The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
BY PARCEL POST
FOR SUNDAY DINNER

cheaper than ne could hope to hitch
up his team and drive over with 1t. !.
The Henrico farmer at remote.
point on a rural route out OF Rich~
mond, can do the same thing with hias
liquid product. or other product, IL hp .
so wishes. The distance covered by :
the rural carrier in bringing f1ve- .
gallon carboy that, packed properly. .
will weigh less than Atty pounds ands
come within the maximum limit airs
lowed BY the department under new
parcel post regulations. Is probably
fifteen miles. When the package In
delivered at the Manchester or South !
Richmond postal station from point.
on o route running into Chesterfelds
county, 1t Ia brought over to the Rich-
mond Office, IL consigned TO point in !.
Henrico beyond Richmond. Another
carrier takes 1t out on his route. prob
ably ten or fifteen miles. and deltver1
it to the person addressed.
A distance of from twenty-five to
fivering the fifty-pound article by
mail. and 1t has cost the sender thirty
cents. This il about ne-fiftieth OF one
cent per mile for its transportation. q
much smaller cost OF delivery than thu
producer would have to bear IL ha
made delivery himself. by hooking
up" and driving cross country witHs
it.
Opens Up New Fields.
The extension OF the parcel post
weight limit opens up yet another new
field. Fifty pound packages can be
mailed for a distance OF $50 miles. and
they may be Of such goods N are.
classified a. perishable, as fresh meat,
poultry or game. couple OF biz
turkeys. q lot OF chickens or young
pig, killed and dressed, provided their
weight IL not more than fifty poundAss
can be sent by Wholesale merchants
and commission men In Richmond .
from this city to Virginia or Norths
Carolina points. within radius Of =,
hundred and fffty miles.
The Richmond butcher can easily !.
and cheAply send q loin OF pork. biz
rib roast OF beef, or quarter Of lamb
or veal. weighing not In excess *
fifty pounds to Petersburg, or Lynch
burg. or Roanoke. or Norfolk. ana
other points near those cities by malt
parcel post.
The Richmond buyer who WANTS
fresh country meat can write TO th1s
country town or, village In which ~.
has O friend or knows q dealer ana
have sent to Richmond whatever AZ
ticle he wants. II 1t does not exceed thu
flfty-pound weight limit.
The man down tho country Nhono
bees produce the honey that has madp
hio home famous, perhaps. can pack
it in a container Of such constructions
that tho duid will not run out and
cause damage to other mail natter
and can address 1t and stamp 1t and
see It 30 by mail to bis customer IA !.
the city.
Scores OF other things now can -
done in shipping goods to and from
Richmond by parcel post, and the posi-
sibilities Of the parcel post aystem ara
still "a DO developed.
The parcel post system has bsests
In operation little more than - year i
but In that time weight limits haV6 !
twice been extended and the rate
originally scheduled have been lowerSf
cd. @s
During this ttms the express conl.s
panies have made concessions, ana
again recently they have reduco2s
rates, Those who year ago wonder
"a about the parcel post ana WhSa
would become Of Il. have now becous& &
beAever4 In u and In tina -Ahili&y 90
Undle sam to open UP 1t least ono 49, .
by which the post Of living may sorn0;s
day ~ lowered. IL