East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-14
EXPRESS RATES ARE
RADICALLY REDUCED
PACKAGES COSTING SI.io FROM
OMAHA TO DULUTH NOW
COST But 63 CENTS.
tBy Burton X. Standish, written for
the United Press.)


WASHINGTON, Jan. lit took
S1.l0 to send 20-pound package
from omaha, Nebraska, to Duluth.
Mimi, by express one year ago; to-
day the same package could be sent
10y parcel post for 63 cents, and be-
ginning the first day of next month
i. may be expressed for &c cents.
Should the package weight but 10
pounds the new rate would be the
smaller packages will thereafter be
cheaper by parcel post. No railroad
rate war of boom days showed more
vigorous slashing of rates. and
though the cut in express tariffs is to
be made at the order of the Inter
state Commerce Commission there are
many stockholders who believe it the
only way to successfully compete with
Uncle Sans new system. The first
assistant postmaster general insists
that his department is merely trying
to carry out the law as passed by con-
sress, but the parcel post rates which
went into effect January /, 1918.
would make it appear to the outsider
that the department had anticipated
the coming cut in express rates and
had beaten them to it, Here are
the figures for packages of different
weights:
Chicago to Indianapolis-zone, 2;
W.T.. lb.; old p. p, soc; new P. p.
lie: new ex. csc; old ex. 45c.
Chicago to Indianapolis-zine 2;
VT. so lbs; old P. P. -; new P. P,
see; new ex. soc; old ex. $1.00.
Topeka to st. Louis-zone 5; W.T..
lbs; old P. P. SIC; new p. P. 1sc;
new ex. $50; old ex. soc.
Topeka to st. Louis-zine 8; VT. 20
ex. SIC: old ex. S5c.
Jacksonville to Louisville-zone 4
VT. lbs: old P. P. 44c; new PIP. sic;
new ex. Ale; old ex. 90c.
Jacksonville to Louisville-zone 4;
VT. 90 lbs: old p. P. -; new P. P.
sSc: new ex 79c; old ex s1.3O.
Chicago to New York-zone 5; VT.
I lbs: old P. P. sic; new p. P. 44c;
new ex. 35c: old ex roc.
Chicago to New York-zine 5: VT.
20 lbs: old P. p. -; new P. P. s1.22;
new ex. SAC; cid ex. $1.00.
Augusta. No. to Topeka-zone s;
W.T.. I lbs: old P. P. SAC; new P. P.
SIC: new ex. 4Sc; old ex. 81 90.
Augusta, Mo-. to Topeka-zone s.:
KIT 20 lbs; old P. P. -: new P. p.
81 81. new ex. $1.O0; old ex. s165.
Nashville to Los Angeles-zone Z;
VT lbs: old P. P. tic; new P. P.
71c: new ex. sic; old ex. $1.00.
Nashville to Los Angeles-zone Z:
VT 90 lbs: old P. P. -: new p. p.
s2o1; new ex. s1.s3; old ex s2.75
Washington to San Franoisco-zoneI
s; VT. : lbs; old P. P. SAC: new P. P
Slc; new ex 91c; old ex s1.O5.
Washington to San Francisco-zone
S. VT. 30 lbs; old P. p. -; new p. P.
$2e2: new ex. s2.22 old ex. s2.65.
The new pacel post rate in zones
one and two went into effect last Au-
gust and besides making the rate the
same in both zones it allowed So
pound packages to be carried therein
The order effective January / made
a reduction in zones to inclusive
and provided that 20 pound packages
might be carried therein and in zones
seven and eight also.
AS the express rates have been fixed
regardless of postal zones the above
table will not apply exactly to every
case but it shows. in a general way,
that heavy packages and long hauls
will go cheaper by express while
small packages and short hauls are
lower when sent by parcel post.