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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS NEWSPAPERS AND PARCELS PQ8T PhfUflHphta Inquirer: "Then im no doubt that the pan-els pout would ba mx-lrmsly mx-lrmsly advantageous to tha farmer, and that la on Hood raon why It la th plain. Imperative and-urnvnt duty of conareaa to authorise and direct Ha Introduction. In-troduction. It la far. howrr. from be-In be-In the only reaami and It la not tha beat on. - A real, practical, effective parcels poat miaht to be In tailed, not becauee It would be good for any one claaa of the community, btit becauee It would be a benefit to th whole body of the peo- P" - New York World.: "U the malls were opened to tha uee of peraona wan tine to send parcela. aa they era In Ore at Britain. Brit-ain. Oermany and gwltserland, the postal receipts would be areatly augmented at al Iff ht additional expenae to the aor eminent, em-inent, and the exprese com pan lea would undergo a form of regulation through competition that would be more effective than an v nrtittrm th Intsratala mmajtM oommiasloa can davlsa." Bait I mors Sun: "If poat master O.n-araJ O.n-araJ Hitchcock dealrca to bulla a monument monu-ment to hta administration h can do nothing bttar than brins about this treat reform. While ha haa already, by economies In We department, reduced the annual postal' deficit, a parrels post will wipe tt out entirely am) will aa - very much mora, -aopular than tha proposed reformation of magasln rate or even penny postage, 'and th safe despatch snd delivery nf small packaaea will mean a savin to mllllona of peopl. will grest-Ir grest-Ir stlmulat trade and add to tha comforts com-forts of sural life.'' Atlanta Constitution: "Th ehamplons of an extension of tha parcels post do not even ash far all maximum, as in Germsny. Thar simply ask a broadenlns; of tns present maximum weight and rate so that tha domestic ahlpper may bo put more on a plana with tha forelan shipper. If Oermany can develop a parcela poat to this far ultimate. - there Is no reason why America, claiming to lead the world in organisation and organised efficiency, should not achteva approximate Improvement, Im-provement, Toledo Jilad:. "Tha parcela neat la a tremendous undertaking. It meana an extension pf governmental service upon s plana equal to the mall service of a quarter century ax.- It meana millions upon millions In approprtailon. Until it can be told fairly well that, those millions mil-lions are to coma hack to tha T'mted fttetee treaaury It should he the duty of every cltisen to any 'Go alow.' " Indianapolis News: "This reform is long ovOrdue. The people are determined I that their poatnffices shall be aa helpful are trie pnetofTicee or otnr nountriee. end alao they are tired of being taxed In order that H may erve foreigners more cheaply than It ervs home folk. The efforts to owr the ratee on mall matter should not succeed until this greater reform and Just demand are recognised." Chicago Tribune: "If the" farmers' errant er-rant sat Ions which are perspiring over the perils of reciprocity; If th small bust-ness bust-ness man who Is worrying orer the trusts: If the plain cltisen In the country or the city who le groaning over the h1h eoat of living, would unite to compel their representative In couirress to astabllsh a parcels post, they would put money Into their pockets." Washington Herald: "There Is certainly certain-ly no reason to believe that the establishment estab-lishment of a parcels post system wouM Increase the treasury's deficit, for surely If the express companies can. ae thev have been doing for years, make exorbitant exorbi-tant profits on the carrying of parrels, tha United (Mates gomsnent. with the great fart Hi iee of the poetofflce department, depart-ment, can carry them without lose." Boston Globe: Hmce In operation here to the extent It la In Europe, th parcels poat would prove such a blessing t h t Americans would never alto It to be discontinued, dis-continued, It would accommodate mllllona mll-llona of reelrienta and eventually should prove a revenue producer Instead of depleting de-pleting the public treasury-" 1 j ftevannah Nears: "A pacfcaire can be sent from Rio Janeiro to Beat tie for less cost than one can he sent from Savannah to pooler. And yet the government Is Investigating the steel trust for selling Its products abroad cheaper than at home. |