The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-01-02
POSTAL RATES
CO INTO EFFECT
ON WEDNESDAY
Outline of the Parcels
Post System to the
Public.
CHEAPER LIVING
it's Believed That System
Will Reduce the High
Cost of Living.
LIVING

'|'N -" $50 - W
he American people viii be a tho
roughly equipped domestic parcels
post. Following consideration of the
subject in a general way for a third
Of a century, congress. last August,
authorized the postmaster general
TO establish the new system on Janu-
AIRY LIST. 1913.
In actual operation, it is expected
hat the parcels post Will bring the
factory and the farm into closer
it may reduce the cost OF living. The
.argest city and the most obscure
hamlet alike Will enjoy the advant-
ages OF the parcels post. 1t viii be
open to all on precisely equal terms.
The new system viii be a direct
competitor of the express compan-
les, particularly on small package
business. BY it, shippers practically
may send from their own doors,
parcels TO any one of the 10000
postoffices in the United States.
The rates OF postage Tor Parcels
post matter dilier radically from
hose OF other classes of mail. First,
second and third class mail matter
low is transported at a flat rate for
any distance. Parcels post rates are
BASED on IA series OF one and they
Increase as the distance increases.
Fhe first zone includes all territory
within a radius of approximately so
miles from the p%ostonice at wnich
the parcel may be mailed. the second
1870 miles: the third 800 miles. the
iourth. 500 miles; the fifth, 1000
miles: the sixth HOO miles; the
seventh 500 miles. and the eighth
III TERRITORY beyond f.SDo miles
BY the terms OF the law. all mat
ter NOT now embraced in the first.
second and third. classes OF mail
matter NAV be forwarded by parcels
post. provided a single package does
nor exceed n hounds in weight or is
not greater i'm dimensions Than -
Inches i'm combined length and girtb
and is moi OF such a character as to
iuiure postal employees or amage
eunipment or other mail matter. In "a
word. it Will include all kinds OF
merchandise.
The rates are computed on the
distance and on the weight OF the
package in pounds. Provision is
made. however. for small packages
weighing from one to four ounces.
which may be sent at a flat rate of
| one cent for esch ouuce. but for
packages weighing more than foul
ounces the pound rate OF postage
| applies.
Within tile postal district of any
p~ostofrice \ local rate of five cents
for the first pound and one cont for
zach additional pound is prescribed.
Within the 80 miles representing the
! first zone tho rate is five cents for
the first pound and three cents for
! each additional pound. This rate in
| c~reases with the distance until it
! reaches a maximum of twelve cents a
pound for delivery within the eighth
zone 500 miles .from the point of
mailing.
Under the regulations PROMULGATED
hv Postmaster General Hitchcock.
pound applies ON all parcels. except
those weighing forr ounces or less
addressed to any point in Canada.
Mexico Cuba or tbe Republic of
Panama The domestic rate also an
plies to any point in the Hawaiian
islands. the United States Postal Ag-
encv al Shanghai. 10 any point in
Alaska and between amy two noints
in Alaska. If applies. likewise to
parcels mailed i'm the United States
for delivery in the Canal Zone and to
parcels going 10 or coming from the
Philippine islands.
In the opinion of the postal experts
the new service will be The most gil
eantic TRANSFORMATION proposition
ever undertaken by the
The service will extend over more
than 1.4S5.00O miles of tr~ansporta-
ton lines. including 233.S99 miles
of RAILWAYS. 164.399 miles of star
routes. 29.2S3 miles of
lines. and "l.0O1.712 miles of rural
mail routes.
For parcel post matter. a distin-
ctive set of postage stamps ~hasebeen
provided. These distinctive stamps
must be used for all parcel post mat
ter. If the packages Dear ordinary