The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-03

.o"e' Inc rates therefore are Gyad
rom 'he unit in which tho BOSTON co
- iocated. but they are the Same
from mat office to any point in anv
one zone. N'
II W!Ii be seen by reference TO the
'aoie OF rates OF postage that Il win
I C"at more per pound TO send a pack.
age long distance than II does TO
sehd IL short distance. The rate in.
creases Tor a package weighing one
! pound ut the rate OF one cent for
each zone. No package weighing
more than II pounds can be sent un.
! Ger The new parcel post law. II
should be said right here that on the
long hauls the parcel post may not
! be abls 10 compete with the express
companies, but that on shorter hauls
IL can so compete. II was the ex.
pressed desire Of the legislators and
or the postoiiice officials that the par.
Gel rost system should be made OF
particular use 10 persons having farm
and factory products 10 transmit to
customers. II is probable that pro.
cucers must stIdy the rates OF post
age and the convenience OF trans
initial and compare them with the
cost and convenience under present
methods before individually a man can
determine whether he Is 10 profit or
no, by the change. Then there is an.
other thinG 10 he considered and
al ~ IN lyyn
when fuller regulations have been
made 10 specify exactly what kind OF
things can be sent by parcel post. It
can b. said in a general way that any.
,hinE can be sent which is properly
wrapped and which will not inJure
other mail matter with which ii may
come IN contact
Copy Foreign Countries.
Il Is probable that the government
will adopt q means OF transportation
for certain kinds Of TIA merchandise
much like those which have been
adopted in parcel post countries
abroad What the English call ham.
pe-s. baske. like arrangements, prob
ably will be adopted. and rs these can
he kept separate from the ordinary
mail matter Il is believed that the
regulations as finally adopted will nj
low the sending OF eggs. butter. dress.
ed poultry. live poultry. honey. fruit,
and other products OF tho country.
The ll.pound limit for single pack.
age may work at first against any
very extended use OF the parcel pest
for como Of the articles which have
been named. or course. moro weight
can be sent II 1t is sent in different
,arcels. but the cost in that case
would be heavier because the In
crease per pound on a single package
IS rot great up 20 IL pounds. ana
,rohably IL would Increase 1T no great.
rr rate II the government we're 10
raise The limit OF weight which Is now
fixed To make it simpler. II Will
cost more TO send two packages OF III
mounds than II would TO send one
racEaga Of - pounds IL the govern
mont eventually should allow heavi.
nr slnglo package TO be carried and
should charge in proportion JUST what
Il does now for enc package o. IA
pounds weight.
Every postmaster in the United
s,otoe will have q parcel post map
lilo tho one which Is here reproduced
aycent that the zone lines VIII be
snovn with the unit of his postohce
nc center All that postmaster
wIII have 10 do when a parcel Is pre-
son.cd for transportation is to ana
an, in what zoro tho destination OF
thc nockagc lies. His table viii snow
MIN instantly the rate per pound ITO"