Show pOSTAL ABSURDITIES When the postoffice appropriation bill billis billis billis is up for discussion in the house or sen senate senate senate ate each ooch year ear many inconsistencies arc are pointed out and attention is called In vain to some me of the graft features Attention was called to some of the absurdities of or the existing postal regu regulations regulations regulations lations during the recent debate by Rep Representative Representative Foster of Vermont who ad advocated advocated advocated the rural parcels pare ls post measure It costs as much to send package a from Burlington to San Francisco as It does to send ft n a distance of two to miles over any an of the postal routes running from that city If It a resident on a rural I delivery route orders a package weigh weighing weighIng ing big four pounds po from a city merchant it may ma be sent to him through the mall by the rural carrier for 64 cents If the merchants adds an extra ounce pr two of weight the package becomes un but the rural carrier is per permitted permitted to carry calT It as a matter of private rate ate enterprise for which he ho may charge 5 or r 10 cents A package weigh weighing lug Ins four our pounds can be sent ent t from one side of the continent to the tho other and across seas for tor 48 49 cents but if its des destination destination is reached without incurring the additional expense of sea transportation transportation tation the th government charges the sender 64 cents Nevertheless less the ex extreme extreme extreme concession which will be bo made this year by the opposition to parcels post plans is I permission for the post postmaster postmaster postmaster master general to experiment ont with his rural ru l plans in two counties which h ha he hamay may select j i |