Show I i DAILY Y HASKIN LETTE 1 I THE POSTAL SERVICE i 5 II The n.-The The Parcel Post Today By FREDERIC FREDERIO 3 J. J HASKIN No nc now new service ice for or tho the people ever instituted by the government has proved a D. happier surprise in the SU success sue suc cess that has bas attended its operation than the parcel post system It Its creation cre cro creation as 15 a nation nationwide wide service f starting start start- in jug ing only a little more than four tour months after tho law creating it was pa passed was a somewhat contrary to tho the judg judg- merit of postal authorities They thought ht it ought to be bo started in a limited lim limited a and in a a. limited territory first so 80 that it could be bo tried ried out on ona ona a a. small scale cale and brought to an operative operative oper oper- e ath-e basis in ins a a small swan territory before extending It to the whole countr country But con congress ress thou thought ht otherwise It believed the best course courso would bo be to tomako mako tho the scope of the service narrow and its extent eaten wide wido and so they created ore cre a parcel post embodying only those features deemed certain of sue sue- ess Vesting in the tho postmaster general power to extend these features as ns experience ex ox- should demonstrate their wis wis- dome dom Acting on the principle that it would be much easier to give ivo something I moro more in the tho way of f service to the people peo peo- pIe lo than to take tako something away from them hem it was decided to institute tho the service without any of the features that might handicap it and then to let tho the future futuro point out out desirable additions ad ad- i permitting the postmaster general gone gen en- en eral oral to exorcise exercise a sort of legislative power with the tho interstate commerce commission as tho the approving or orveto vetoing veto veto- vetoing in ing authority Operation of System a a. Success Tho The first six months of the tho operation pf of tho system sJ showed tho the wisdom of its oits creation During that time timo the law required special stamps for parcel post POt packages es and and it was vas found that the tho people patronized tho the service during dUrin that period to the extent of approximately approximately This indicates that the first year years year's s a business of the par areal el post system will aggregate packages es Tho The number of fourth c class as' as packages cs handled the tho previous year amounted to BO so that it may be bo assumed that at least parcels will bo be sent forward by parcel post that would not have been beon handled han han- handled dIed by the mails under the old torn tern The rhe avera average e parcel post package handled durin during tho the first six months months- of tho the operation of tho the system Woi weighed hed only seven and a half naIf ounces so 80 that the government in the end got ot a rather liberal rate for tor Handling the parcels T The o average haul d amounted t miles s o that the that aVer average t r fate at b applicable to tho third rd z cents a pound As less lees than package g es A We m t tit U a pound to tako o th the P ru pound it 8 wm will bo be seen cen that at the avora actually collected still a the tho of old fourth class matter cent an Ounce These figures are fled fied by taking the total weight parcel post matter carried and c paring them hem with the total am stamps stamp sold Such Sch a com ri amOt that tho cra a average f package as for about G 5 cents Getting ready to ins install a J wide parcel post system months within u after the enactment of U th was no mean job There had to b extra sacks 0 J eel cal post ost ides ide 12 tape lint line d f of ot scales pairs palls tI a C Each of ot otI f I items h had to be further increased th the s 's service went into effect t. t I Important Changes s Necessary It was vas not long after atter the i I I came into operation that i Imp W changes came to be re regarded garde rd d u im i I to g The Tho first of these thes gp imp p changes permitted the eaten extension eloa special delivery service to th the post foet thus allowing the 1 he the delivery of his parcel parcels T Til i important step tep created a 0 o service for lor the a system m. m pe permit patron to send a a. pa package kage collee to have havo tho the money returned h affixing 10 cents extra in iaTi st t a a permits a farmer armero to Ben send d hie hi cat tomer a D. ham barn or several ens C C. 0 O. D D. D by parcel post pes sad lad the farmer learns how hoto to wares ware and aDd t the e customer tollo lr fi II d advertisements this thi feat of rf service service will ll be the tho most Dost among many Tho The next de departure of gnat il fe anco anee made in ln the e extension of tS b was the abolition titian of- of the d dim th parcel post stamp stamped and the any postage tamps stamps would would-be be a h bone bona nOl post going th through ough th tR Then en fo followed lowe an order insurance of parcels parcel fora for a fee f of G b on packages v valued at lees leM this or for or 5 a aleo fee feo ot of 10 e ati ea on fee e valued at less than 50 But it in xi WI until amendment thirteen ear can of at th the department that tho the comb gan to sit Bit up and take real It was waa then that Postmaster r a Albert S. S Burleson issued his hij fane fame der i increasing the weight limit Kmit oj ol eels els in the tho first and second zones eleven cleven to twenty pounds and r red d the th rates to 5 con cenia for tor the he first i and 1 cent cont for each euh additional additional p p This order also extended the gem servi these two zones to fresh mead melt properly proper wrapped Another suggestion Pr At enterprises enterprise shall take e w OJ work in each city ety at of compiling i J of all the farmers non within a radix radii r iUt miles who would like Ilke t te tell eU w to consumers direct charring f for or a small fee for the bi bicard card and then selling ref ef cata catalogue eto to consumers Stilt Still another suggestion it is tIMi 1 papers which make a special of i iad t tad ad buein business 8 open up a depa departed parcel post advertisements advertisement lement i ers may insert two or OJ t three for a month at a It reasonable rate nto service a a. newspaper could thus hu nits n ri its readers most of ot whom would to find good farmers to deal with ibe i 1 be so eo great that the paper rl might find the growth in moro more than paying the way of th n y I. I Whatever method may mar resorted to in an effort to fo o brisk brine tin tbt ducor ducer and the tho consumer Into tact through tho parcel arcel P. P pest the d de meat ment will win not fat tal fall to utilize all aU nuns of publicity in its effort to te lithe bt li Is t theo the o. o farmer to make full fun use un of i it advantages es will be proclaimed at aters' aters i ers' ers in institutes tutee the agricultural colwill col colwill will bo be asked to assist bt In the edw edue ve veI of the farmer to its H uses an and at II I tapes and In tn divers diver ways Tys the tha colwill ew col will lie Ix DO shown how bow the system ci et used to cut down the cost of living Parcel P Post Peat t Service Ys is Is Popular That tho the parcel post service if tar lar is revealed by the fact that was established the postmaster p ge predicted that it would carry ft a m packages a week whereas it is it now JJ Tying twice that many a day nis TP Tb is reasonably safe safo i is disclosed b M fact that out of tho the first ages carried not a a. single claim forages for tor forages ages resulted That t tho o some service is D tor than tho the express com comp niM ha have ve been able ablo to furnish is bv by tho fact fad that in two c case t. t oj et at three where tw two packages aro arc sent ward at the tho same came hour the one ODO b D press and the tho other by br mail the taa pack package ago arrives in do lc less time and nd at a much lower rate than the er ez package ps Sonic Some cit city dwellers have tit bit u idea of marketing b by mail tuU They Thov have havo parcel post caskets baskets in ie v tho the farmer can place a dozen or t s of butter a 11 oen eien o- o two e eggs g a pound or en cn or two some somo canned corn beans beaM tho the like and other other- products andward and andward tM the When by post ward it D parcel ket reaches its destination it is 5 for the tho next net Of oe an and add returned ready Tho The service on rural routes wi will ti RI of or great aid to the overworked o if h wife Nothing is more rural rural lifo life than that so 80 often tb the tho farmer has to do her own tn W be because she cannot get her ber I J 1 1 laundry aundry Now many man laundries art aree JI JIing l P of taking in in ing ing g a s specialty p I rates be bo rough dried at reasonable will r rep that they tho they n advertise the Jaun laundry ry and return it by |