The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-05-09


products by parcel post:
Size and Weight of Packages.
Packages for the parcel post must
not measure more than ~ inches in
length and girth combined and must
not weigh more than so pounds when
addressed to person within the first
or second zones, or distance of not
more than about $50 miles. If the
package to be shipped is to go more
than $50 miles, or beyond the second
zone, it must not weigh more than 20
pounds. The postmaster or the mail
carrier who will receive your package
for mailing, will give you any further
information you may desire about the
rates and manner Of packing your
parcels.
Preparation for Mailing.
Farmers intending to ship farm pro-
ducts in considerable quantities should
submit to the postmaster at their local
postoffice for approval, specimen
parcel showing the manner of pack
ing. Parcels containing perishable ar
ticles should be marked "PERISH-
ABLE. Articles likely to spoil with
in the time reasonably required for
transportation and delivery will not be
accepted for mailing.
Butter, lard and perishable articles
such as fish, fresh meats, dressed
fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries and
articles of a similar nature which de-
cay quickly, when so packed or wrap
ped as to prevent damage to other
mail matter, shall be accepted for To-
cal delivery either at the office of mail
ing or on any rural route starting
therefrom. When enclosed in an inner
cover and a strong outer cover of
wood, metal, heavy corrugated paste
board, or other suitable material, and
wrapped so that nothing can escape
from the package, they will be accept
ed for mailing to all offices to which in
the ordinary course of mail they can
be sent without spelling.
Butter, dressed fowls, veget ables,
fruits and other pcrishabie articles in
parcels weighing more than twenty
pounds shall be accepted for mailing
TO Offices in the first and second zones
when suitably wrapped or inclosed and
packed in crates, boxes or other suit
able containers having tight bottoms
to prevent the escape Of anything
from the package and so constructed
as properly to protect its contents. All
such parcels to be transported outside
of mail bags.
Vegetables and fruits which do not
decay quickly will he accepted for
mailing to any zone if packed so as to
prevent damage to other mail matter.
Eggs shall he accepted for local de
livery when so packed in basket or
other container rs to prevent damage
to other mail matter.
Eggs shall he accepted for mailing
regardless of distance when each egg
is wrapped separately and surrounded
with excelsior, cotton or other suitable
material and packed in strong con-
tainer made of double-face corrugated
pasteboard, metal, wood or other suit
able material and wrapped so that
nothing can escape from the package.
All such parcels should lie labeled
eggs"
Eggs in parcels weighing more than
twenty pounds shall be accepted for
mailing to Offices in the first and sec
ond zones when packed in crates, box
es, buckets or other containers having
tight bottoms TO prevent the escape Of
anything from the package ard so
constructed as properly to protect the
contents. Such packages to be mark
ed "EGGS-THIS SIDE UP" and to
be transported outside Of mail bags.
Mailable liquids, including preserves
in securely sealed glass bottles or
metal cans shall be accepted for mail
ing when packed in strong boxes and
surrounded with other suitable sub
stance to prevent contents from break
ing. All such packages to be marked
"FRAGILE."
Pastes, Salves, Etc, not easily liq-
uefiable, shall be accepted for mailing
when enclosed in water-tight contain"
ers and placed in a strong pastehoar
OF wooden box
Nathalie hides and pelts shall Re
thoroughly wrapped to prevent grease
soaking through the packing and dam
aging other mail matter.
Permissible Additions.
You may tie or otherwise securely
attach letter in a sealed envelope to
your parcel post package if it bears
the same address as the package, but
the letter must have on it the regular
letter postage and the parcel must