Show PARCEL PAR GEL POSTS QUE QUESTION Postmaster General Gives His Ideas deas and Also Talks of Postal Savings Banks Philadelphia Oct OeL 26 Postmaster General George von L Meyer teer at a din dinner dinner ner not at the Union League club tonight made an address in which he called at attention 1 to recommendations re which he hep p poses oses making In his annual report for the consideration of the next con congress congress congress gress On the th question of parcell posts he hI ii said saidI I shall shan recommend the same rate 12 cents rents a pound and the same limit of weight for parcels whether intended for points in this country or abroad which means a reduction of 4 cents a pound and an increase in the maximum ml weight to eleven eleen pounds Taking up the rural parcels post question he said saidI I shall recommend a parcels post system on the rural delivery routes a special ra to be bo charged on pack pach packages packages ages for delivery from the distributing offices of the rural route or if mailed by b a patron of any rural route for de delivery delivery delivery livery to a patron on the same route or at the distributing office of on said route The rate would be 5 I cents for forthe forthe forthe the first pound and anil 2 cents for each pound up to eleven pounds This will be a a great rent boon to the farm farmers farmers ers Regarding postal savings banks the postmaster general said As an evidence that it is I not the th desire of the government to compete with the private savings banks In ob obtaining obtaining taming deposits of the people I shall advocate a rate of interest of 2 pet per percent cent ent per annum or 1 I per cent semian semlan semiannually and a limit of OO not more than O to be deposited in any one on year ear Myown belief Is that far from its Us being a detriment to the established established banks It would be in the end in tn advantage Now in order to get et this money mone back into the channels of ot trade trl e I purpose to ask congress for authority to place the savings In Ir the national banks |