Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-22
TO REACH
NEW COUNTRIES BY
PARCEL POST SOON
RxtemsSem spf Z. 4. Post seEyice LAY
Soon Be Extended 70 New Gem.
fries knA Territories

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extension u the United States par
Gel post service to countries and ter
Iritories at present unrsached, as ne
lcessary step ii the movement to de-
yelop the export trade Of the United
States. i receiving active recognition
By the Post Once department, said
ii II. Morse 81 the Boston Export
Round Table, Who has Just returned
from conference 81 representative
business men with United States pos
tai Otnciais ct Washington
III making bid for new trade III
other countries. said Mr. Morse, 'it
lis absolutely essential that some in
expensive means OF minor transpOr
tation be afforded Introductory ship
lmenta will be small. and there Is now
no service to many points except for
shipments that come under the cate
CORY of freight requirements Of
stock, too, will be needed, and these
Will he necessarily small Ia the be-
ginning
THE United States P0at 0ssice an.
thoritiss thoroughly appreciate the sit
uafion and already have Instituted q
number Of moves which have overstep-
ped All precedent Departing entirely
from the customary conventions, they
are at work upon an extensive plan to
equaIize conditions throughout the
world and give to the United States q
parcel post service that Will compare
favorably with that Of England.
q do not feel at liberty to 50 into
the details of some of the plans, which
are still III the making. but will say
that the delegates TO the conference
Issere surprised and gratified with re-
gard to the cooperative efforts which
the postal officials are putting forth 20
provide an international parcel post
service for the manufacturers OF the
United States
England has wonderful parcel
post system, due In q large part to its
marine facilities an dts sliding scale
Eof charges In the United States the
charge for l0-pound parcel il ten
times that OF one pound. IA England
the graduate scale provides for one
charge for parcels Of one to three
pounds, another for parcels OF three
Ito seven pounds and 30 on. the ratio
being less az the weight of the parcel
advances.
At present tho United States has
no parcel post arrangements In such
Important countries as Africa. Cam
ada Cuba, Russia, Paraguay several
of the Balkan ol.trIes and othef ter
ritOries
The low cost of Englands parcel
post service was shown TO the dele
gates in q table Of charges by that
country and the United States. The
cost of transporting parcel by ex-
press from Chicago to Madrid, Spain,
lis s6.94 The cost by parcel post
from London to Madrid Is "A cents
The cost of transportation for an III
pound parcel from Chicago to To-
hannesburg, South Africa. By express
Eis $3.50 and by first-class mail il
$40 England transports 8 parcel
Eof the same weight from London to
Johannesburg for $3.50.
These figures we're shown IN order
10 point out clearly the necessity of
securing parcel post system that
will enable the manufacturers OF this
country to enter into competition with
European countries ii the disposal Of
their goods believe that the steps
the postal officials are taking will soon
give as 4 parcel post service III other
countries at rates that will enable
the industries Oh this country To great
" expand
The conference named commit
tee TO consider extension Of service
ito countries whcih can be reached
only through an intermediary country
with the agreement 0f this country to
act as intermediary for other nations ];
"a committee for additional facilities
Iin international parcel posi-: 4 com
Imittee on packing and regulations ar
fecting AVAILABILITY Or articles and an
other on customs and other restric-
TONS tn foreign countries Affecting
American parcel post These commit
tees will begin to cooperate with the
government ali once. and at an early
date. not yet determined. another con
ference Will be held.
AMERICAN, PRISONER IN