| Show Parcels Post and Cost of A recent issue of the Farmers' Union News con- l tributes a practical chapter to the wide discussion of the cost of living by showing how a parcels post will affect that universal The establishment of a rural parcels post would mean great deal to the farmers and a deal to the city The farmer very often has a dozen a a bunch of a few pounds of beans or lettuce that he would send to some one in the The man in the city would be glad to have L J such vegetables for his taken from the farmer's A garden that The farmer cannot afford to hitch to his buggy and to drive to town for only a small but if his friend in the city could call him up in the morning and me so-and-so by the next the farmer would be glad to pay the postage and send in the de- 1 sired farm if he wanted a small package from the he could easily get it by post and save a trip to The farmers and the city consumers are entitled to z this It can be conducted in such a manner as to benefit all parties and to turn a great amount of i revenue into the postoffice t. |
