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Show i oo HEAVY DAY REPORTED reak Shipments rrom All Points Sent by Parcels Post. Washington Ian I Americans to-JKVweie to-JKVweie '-sum for the first time their MSRst institution the parcels post. lf. -orts to headquarters from post-eJ post-eJ lai' and small throughout the 3i. -.Indicated that the newest gov- services was being ushered usefulness with a heavy day the facilities provided for e new business would be v tcity as the public knowl- L j came ni're general. J , inis ( ;inie leports of uts in the new post 1 1 of everything from . ud prunes to paving iud poultr I'nder the regu-practically regu-practically every class of raer- e is mailable by parcels post. ,m1 matter formerly fourth class hi e6 in the new service, m ecame evident to postal off i -arly in the day that some diffi-' diffi-' , more or less serious were llke-be llke-be encountered in the incl)ient , of the operation of the new oa. From every city came re-i re-i ... thai many packages bore ordi-,lr ordi-,lr postage stamps instead of the ictlve parcel post stamp-; L'n-,J:I L'n-,J:I the law such parcels have to be , for lad; of proper postage. withstanding that it was a holi-ihe holi-ihe amount of matters offered ; the offices today so far as heard Et fairly measured up to the j(l eJstmas n;sh On the ordinary LX Aaess days indications are that ihe jftjilmc of traffic will he tremendous. jTvHow this matter is to be transport -ttjj, by the railroads i? a serious qUeS-u qUeS-u Within a tew days it has be-r be-r Ae aiparent that the railroads, gen-y gen-y had not sufficient equlpmecl to Handle a vastly increased t of mail. orally, no de lay in the delivery f -lels is expected, as extraordi-j extraordi-j oasures have been taken to service. It already seems bat the new system will be i ttenslvrly b department .tfctl l me. chants renerally for ery of local packages |