The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-03
AIR MAIL EXPRESS
BIGSAVER OF Time
New Transportation System
Is Bound to Grow In Pop
ularity and Usefulness
RATES ARE NOT HIGH
Speeds Up Business and In.
creases Volume of Sales is
Experience of Users

Alr Transportation or mail and
express is now an accepted method
of modern transportation and COM
munication, with a definite place in
the mail, sales and distribution
plans of firms doing business be-
yond local territory. Reduction of
air mail postage, increased mile
age, and improved equipment are
resulting in a much wider use of
air transport. The following con-
densed data shows when and where
air mail can be used proftably.
Air mail routes traverse thirty
five states with 108 scheduled stops
at cities which are trading centers
for areas having seventy million
population. The mail planes fly
more than 5000 miles a day. Cities
do not have to be directly on air
lines to receive benefits for all
mail is forwarded by train from
the nearest air mail junction to its
final destination.
Air mail averages approximately
80 miles an hour, day and night
train mail averages IS miles an
hour. Air mail gets the same pre-.
ferential reading as night tele.
grams. One firm which made a
test reports: eve mailed an equal
number of air mail and regular
mail letters. Sales from air mail
letters were seven times greater
than from regular mail letters
Air mail companies report vari.
Gus firms are using air mail for:
(a) Handling of all correspond.
ence between offices where say.
ing in time can be made over train
mail; (b) Announcements about
new products; (c) Soliciting new
accounts; (d) In place of nigh,
kilograms with special delivery
stamp also); (e) Save Interest
charges ION funds in transit; (f)
Rush shipments of samples ano
"out of stock" merchandise; (g)
Emergency shipment of spare
parts; (h) Mail requiring Saturday
morning delivery instead of Mon
day delivery by ordinary mail ; e.
Collecting slow accounts; Cd Price
quotations and specifications; (k)
Maintaining close contacts, will
branch offices and statesmen; o.
All form and important communi
cations to agencies, dealers, job
bers, customers, etc. |; (m) Filing o.
tracers by traffic department.
Air Mail Postage Rates
sc for the first ounce, 1Oc fol
each additional ounce. Full ounce
enables you to use an envelope
and four ordinary sheets of paper
You can send the same weight let
ter for sc air mail to any poin-
in the United States or it's posses
sions, on or off the air mail route
that you can send for &c by trair
mail.
The domestic rate of 5 cents fol
the first ounce and 10c for eacf
additional ounce applies to mail dis
patched to Canadian points via ali
mail.
| Postage on all air mail article!
from U. S. to Mexico is 20 cent!
for each ounce or fraction there
of. This covers all charges, includ
ing air mail service in both coun
tries.
Registered Mail
Air mail can be registered tn,
same as ordinary mail by paymen
of a registration fee of 15c fol
$4,000 and zoe for $4,000. In
ternational registered mail rates j
15c. Insured and C. o. D. Air Mai
can be sent the same as ordinar!
mail at the regular rates. Valu
ables exceeding postal insuranc.
maximum may be insured by pri
vate companies handling Marine
i Insurance.
Special Delivery
Special delivery air mail can b,
sent the same as ordinary specia
delivery at the regular rate. Whel
arrival time is after 200 p. m. adj
/ special delivery stamp for deliver!
on that day.
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