June 24, 1911 



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TO COMBINE EXPRESS AND POST- 

 AL SYSTEM. 



The sub-committee on Post Office 

 and Post Roads, at Washington, has 

 taken up for consideration the Lewis 

 bill, which provides for condemning 

 and purchasing the express compan- 

 ies and adding them to the postal sys- 

 tem, and establishing a complete sys- 

 tem for the quick transport of pack- 

 ages and the eatable products of the 

 farm and truck garden, etc. At their 

 last conference in Washington, repre- 

 sentative business men and farmers 

 asked Congress to establish such a 

 system. 



"There are two main reasons why 

 the express companies must be added 

 to the postal system," said Mr. Lewis 

 in his argument. "First, the express 

 company service does not reach be- 

 yond the railways to the country or 

 the farmers, which the post office 

 does, through the rural free delivery, 

 which is waiting with empty wagons 

 to receive the express packages and 

 take them to the country stores and 

 the farmers, and carry back to the 

 towns and the cities the produce of 

 the farms and truck gardens for the 

 people to eat, at living prices. Sec- 

 ond, the contracts of the express com- 

 panies with the railways give them 

 an average transportation rate of 

 three-quarters of a cent a pound; and 

 with this rate the express charges by 

 post would be reduced from two- 

 thirds to one-half on parcels ranging 

 from 5 pounds to 50 pounds, and 

 about 28 per cent on heavier weights, 

 as a consequence of the co-ordination 

 of the express company plants with 

 the post office and rural delivery, and 

 the elimination of the express com- 

 pany profits, which are averaging over 

 50 per cent, on the investment. 



"The express companies are posi- 

 tive hindrances and obstacles to the 

 business of the country. The aver- 

 age charge for carrying a ton of ex- 

 press in Argentina is $6.51. and for 

 the countries of Europe $4.12, while 

 the average express company charge 

 in the United States is $31.20. They 

 charge 5 times as much to carry a 

 ton of express as a ton of freight in 

 other countries. Here the express 

 companies charge 16 times as much. 

 Of course, these charges simply pro- 

 hibit by half or more of the traffic in 

 the United States. Our average is 

 less than one hundred pounds per 

 capita, while that of the other coun- 

 tries is over two hundred pounds per 

 capita, although we have far greater 

 demand for quick transport on ac- 

 count of our longer distances and 

 more extensive business." 



Under the system now in vogue in 

 Germany, shippers. Mr. Lewis shows, 

 pay only double freight rates, less 

 than a tenth of the express rates 

 here. 



The food problem, the "high cost of 

 living," according to Mr. Lewis's fig- 

 ures, is largely the result of the want 

 of a proper articulation of our trans- 

 portation with the rural sources of 

 supply. While prices are often pro- 

 hibitive to the consumer, crops may 

 be rotting at the place of production, 

 for want of a REAL express service. 



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