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Parcel post to begin as a new government service
The United States will launch parcel post with New Year, testing a zone based rate system. Postmaster General Hitchcock oversees stamps, scales, and regulations as farmers and merchants weigh costs and benefits of mailing goods across zones from Washington and other centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Clark
United States
Uncle Sam
Hitchcock
Postoffice Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Senate
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
David J. Lewis
Maryland
William Sulzer
New York
Washington
Special Parcel Post Committee
William H. Davis
Pittsburg
Daniel T. Gerow
Jacksonville
Fla
M. H. Joster
Wilmington
Del
E. M. C. Quimby
Suffolk
Henry N. Bradley
Charlestown
W. Va