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Show PARCEL POST Mil :l IS OlSGRiliTllif Seed Men .of West Point 0 Injustice as Applied to lb " Their Business. APPEAL TO PRESIDENT I' Postmaster General Failecf td f Make Response to Satis- 0 faction of Protestors. -U t'- Now that Uncle Sum has regulated the '' rates of lallrouds and other cunvm6n car Li riers In this country to his satisfaction t ho lms been railed upon to adjust EOmc V' rales in his own' transportation depart ' ment. the parcel post. ' ". " When tho parcel post service became i 1 . effective It offered ho many opportunities t and so much relief in tho way of tranH- ' portation rates that any Khortcoralnsa' ftl were temporarily overlooked. But tho'1 , western seed men nvn discovered what' i they bollcvo to bo a discriminatory rat,- f and the Vogeler Seed & Produce company 1 of Salt Lako has taken the matter upi t with the authorities In Washington, with'1 fa a view of having It corrected. y Seeds for planting are nol recognized as "' n merchandise in the parcel post regula-;"-tlonB, and carry tho old rata of 8 cents " per pound, irrespective of the distant they arc shipped. But If those same eeeda'j i. are wanted for food they then take tho'; parcel post rate. 7n other vords, If John-; V Jones of Osrden orders ilfty pounds o;i ' corn for fecdlnp purposea and fifty pounds ir for planting, according to the parcel P0t3 iV regulations ho will pay 54 cents for tnms-i: 5. portation of tho feed corn an1 U for the,' fr seed com, even though both shlpniAnts 3 are taken from the same bin. : " Bad for West. )li According to Information in the hands-: ?" of the western accdmcn, lhe discrepancy'; Ija In rates is due to InfluenceH brought u': -. bear by some of the largest seed houses" il in the United States, which are located; " in the eastern states. The bulk of the " business of the eastern houses, It Is do-clarcd, do-clarcd, is done with consumers In the fcl' Mississippi valley nnd the west, The ma-1 Jorlty- or the points in those districts are' v beyond the fourth zone In the parcel post . , classification and tako a rate of mow ' than 8 cents per pound. This Is all very; ) well for tho eastern seednien, as they can; ship seeds by parcel post to Ogden at' loi the same rate that the Salt Lake dealers must pay. No allowance Is made for the' HU Ions and the short haul ' ifec The matter was taken up some tlma ago with Postmaster General A. S. Burle- V" son by the Vogeler Seed & Produce com-, fed pany. but to no effect, and tho matter, has now been referred to President Wil- u son direct. The letter to President Wil-son. Wil-son. which Is self-explanatory, Is given below: Having noted your disposition to , , . correct some of the Ills affecting the 1 common people, we aro prompted to a, bring to your attontlon tho parcel poet - r, law. For some reason unknown to us ; this law was not made to apply on ; I seeds, plants and bulbs articles hi , which everv tiller of the soil Is In-terested In-terested and which we think they : should be able to obtain under favor- ; foc able rates of postage, as other mer- ,. chandlsc. ; UDf Shows Discrimination. We understand the parcel post law 5, i was formed to enable all consumers rr ' not onlv to have their supplies more sr. tic economically carried, but at the I; same time to purchase nearer home, v- , To Illustrate how the seed dealer and ? I n nurseryman Is discriminated against, we submit the following. .; Farmer Jones, located in Ogden, . trcJ Utah, thirty-eight miles north of . K Salt Lake City, places an order with 1 us for fifty pounds of white navy f beans for seed purposes, value J2.50. T3v reason of the fact that they are tjfl for planting, under the existing Eeed h C . rate the postage would be ?4. I Farmer Brown, also of Ogden, orders " fifty pounds of the same lot of beans t; 10 for cooking purposes, The postage . n In this case would bo 5-1 cents, a dls- . crimination of 5X46. -Uri The same condition applies with 1 ,,j , equal force to many other Items In : , our line. We believe the regular ' parcel post rates of postage snould .( e obtain on seeds, plants and bulbs, and ,-. 1c to that end we ask your co-operation, y. As tho seeding season Is fast ap- ' i ad pronchlng It is quite important that - i fo this matter should receive prompt ; j consideration, otherwise the planters will be unjustly discriminated against ; during- another season. ; p |