposed first zone will be reduced
from cents for the first pound and &c
cent for each additional pound or frac-
I lion thereof to cents for the first
3 pound and / cent for each additional
two pounds or fraction thereof, and
4 the rate for the second zone viii be
Il reduced from cents for the first
Il pound and 3 cents for each additional
s5tnolInd ar is cents for the first mound
and cents for each dditional pound
u or fraction thereof to 5 cents for the
first pound and cent for each addi.
ltional pound or fraction thereof.
4 Maximum ight 90 Pounds.
he maximum weight OF parcel-post
II packages Will be- increased from s1I
a pounds to 20 pounds. the crsase oi
weight to apply enly to- the first and
second zones No change has been
q made in the size Oh form of the pack.
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Statistics collected by the depart
X ment show that one.tnird OF the total
8 number of parcels mailed are handled
3 within the proposed first and second
zones and the ostmaster general he
Hives the Increase III He wei lt li1at,
q and the reduction 81 the rates of post
age iii the flrst and second zoass. as
proposed. Will benefit grsat more
Continue 90 pa Sc four