Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-19
LOCAL CHAMBER
TO AID IN FIGHT
ON Mail FINS

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Cooperation and support Of the
Douglas Chamber of Commerce and
Mines sis sought by the Arizona In
dustriaI congress in it's campaign
throughout the state to eliminate the
nuisance caused by the buy 1t or
Return It. plan.
During the Christmas period, resi-
dents of the state were bombarded
with everything from neckties to un-
derwear, asking that the recipients,
remit by check to certain eastern
mailing firms. This practice has
proved a detriment to the business
of Arizona and has at times clogged
the mails with unordercd and un-
sought commodities which are more
often returned than retained.
According to the congress letter
received here, the mails at Phoenix
during Christmas time were so clut-
tered with these packages that much
of the first class matter was badly
delayed.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
association of Phoenix has taken the
problem under advisement and has
interested the Arizona Industrial con-
gress, with the hope of getting
chambers of commerce and merchants
throughout Arizona to fight the prop
osition.
i Congressman Watson of Pennsyl-
vania, has studied the situation also
and as a result has framed a bill to
control the nuisance. Phoenix organ
izations are endorsing this measure
and urging Arizonas representatives
in congress to lend it their support.
The following resolution was adopted
by the Merchants and Manufacturers
association OF Phoenix, and President
p. G. Spilsbury of the Industrial con-
! gress is anxious that the Douglas
Chamber of Commerce and Mines also
approve the resolution and forward
it's opinion to the states representa-
tives at Washington.
/ The resolution reads
Whereas, the practice of sending
merchandise unsolicited through the
United States mails on the "Buy-It-
Or-ReturnIt" pan has grown to large
proportions, and has now become a
danger to retail merchants every
where, a heavy burden on the post
office department. and a general
nuisance to the citizens of every
community, and
| Whereas, a bill has been introduced
in congress by Representative Wat
son of Pennsylvania, which has for
it's purpose the suppression of this
! evil by means of proper legislation, Il
/ copy of which bill is hereto attached,
be it therefore
Resolved, That the Merchants and
/ Manufacturers association of Phoe-
nix, Arizona, through it's board of
governors, now assembled, urges the
earnest support of this bill by Ari-
| further that all civic organizations
in Phoenix and the the state of Ari-
zona adopt resolutions endorsing
Representative Watson's bill and
urging its support by congress and
the general public;
And be it further resolved that
lcopy of this resolution be forwarded
to Senators Ashurst and Cameron and
| Representative Hayden and to Rep
resentative Watson of Pennsylvania,
and that copies be placed in the hands
of the secretaries of the various
chambers of commerce and retail
trade organizations of Arizona, the
Ijunior chambers of commerce and of
the Rotary, Kiwanis, Hiram, Round
Table and Lions clubs in the city of
+, Phoenix with a request that similar
| favorable action De taken immediate
ily by said bodies.
Congressman Watsons bill against
Mail Nuisance advocates:
! Be it enacted by the senate an@
house of representatives of the Unit
/ ed States of America n congress as
sembled That hereafter it shall be
unlawful for any person or concern
to send unsolicited through the mails,
parcels of merchandise for the pur-
pose of sale to the addressee. Postal
employees shall cec1ine to receive or
forward such parcels, and postmasters
may require such persons or con-
Germs conducting business in this
manner to establish to the satisfac-
ton of such postmasters that parcels
offered for mailing have been or
dered by the addressee. The postal
service shall not aid or assist by the
investigation of losses of any mer-
chandise by the transmission of money
in payment of merchandise, or by
otherwise, any person or concern do
ing buiness in whole or in part, by
a method or practice of sending to
! addresses merchandise which has
not been ordered by such addressee or
on their behalf
And the postmaster general shall
adopt such regulations as may be
necessary and proper to enforce this
law