Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-01-02
APPROVES RULES
FOR PARCEL POST
Postmaster General Issues Reg
uIatiOnS Governing System.
WHAT RAY BE SENT by MAIL
Gives American People Opportunity to
Send Fern ard Factory Products
by Mail From and to Any
Point In Upited States.

sust approved .ne regulations which
cover In detail the articles which may
or may not be sent by parcel post
These regulations are now being
turned off at the government printing
Office on a rush order" and they will
be distributed as rapidly as possible.
The rules as to what can be sent
and what cannot be sent and the in
structions for the preparation Of mail
able articles with other official ad-
vice" are given here as they have Just
been prepared by the postotlce de-
partment in Washington.
The minimum rate will be five cents
for the first pound and three cents for
each additional pound to any point not
exceeding fifty miles from the Office OF
mailing; the local rate, which is five
cents for the first pound and one cent
for additional pound, applies to all
parcels the delivery Of which does not
involve their transportation on rail
way lines. The rates increase for
each successive one Of the eight zones.
the maximum rate being twelve cents
a pound, which will carry a parcel
across the continent or to any Of our
possessions. Parcels will be limited
to eleven pounds in weight and six
feet in length and girth combined.
Nathalie PsrlshabIe Articles.
Butter, lard and perishable articles
such as fish, fresh meats, DIRE sed
fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries and
articles of a similar nature that decay
quickly, when so packed or wrapped
as to prevent damage to other mail
matter, will be accepted for local de-
livery either at the Office Of mailing or
on any rural route starting therefrom
When inclosed in an inner cover and
a strong outer cover Of wood, met
al, heavy corrugated pasteboard or
other suitable material and wrapped
so that nothing can escape
from the package, they will be &C.
eepted for mailing to any offices with
in the first zone or within a radius of
so miles. Butter, lard, or any greasy
or oily substance intended for deliv-
cry at Offices beyond the first zone
must be suitably packed. Vegetables
and fruit that do not decay quickly
will be accepted for mailing to any
zone If packed so as to prevent dam
age to other mail matter. Eggs will be
accepted for local delivery when Sc
curely packed in a basket or other
container. Eggs will be accepted for
mailing regardless Of distance when
each egg is wrapped separately and
packed in a container.
There is no restriction on sailed
dried, smoked or cured meats and
other meat products, but fresh meat
IN any form will be transported only
within the first zone.
Parcels containing perishable arti
Giles must be marked "PERISHABLE,'
and articles likely to spoil within the
time reasonably required for trans
portation and delivery will not be &C
cepted for mailing.
Manufactured Articles.
Manufacturers or dealers intending
to transmit articles in considerable
quantities are asked to submit to the
postmaster for approval a specimen
parcel showing the name Of pack
Ding.
When sharp pointed instruments arr
offered for mailing, the points must b,
capped or encased. Blades must b.
bound SO that they will remain at
tached to each other or within thei
handles or sockets.
In Powders, pepper, snuff, or othe,
similar powders not explosive, or an.
similar pulverized dry substance, no
poisonous, may be sen when incloset
in cases made Of metal, wood or othe
material to render impossible the es
cape Of any Of the contents. Flou
of all kinds must be put up in sucl
manner as to prevent the packag
breaking or the -four being scattere,
In the mails.
Queen Bees and Nursery Stock.
Queen bees, live isects, and driel
reptiles may be mailed in a~ccordanc
with the regulations that now apply +
other classes of mail.
Seeds of fruit, nursery stock, and al
other plant products for p~reparatio.
may be mailed under the same COZ
ditions.
Confectionery and Soap.
Candles, confectionery, yeast cakes
soap in hard cakes, etc, must be ir
closed in boxes and 80 wrapped as t
prevent injury to other mail mai
ter.
Sealed original packages of prcpr
etary articles, such as soaps, tobacc;
pills, tablets, etc, put up in fxe
quantities by the manufacturer, an
not in themselves unavailable, vii
be accepted for mailing when properl
wrapped.
Millinery.
Fragile articles, such as millinery
toys, musical instru uents. etc, and al
ticles consisting wholly CT In part O
glass, or contained in glass, must b
securely packed and the parcel Stang
ed or labeled FRAGILE"
UnmalIab'e Matter.
The following natter il declared IN
mailable by law:
Matter manifestly obscene, lewd. o
l~ascivious; articles intended for pre-
genting c~OneeDttOn: articles intended