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PARCEL POST MAP ! I ; ' : 'TO ; . . OF THE UNITED 8TATE3. , 11J3Q jX" J r" . This map It for use only In Unit No. 1071, In wtliich the city of Washington It located. . ) . Numbered squares represent unit of area; circlet Indicate j'ttndartea or zones. PARCEL POST RATES REGULATED THROUGH SYSTEM' OF ZONES Uncle Sam's New Enterprise Clearly Explained! How Charges Are Fixed and What Class of Merchandise Iway Be Carried Through the Mails Under the Nev'v Law. By EDWARD B. CLARK. , With the coming of the New Year the United States government will en ter Into a new field of enterprise the transmittal of merchandise by what Is known as the parcel post. It Is no exaggeration to say that thousands upon thousands of Inquir ies have been made of the postmaster general as to Just what the parcel post will mean to the people. It was the law of congress establishing the system which made provision for a division of the country in zones and into 35,000 units which are to be need as centers in describing the" cir cles which mark the boundaries of the zones. There has been no clear understanding,., apparently, of this zone system, but really it is a very simple matter. The accompanying map shows the country divided into zones from the unit in which Washington is sit uated, as the center. Accompanying the map is a table showing the rate of postage per pound for parcels from Washington to places within all the tones. . - .. " ' " Each unit contains' an area thirty miles square. Now each unit' is a center from which : the zones are drawn "and so every unit in the coun try no matter where it is situated will have zones drawn from it Jusjt exactly as Washington has them drawn. from it. For instance, take Keokuk, la., which is in a unit in the fifth zone. From that will be drawn circles ex actly -as they are drawn from Wash ington and they will be numbered from Keokuk as number one, Just as they are numbered from Washington as number one. Of course, however, Zone Six will have a different geo graphical position as related to Keo kuk than it has as related to Wash ington, but as the radius of the circles RATES OF Parctlt weighing four ounces or leaf art mailable at the rate of one cent for each ounce or fraction of an ounce, regardlsta of dltUnce Par celt weighing more than four ounces are mailable at the pound ' thown by fht following table, and when mailed at thlt rate any fraotlon of a pound It contldtrtd a full pound. ' 1et xtfne 2nd . 3d Wt. Locat -Zone xone Lbs. rate. rate. rate. .'...,... W.05 $0.05 $0.06 2 .; ; xe joa - .10 'a .......... .07 .11 - .14 -:4. X8 ; ' .14 .18 -6 .09- .. 17- 6 ..,.......' .10 . .20 . .26 7 .11 .23 ;. J0 8 x.:. '.12 56 J4 9 i V -.13 9 .38 10 V.14 .32 .42 11 .13 -i " " -At u n roimra drawn from Keokuk is the same length as thef radius of . the circles drawn from Washington, - Keokuk's Zone Six will be Just as far from its center as Washington's Zone Six Is. , ' How Fates Are Fixed. It can be seen from this readily enough that the postal rates, from Washington tq its particular zone will be the same a,s the postal rates from Keokuk to its particular zones. . Each unit being abiut thirty miles square wm oi uuuiso contain in most cases aJ number of pobtoffices, but each office in the same unit is considered as be lng the center of the circles from which tlie zones are drawn. The rates of postage are fixed from the unit in which the sending postofflce Is situated, but the price to every place in any zone is Just the same. To Il lustrate, It will cost exactly the same amount to send a parcel from Wash ington to Erie, Pa, that It costs to send it to Atlanta Ga., because Erie and. Atlanta, with reference to Wash ington are sltuatetPin the fourth zone. The rates therefore are fixed from the unit in which the postofBoe is located, but they are the same from that office to any point in any one zone.; ':'".: It will be seen by reference to the table of rates of postage that it will cost more per pound to send a pack age a long distance than it does to send it a short distance. The rate In creases for a package weighing one pound at the rate of ' one cent for each zone. No package weighing more than 11 pounds can be sent un der the new parcel- post law. It should be said right here that on the long hauls the parcel post may not be able to compete with the express companies, but that on shorter hauls it can so compete. It was the ex pressed desire of the legislators and POSTAGE Bth : tone rate. 0.09 .18 .23 -.30 ; .37 .44 CI .63 6th xone . rate. $0.10 .19 i8 .37 .45 .jet - .0 7th xone ' rate. $0.11 .21 8th . xone rate. $0.12 "54 .36 " '.48 " .60 ".72 .tl ' tone rate. (0.07 .12 4th zona rate. $0.08 .14 .20 Xi ' XI Xi .44 SO , .66 .62 ,'.68' .17 32 Xt .82 .37 .42 .47 .52 .67 X A .51 .61 .71 .65 .72 .7 of the postofflce officials that the par cel post system 'should be made of particular use to persons having farm and factory products to transmit to customers. It can be Baid in a general way that anything can be sent which is properly wrapped and which will not injure other ; mall matter with which it may come in contact. Copy Foreign Countries. It Is probable that the government will adopt, a means of