Show the ilie bicak break is mud the tile managers of the express companies announce that they the will readjust their rates and classi classifications flea eions to the end that the express companies may compete with th maicel post the tile manager of wells fargo ex E press company for several 3 bears ears has contemplated a cheaper and bertei service with a view to delivering such farm products as eggs butter and vegetables directly to co sumers in the cities it is a striking tribute to the parcel post that tho the express comp compiles com mies are paying it in their announced purpose to lon lower er their rates and iiii improve prove their service they may have contemplated for a long time the changes which they arc are about to make but it is I 1 manifest that the parcel post has put a quietus to contemplation and 1 inspired them to action the tile pal maicel cel post is not calculated to prove distressing to railway shareholders I 1 the revenues derived from the government for carrying the mails abc far in excess of the revenues derived from the express companies for carra can ing parcels to transfer the express lu business siness to the postal service will result in a corresponding increase increase in the revenue of the rail im il wa davs S wo we havo an idea th thit tt the express companies instead of dundei taking to 1 compete with the parcel post in the 1 end will ill be found seeking to unload I 1 their contracts and equipment on the government at a profitable figure then will come conic government on ownership n of railways A parcel post is the entering wedge to tho the public ownership of the means of transportation there is no stopping it its coming coining with a rush milwaukee leader |