The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-01-02
APPROVES RULES
FOR Parcel POST
Postmaster General Issues Req
uIationS Governing System.
WHAT MAY BE SENT BY MAIL
Gives American People Opportunity &c.
Send Farm and Factory Products
by Mail From and to Any
Point in United States.

Postmaster General Hitchcock has
Just approved the 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 postoffice 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.
Mailable Perishable Articles.
Butter, lard and perishable articles
/ c,,nh &c froch 20 dracaad
fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries and
articles Of q 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 ct the Office of mailing or
on any rural route starting theretrom
| 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 win be &C
cepted 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
| aud fruit that DO not decay quickly
| will be accepted for mailing to any
zone IL 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 4 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. d"
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 manner OF pack
| ing
When sharp pointed instruments are
offered for mailing. the points must be
capped or encased Blades must be
bound so that they will remain at
tached to each other or within their
handles or sockets.
| In Powders, pepper, snuff or other
similar powders not explosive, or any
similar pulverized dry substance, not
poisonous, may be sent when inclosed
in cases made Of metal, wood or other
material TO render impossible the es-
cape of any of the contents. Flour
of all kinds must be put up in such
manner as to prevent the package
breaking or the -four being scattered
in the mails
Queen Bees and Nursery Stock.
Queen bees, live isects, and dried
reptiles may be mailed in accordance
with the regulations that now apply to
other classes of mail
Seeds of fruit, nursery stock, and all
other plant products for preparation
may be mailed under the same con-
ditions.
Confectionery and Soap.
Candies, confectionery. yeast cakes
soap in hard cakes, etc. must be in
closed in boxes and 30 wrapped as to
prevent injury to other mail mat
| ter.
Sealed original packages of propri-
etary articles, such as soaps, tobacco
pills, tablets, etc, put up in fixed
quantities by the manufacturer, and
not in themselves unavailable. will
be accepted for mailing when properly
wrapped.
Millinery.
Fragile articles, such as millinery,
toys, musical instruments, etc, and ar
tcies consisting wholly or in part of
glass, or contained in glass, must be
securely packed and the parcel stamp
ed or labeled FRAGILE"
| UnmailabIe Matter.
| The following matter is declared I'm
mailable by law:
Matter manifestly obscene, Iewd. or
L La.