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Show POSTMASTER TO MAILCHICKENS jjj Uncle Sara's Representative at Trenton, Utah, Writes the Standard, Offering to Help Reduce the Cost of Living Presents Pre-sents a List of Farm Products Which He Will Send to Any One in Ogden Explains the Use of the Parcel Post. Editor Standard ttt: That the parcel post system will m; fill up the gap between the producer 1 III and the consumer there Is no doubt, tin A part of its mission Is to cut out the middle men, so mays Representa-J Representa-J tive Lewis, father of our parcel post "m- s stem No a that we have the sys- tern In full swing, and making rapid 1 ?tt strides twards efficiency, the next step of the postal department is to increase the weight, irooj el-ven to twenty pounds, next in order will be 1 Ul. the reduction of price until it hfcs reached the amazing low figure of IJm 3 cents for the first pound, and a till half cent ppr pound additional for mm ninety nine pounds, making a maxi d mum of 100 pounds, even under the present system of regulations, it is possible to reduce the high cost of y.' living. In large cities, and mining '5 camps where exorbitant prices oi" charged for produce, garden stuff, fruit, etc As the following table f figures will show, takiDg Trenton as to" a basis of supply, the writer of this article called upon one of four farm era and asked that he make up a par-vlf par-vlf eel post package at prices profitable ipse to himself and at which h could fur wfca nl6h in abundance if the market lolly! should require It This is the bill of i H are tf 1 spring chicken dressed, at 18c rtki per pound $ 44 m 2 pounds early June peas, shelled 3c per pound 06 2 pounds string beans at 3c per pound . .06 : "r, 2 pounds table beets at 2c per B n, Pound . 04 ' 1 pound butter at 25c per pound 25 1 dozen fresh eggs .18 bt " "J Total $1.03 W ' To which Is added for delivery any-l any-l where in local and first zone 11 1W pounds for 35 cents postage, maklnc 1J a total of U-38 M The cost of the same amount of tlT- ( goods In Ogden, Kemmerer, LMamond-art LMamond-art vllle or Salt Lake Clty: would be as llkt ' follows: go' 1 spring chicken. 3 pounds at ia b 35c per pound $1.05 2 pounds early June peas shelled like sample 10 1 " pounds string beans at 5c like mnn0 sample .10 T"" 2 poundB table beets at "c like sample . . 1 1 pound butter at iu;. like sam- j pie . . 40 I 1 dozen eggs 30 Total 2.05 Save to consumer . . 70 fltl But the farmer will ask how am . S I going to collect my money'' Tie 0 syslem provides that for 10 cents parcel can be sent COD and Insured. In-sured. For instance, the tarmer receives re-ceives an ordr today on train No 13 and he prepares his parcel, he de-livers de-livers It to the earner at his gate who Issues a receipt for same which Is 10 cents It la dispatched on train No. 3, reaches Kemmerer or LHam ondville the same evening. The ne.v day when the mail carrier delivers his mail the package has been de livered and collected for. the consumer consum-er gets his stuff, the farmei gets his money and he has not passed out of his own garden gate Under our present system the commission com-mission men buy our garden stuff, or produce, the former has to leave his work hitch up his team, drive to the railroad station and ship It by express; ex-press; the commission man sends out his drummer and after receiving orders, or-ders, malls them; the stuff Is repacked, re-packed, after laying thrc or four days In the warehouse, and shipped again by express, to the grocer to the market or consumer. Now Just compare the quality of the goods when they reach their destination. It needs no argument, but the farmer will ask. "Can I nele Sam do this?" Of course he can and Is more than willing and anxious that It be done, but needs your assistance In building up the syo tern Ask our postmaster and If he is interested In his job he will assist you. That Is what he Is there for. The village postofflce is no longer to be a place for the idler or gosslper but It is to be an up to date business Institution and postmasters who are unable to give their patrons good and efficient service may as well fold up their little tents and "Like the Arab quietly steal away ' The postal department is the greatest great-est business concern In the govern ment, emplolng over 300.000 persons and will this year expend over J260,-000,000. J260,-000,000. It Is an enormous business machine, and we as postmasters are the cogs and must needs do our part The department at Washington is planning an educational campaign for the purpose of Instructing the farmer and truck growers so they may gi t in touch with the great consuming markets and eliminate the middle men who are vulluree preying upon our imperfect system The farmer doubt esfl realizes that the parcel post ia ,i good medium for securing goods trom the clt) , but it has doubtless never nev-er occurred to him that It works Just as good the other way. Now, farm ers and truck gardeners get In and advertise your goods, ship them C. O. D.; do your own business, and re-duce re-duce the high cost of living T H CUTLER, Postmaster, Trenton Utah. |