Show SAYS Pa P. Ox O. RATES RATE HURTS MarChan 1 Cost of Mailing Marchan- Marchan dise Prohibitive Committee Com- Com Committee Como Committee o Is Told NEW EW YORK FORE Aug 4 Re ne W Re Recent cent Increases In postal rotes rates are acting as a a 0 serious s detriment to business and threaten to force the theu use Mrs u e of other mediums than Ihan the maU mall In the distribution of ot various arlous products witnesses today told the special Joint sub committee of ot congress con ress Investigating In the problem 11 n. C C. Freeman vice president and general manager of ot the Na Na- National a- a Cloak Suit company of ot New York said the new parcel post sen service ice charges of ot two cents caused an Increase of ot 1214 12 per percent percent percent cent on postage which had to be met by the buying public lIe He said his firths firms business had fall tall fallen fallen en oft off from five fhe to ten per cent since the Increase and ami further re re- reduction reduction was probable John Sullivan of ot Greensboro N N. C representing the Proprietary association asked ask d the committee to o restore the one cent an ounce postal charge on sample mailing matting The rhe present rate of a cent and anda a halt half he said would force torce his histo I association to distribute samples through salesmen Instead of cit the malm i 1 00 00 |