The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-27

{ post would injure the trade or TN
Y retail dealer But it IS being demon
! strated that the dealers themselves
are profting heavily by its conven
fences One large Washington nrn
Il Is bringing in from ten to twelve
/ boxes Of eggs every day each boz
IL containing fifteen dozen. They arr
: being bought for the retail trade and
} the same quantity was never procur-
\ ed before with so little transportation
4 the farmers OF a remote locality
\ financially Independence for the win
i ter by an order of a ton of chest
4 nuts to be sent by parcel post IN
n fifty pound bags. The small boys OF
4 that community are now being Wei
4 paid Tor chestnut picking. an occu-
i patton which heretofore was attended
by uncertain financial results.
Cream is one OF the commodities
] which is being shipped In by parcel
4 post in considerable quantities. Spe-
icfally constructed double tin cans
make this possible. Vermont maple
syrup reaches its consumer more
i easily by parcel post than by other
lmeans. and individual farmers hav-
ling small quantities are disposing OF
lit in this way directly to the fam
lilies who use it. The list of prod
luctS shipped through the Washing
ton postofice includes eggs. butter.
fresh dressed poultry, vegetables,
meat. fruit. jelly and preserves,
home made cake and many other
articles.
The speed with which they are to
be delivered is an important factor
| in the handling of perishable goods.
| In Washington four delivery auto
mobiles and two wagons are engaged
from seven in the morning until ten
at night in parcel post delivery.
Even on Sunday, perishable GOODS
are rushed promptly to their owners.
A woman may order some butter py
mail in the evening. The farmer re-
ceives her letter the next morning
and immediately packs his freshly
|churned product 1t reaches the city
and is delivered to her before 10
O'Clock that night. Never before
could a city housewife depend upon
receiving her butter supply the day
1T was churned.
| In order that the hest possible care
may, be taken of perishable foou
products. large refrigerator mas
lfice opened In Washington last,
month Goods marked perishable
will be placed in this as soon as they
lare taken from the train. Several
other city postof1ices have now I'M
stalled refrigerators, as they are es.
Isential to a proper development OF
a successful system Of marketing by
mail. The responsibility for prompt
delivery and also for careful hand
ling are fixed upon the carriers.
the directions for packing as given
h y the postofIice are properly COM
pIied with, no loss need ibe expected
lin transportation. II driver Is
careless in placing packages In the
wagon, he Is required to pay for any
damage done.
The farmers who build up gooo
mail order business cannot be exorbi-'
ltant In their charges. They must be
willing to split the difference Win
their customers between the price
the middleman would pay for the
would pay il he bought the goods at
retail The margin is large enough
\ to give the farmer a better price by
I parcel post than he would get other
wise and the consumer also pronts
but farmers who have been sellns
their eggs in the country store Tor
twenty cents a dozen in trade have
been known to ask city customers,
from forty to fifty cents a dozen:
They cannot secure many orders at
Isuch rates.
The containers or carriers in,
which the products are shipped are
Important to the success of market,
ling by mail. Cases ir which from
three to five dozen eggs can be ship
Iped may be purchased for ten cents
land used for months with proper:
handling. They are Of strongly made
j cardboard with corrugated lining,
i with a separate section for each egg.i
land may be purchased at any paper
. store. a customer sends such
case. to the farmer when she orders
eggs The postage will be six cents
empty and ten cents when hoid1ng
three dozen eggs for any distance
This adds sixteen cents to the cost;
OF the eggs But, fthey are order
ed at twenty-five cents a dozen.
which is the all year price at when
they are listed by number of far,
lmers, she will secure better eggs for
\ thirty-one cents dozen than she
could secure for forty in the city
markets.
4 A detailed report secured from all
lof the ten cities included in the ini-
.ltial experiment of the postoft1ce de-
i partment In developing the use OF
1.-The parcel post has been made so
Encouraging that a large number OF
other cities have now been added to-
1.-The list. These are scattered over
iall parts of the country and In some
special conditions will have to be
lconsidered. 1t is believed that the
large cities will be most benefited by
the system, SO that Cincinnati. Chica-
20. Philadelphia. New Orleans. Port
land. Seattle and Los Angeles are IN
Guided in the new list of cities In
which a special campaign Is being
/ inaugurated.
Il cnECTAr