| Show AGAINST THE PARCELS A petition was circulated in richfield last week protesting against the parcels post bill now pending in congress and urging our senators and representative in that body to use their efforts against the measure such a movement mo ement on the part of out oui ci citizens i timely if such a measure as that proposed should shou id become operative it would do untold harm to the merchants and business institutions of all rural communities and would seriously affect all tov to ns its and small citi cities cz it enable the big mail order houses of the east to flood 0 the country through the mail by system stem with ith merchandise and would greatly imper the efficiency of our present mail facilities it would do more it would reduce ill communities muni ties to mere auril dep dependencies criden cies and destroy thit hit spirit of enterprise which drives dries them forward and mikes pro progressive progresso gressi e towns arid and cities and people the parcels post measure is s introduced trod in congress I 1 is an iniquitous attempt to lill kill off the geneal gener it business bu i industry which is it 11 pirt and it il most the v cry en life of lvery every ambition town and city it would benefit only i few corporations vv inch at al ready hive a too coin minding hold on our political icil and industrial ansti tut ions ever community should tike like ic tion it once and send a prot ct to our in congress t to 0 use I 1 their heir voice N oice and vote ote to deceit it the bill |
