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Show APPROVE EXTENSION OF PARCEL POST SERVICE Commerce Commission Consents to the Changes in Weights and Rates ! Proposed by Burleson. Washington.- Postmaster General Burleson's proposal to increase the' weight fi'mits of parcel post packages in, the first and second zones from twenty to fifty pounds, to admit books to the parcel post, and to reduce rates in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth zones, was approved Saturday by the interstate commerce commission. The maximum weight of parcels to all zones beyond the second was increased in-creased from 11 to 2o pounds. The commission's -consent" to the proposed changes were transmitted in three letters from Chairman Clark to Postmaster General Burleson. The approved ap-proved changes in rates and weights to be in effect January 1, 1914, follows: To reduce the rates for the third zone from 7 cents for the first pound and 5 cents for each additional pound, to 6 cents for the first pound and 2 cents for each additional pound. To reduce the rates for the fourth zone from 8 cents for the first pound and 6 cents for each additional popnd, to 7 cents for the first pound and 4 cents for each additional pound. To reduce the rates for the fifth zone from 9 cents for the first pound and 7 cents for each additional pound, to 8 cents for the first pound and 6 cents for each additional pound. To reduce the rates for the sixth zone from 10 cents for the first pound and 9 cents for each additional pound, to 9 cents for the first pound and 8 cents for each additional pound. |