transportation for certain kinds of Its merchandise, much like those which have been adopted in parcel post countries abroad. What the English call ham pers, basket-like arrangements, prob ably will be adopted, and as these can be kept separate from the ordinary mail matter it is believed that tho regulation's as finally adopted will al low the sending of eggs, butter, dress ed poultry, live poultry, honey, fruit, and other products of the country. The 11-pound limit for a single pack age may work at first against any very txtended use of the parcel post for some of the articles which have been named. Of course, more weight can be sent If It Is Bent In different parcels, but the cost In that case would be heavier, because the In crease per pound on a single package Is not great up to 11 pounds, and orobably It would Increase at no great- 0. rata tf tha envernment were to raise the limit of weight which is now fixed.--- : y. Every postmaster In the United States will have a parcel post ,map like the one which is-here reproduced except that the zone lines will be shown with the unit of his postofflce as a center. All that a postmaster will have to do when a percel Is pre sented for transportation is to find out in what zone the destination of tho package dies. His table will show him instantly the rate per pound from the unit in which his postofflce lies to the zone of the package's des tination, the price, aB has been ex plained before, to every postofflce in any one zone being the same. The parcel pdst will take nothing but fourth-class matter. ' Printed matter (s still in the third-class designation.' Therefore books cannot be sent by the parcel post system. ,:- ; Rate on Seeds Not Affected. ,Vv,;' ' It should be said that the. act of congress which puts a parcel post plan into operation does not in any way affect the postage rate on seeds, cuttings,' buIbB, roots, scions and plants as fixed by soction 482 of the postal laws and regulations. The classification of articles mall able as woll as the weight limit, the rates of postage, zone -or zones and , other conditions of mailability under the act of congress, if the postmaster j general shall find on experlencer "that they or any of them are such as to prevent the shipment of articles de sirable, or shall permanently; render tha cost o the service greater than the receipts of the revenue therefrom, he Is hereby, authorized, subject to the consent of the . interstate com merce commission after investigation, to return from time to yna fiuch o!n":unoation, weight limit,, rv - or conditions, In on. - ' ' to the it' 1 of r. RULES GOVERNING MAILING OF PACKAGES UNDER NEW SYSTEM After Jan. 1 One May Mail Anything Weighing Not More Than 11 Pounds by Parcel Post Perishable Articles May Be Sent Under Specific Restrictions. Postmaster General Hitchcock has just approved the regulations which cover in detail the articles which may or may , not be sent by parcel post. The rules as to what can be sent and what cannot be- sent and the in structions for the preparation of mail able articles with other "official ad vice" are given here as they have Just been prepared by the postofflce de partment In Washington. , " - The minimum rate will be five cents for the first pound and three cents for each additional pound to any point not exceeding fifty miles from the office of mailing; the local rate, which is five cents for the first pound and one cent for additional pound, applies to all parcels the delivery of which does not involve their transportation on rail way Hnes. The rates ' increase for each successive one of the eight zones, the maximum rate being twelve cents a pound, which will carry a parcel across the continent or to any of our possessions. Parcels will be limited to eleven pounds in weight and six feet In length and girth combined. Mailable Perishable Articles. Butter, lard dnd perishable articles such as fish, fresh meats, dressed fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries and articles of a similar nature that decay quickly, when so packed or wrapped as to prevent damage to other mall matter, will be accepted for local de livery "either at the office of mailing or on any rural route startlng'therefrom. When inclosed in an Inner cover and a strong outer cover of wood, met al, heavy: Corrugated pasteboard or other suitable material and wrapped so that nothing can escape from the package, they i.wlll ' be accepted for mailing to any offices within the first zone or within a radius of 50 miles. Butter, lard, or any greasy or oily sub stance intended for delivery, at offices beyond the first zone must be suitably packed. Vegetables arxd fruit that do not decay .quickly will be accepted for mailing to any zone if .packed so ns to prevent damage to other mall mat-'I ter. Egga will be accepted for local delivery when securely packed in a basket or other container. Eggs will be accented for" mailing regardless of distance when each egg is wrapped separately and packed in a container. There . is no restriction oh salted, diled, emoted or. cured ' meats and other meat products, but fresh meat in any form will be transported only within the t rat zone. '. -. '-'Parcels containing perishable artl clja must be