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Show PARCELS POST INCREASES FAST Washington, Mar. 1C The parcels post business last month wa8 almost 40 per cent greater than in January SS shown by retort of Postmaster1 General Burleson todav In Februarv rearly 50,000,000 parcels p08t stamps were handled, an increase of 10000 -1 000, but as February contained three du leas, the increase was nearly to per cent. .s in January iiu- three ities doing do-ing the largest parcel post business in February were t'hicao. New York and Hoston In the order named. 'hi-j cago sent and receired 6,107,Ot0 pack ages, New York, 4,142,0.10, anci bos. ion, 1.236-t.iiH) most of them in each jcase being of the sent class Cleveland Cleve-land Philadelphia and St. Louis each handled over l.oi'O.OOO packages Oth- ler cities in order of business follow: j Jersey City. Brooklyn, Detroit, Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, Baltimore. Xashvllle. Kansas City, Mo. Buffalo, San F'rancisco Pittsburgh and Minneapolis The reports to the postmaster general gen-eral Indicate that the mails are moving mov-ing with their usual dispatch that the business in products is growing land that merchants seem to be pre-p.-.ring to extend their business into I new fields 00 |