| Show FAST PAST GROWTH OF or 0 0 D PARCEL POST PROOF OF popularity NOT NOI ABUSED the general popularity af the 10 0 D privilege in the n fing A f parcel poet post package packages la Is indic a C by the tremendous in k amount of fees collected by the pat poet office affire department ginee since the establishment of the service on july 1 1913 during the first year par eels 1 were mailed C 0 D the govern ment collecting fee fees totaling for the fiscal year I 1 the number of parcel parcels had increased to to tal fees amounting to 60 for the first four years a ten cent fee wae was charged to indemnify the sender tor for lose loss for full value of up to 25 in 1018 the limitation ans as in crea creased e d to upon payment of a twenty five cent fee while many difficulties hive arisen in connection with the administration of the C 0 1 D privilege they have not been nearly no so numerous as wae was predicted by those who opposed its it binau gur gu atlon ration all of them have been tar our mounted one of the principle difficulties at the beginning wae was the action of post masters at office offices of destination permitting examination by the addressee of contents of Q 0 D parcel before tha barges were collected after repeat repeated eil warnings warning however thi this practice hi been practically discontinued another abuse buse of the service wai was the pre pise tic tice of shippers in rending sending collect or delivery article articles which haa hail bot rot been ordered or without tte the consent of the addressee after repeat d warnings in which the department pointed out that this action might be misconstrued as an attempt to defraud and a violation of law the practice has virtually ceased |