marked '-VEMSIIABLE," and articles ltltely to s !1 within the lima reasons ' iy ' for trans- portPtlon i ! t t'f c- cepted for , ;, Mntafac 'uig '.1 t !lSK quantities are asked to submit to the postmaster for approval a specimen parcel showing the manner of pack ing.. ' : - Queen Bees and Nursery Stock. .Queen bees, live insects, and dried reptiles may be mailed in accordance with the regulations that now apply to other classes of mall. , Seeds of fruit, nursery stock, and all other plant products for preparation may be mailed under the same con ditions.", : Confectionery and Soap. Candles, confectionery, yeast cakes, soap in hard cakes, etc.,- must be In closed In boxes and so wrapped as to prevent injury to other mall mat ter. - Sealed original packages of propri etary articles, such as soaps, tobacco, pills, tablets, etc.," put up In fixed quantities by the manufacturer, and not in themselves unmallable, will be accepted for mailing when proper ly wrapped. . '' Millinery. Fragile articles, such as millinery, toys, musical Instruments, etc., and ar ticles consisting wholly or In part of glass, or contained in glass, must be securely packed and the parcel stamp ed or labeled "FRAGILE." Unmallable Matter. The following matter is declar--! un mailable by law: Matter manifestly obscene, lewirf or lascivious; articles Intended for pre venting conception; articles intended for Indecent or immoral purposes; all matters otherwise mailable by law, the outside cover, or wrapper of which bears any delineation or-language of a libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, or threatening character. All such mat ter, when deposited in a post office or FACTS ABOUT THE The new parcel poet goet Into operation January 1, 1913. " Only mall matter now Included in fourth claie, or merchandise, will be handled.' .' , ..' ' .' , : , ., -.'--? Perishable articles tueh at butter, lard, fruits, berries and dressed fowls may be tent hort distances. i Eggafor local delivery when packed In containers may bt tent When packed separately they may be tent any dlttance. Fresh meats niay be eent only In the flrtt sont (50 miles). - , There are to restrictions on salted, dried or opred meats or fish. - Millinery, toys, musical Instruments, glassware and breakable goc must be marked "fragile., " v .. The following may not be tent: Intoxicating llquort, matches, explosives, firearms and live poultry, . Books and printed matter are. Included In third class and be eenr . . - " f , , . ' The weight limit will be eleven pounds. i n. , To find the size limit: Take a piece of string 72 Inches le ft once completely around the parcel nd then, across the t - I If the enda of the etrlng reach the tides of the parcrl it co.. , '"limit.:..: ' y , ' ' -v ,:.:.':'-;.:'',;--! : V-,1ir.-'.:-'J -'.. Regular carri'"-' will deliver parcels, wherever r" '' ' .-. Parcels mm "cd ai the poifoffice or' rr1 t$ Etumos must i-- " ..' found In the mails, shall be withdrawn z?t.-f. and sent to the division of dead let ters. ; - ; Intoxicants, Poisons and Inflammable-- -. Materialt. , " . , Spirituous, vinous, malted, terment-- ed, or other. intoxicating liquors of any : ,, kind; poisons of every kind, and arti cles and compositions containing bi sons, poisonous' animals, "insects and reptiles; explosives of evory kind; In- inflammable material (which are held . to include matches, kerosene oil, gas- - ollne, naphtha, benzlno, turgentlne, da- s hatured alcohol, etc.), Infernal ma chines, and mechanical, chemical or other devices or compositions which may Ignite or explode; disease germs or scabs', and other natural or artifi cial articles, compositions or mate- , rials of whatever kind which - may kill, or in any wise injure another or damage the mail or other properly. Postmasters will refuse to receive " . for mailing parcels not properly in-, - dorsed or packed for safe shipment. , fT, Pistols, Animals and Birds. . ' Pistols or revolvers, whether in d-v,. - t tached parts or otherwise; live arr . dead (and not stuffed) animals, birds. . or poultry, except as elsewhere pro " ylled; raw hides or polts, guano, or any article having a bad odor will not, bo admitted to the . mails. : y y Insurance on Parcels. : ' A mailable parcel on which th; postage is fully prepaid may be in sured against loss in an amount equiv- -alent to its actual value, but' not to exceed $50, on payment of a fee , of ten cents in parcel post stamps, such : -: stamps to be affixed. , .- .Paffcels may be remailed or for-; -j. warded on the payment of additional postage at the rate which would - be,- v chargeable if . they were originally mailed at the forwarding office, ia , which case the necessary stamps will be affixed by tho forwarding poBtmas- ter. Payment must be made every time the parcel Is forwarded..:'. :; ',-;- Maps and Guides. , . , Parcel post maps, with accompany- ing guides, are to be sold to the pub- . lie at their cost, 75 cents, through the chief clerk of the post office depart ment. In ordering maps care should be tasen to specify the post office from which tire postage rates are to be determined. , . , ,. NEW PARCEL POST may rf the rate of poatsg For a f !3rcr: I
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