The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-01
Over 1000 pounds in ESQ different

Over 1000 pounds in ESQ different
parcels was mailed in the Grand
Forks postoffice today by the Home
Tea company, and employees of the lo-
cal office were given their first idea
OF what the parcels post will mean to
them.
The big consignment of tea and cof-
fee goes to points even as far as the
fourth one. and is Indicative of what
ts possible under the new institution
which was established today by the
government.
The mailing of over 1000 pounds
Of tea and coffee today Vas a rather
unique event. The dray on which the
big bunch Of mail was moved from
the store to the p%ostotfice was photo
graphed. and will DOUBTLESS prove. in
years to come. somewhat Of a novelty.
marking as 1t does the first real OPEN
ing of the new department OF the
postal service.
Packages ranging all the way from
one pound to eleven pounds. which is
the limit. We're contained in the ship
ment made today. and they will supply
customers over a vast territory that
has heretofore not been as accessible
as it will be under the next depart.
ment.
Many Parcels Mailed.
Many parcels We're mailed at the
Grand Forks p%ostottice this morning
for shipment under the new classical
ton. No parcels We're received from
any outside points this morning. and
only one. the package addressed 10
Michael Ferry at MARVEL, was sent out
on the morning train.
In actual operation, it is expected
that the parcel post will bring the
factory and the farm into closer touch
with the consumer. and that it may
reduce the cost OF living. The largest
city and the mos obscure hamlet alike
will enjoy the advantages OF the par
precisely equal terms.
The new system is a direct COM
petitor OF the express companies.
on small package bust
ness. BY it. shippers practically may
send from their own doors. parcels to
any one Of the $4,000 postoff1ceS in the
States.
The rates of postage for parcel post
matter differ radically from those Of
other classes of mail. First. second
and third class mail matter now is
at a fiat rate for n dis
Parcel post rates are based
upon a series of zones and they in
crease as the distance increases. The
Zone includes all territory with
in a radius Of approximately fifty
miles from the p%ostoffice at which the
parcel nay be mailed: the second. $50
miles: the third, 500 miles: the fourth.
500 miles: the fifth. 1000 miles; the
sixth, 1.400 miles: the seventh. $500
miles, and the eighth. all territory be-
yond $500 miles.
BY the terms of the law. all mat.
ter not now embraced in the first. Sec.
ond and third. classes Of mail matter
may be forwarded by parcel post. pro-
vided a single package does not eX-
coed eleven pounds in weight or is not
greater In dimensions than seventy
W inches in combined length and
girth. and is not Of such a character
as to injure postal employees or dam
age equipment or other mail matter.
In a word. it will include all kinds Of
merchandise.
The rates are computed on the dis
'tance and on the weight of the pack
age in pounds. Provision is made.
however, for small packages weighing
from one to four ounces. which MAJ
be sent at a flat rate of one cent for
each ounce: but for packages weigh.
ing more than -four ounces the pound
rate of postage applies.
How Rate is Computed.
Within the postal district Of any
|postoffce a local rate of 5 cents for