Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-13

Dy guaranteed By numerous fnven.
'ions OF new containers and improve
ments In the service wherever needed.
IN cooperation with the ONCE of mar.
kets Of the department OF agriculture.
the postofHce department Ia actively
working to .eliminsts the causes o.
complaints directly due to improper
packing The department of agricui.
tsire has been. and r.. devottnx no m.
Tie attention t0fthe study Of contain
ers. especially for perishabie goods
Ike poultry lard and dairy products.
Although the postal authorities de
sisnated ten cities 20 Try out the farm
to-tspie idea. the service has not been
limited ito the places mentioned oe-
cause the latter were selected for ex.
pertinent in pushing and ADVERT sing
this method OF exchange. without
exploitation. without the publication
81 lists farmers anxious TO buy. d.
rect exchange mas nevertheless de
ve'oped INFO an important factor IN
the business OF many other postorices
and localities.
IL = pertinent 10 remark that not ali
saving made possible by means OF
postofiice marketing Is (matter OF !
dollars or cents. A patron of the St /
Louis postoeice says that she pur
chased Is pounds os,lard from a pro 1
Queer In the country which. including l
container and postage. cost about the
same as the price quoted in che locai
market The lard. however. was OF
superior quality and tasted a little
more than twice as t1ng as similarly
priced lard purchased from local deal.
srs. making the actual cost less tnan
half that OF the same article pur.
;hased in the city. Fifty countrycurea
hams we're disposed OF in one ship
nent from Atlanta, asi a result of an
irncle IN one OF the newspapers there
this farm-to-tabie feature.
The price quoted TO the purchasers.
including postage. was less than cur
ent market price. while the hams
we're Of fine quality. according TO
postmaster Boiling II. Jones.
In nearly all the ten cities men
ioned the shipment by post OF the
lore perishable articles. such as but
er and dressed poultry. fell off dur ,
nE the midsummer months. owing to :
xtr eme heat Under the best eondi. ,
ons from eight to ~ hours. accord :
IL 20 distance. elapse between de- :
patcI and delivery. and 81 has been !
1und that butter or lard will melt ,
hen exposed so long an interval \
'ithout refrigeration. Postmaster ,
haries W. Fay OF San Francisco re h
orts that to make II absolutely GER /
I'm that no perishabie matter be held :
Ter. the iaddressee was notified by :,
iiephone. so thai parcels not deiiv n
ed on the last trip in the afternoon :,
,uld be called for BY the sconsignee d
the evening IL desired. The post Z
asters seem 20 agree however. that :
large increase Nm the number OF :,
lckages handled was TO be expected =
the fall and winter. and II is be :,
wed that the obstacles TO hot =
rather shipments viii be overcome :,
. another summer comes
A count recently completed By the
iiway mail service brought out the =
CT that the average OF damage 10 -
ipments IN transit was less than II
e-tenth OF one per cent. These IN y
snces are about the only cause OF 9
g few complaints that have been
reived. Moreover. the damage has ~
en- due TO improper packing. Sue -
80 OF the parcel post depends large y
upon sproper packing. Mere mum ~
: OF sheets o paper or feet OF Irvine ~
ed in wrapping and tying package ~
IS not constitute proper Packing -
e thing to remember first and lastI
TO adop: proper packing TO the ar -. 10
le to - mailed. and n in doubt. the "a
u way IS TO inquire OF the postmas- n'
mi
Statistics made public by the de- III
-tment OF agriculture with regard w
eggs show some interesting facts. ma
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