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From the official map of the postoffice department. The rates here shown are from Chicago only. There is a different map 

 for each of the 5,803 units into which the United States has heen divided by the parcel post bureau. Each postoffice is the center 

 of the smallest circle on the map to be used in that town. B]ach postmaster will soon be supplied with a map and parcel post 

 guide showing the rate to every other postoffice. 





The law specifies that "this act shall not in any way affect the postage rate on seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions and plants 

 as fixed by section 482 of the Postal Laws and Regulations," the rate for which has been and still will be 1 cent for each two 

 ounces, but the limit in weight will, after January 1 , be eleven pounds, instead of four pounds, as in the past. 



THE PASCEL POST. 



It Will Be Here in Twelve Days. 



The Postoffice Department has issued 

 the regulations for the starting of the 

 parcel post January 1, but they had 

 not become available at the Chicago 

 postoffice up to December 18, except 

 in part, so that the details are more or 

 less incomplete reports from Washing- 

 ton. 



The regulations provide that parcels 

 of merchandise, including farm and 

 factory products (but not books and 

 printed matter) of almost every de- 

 scription up to eleven pounds in weight 

 and measuring as much as six feet in 

 length and girth combined, except those 

 calculated to do injury to the mails in 

 transit, may be maUed at any postoffice 

 for delivery to any address in the 

 country. Delivery will be made to the 

 homes of people living on rural and 

 star routes as well as those living in 

 cities and towns where there is delivery 

 by carrier. Where there is at present 

 no delivery by carrier the parcels will 

 go to the postoffices as is the case with 

 ordinary mail. 



Facts About the Parcel Post. 



The new parcel post goes into opera- 

 tion January 1, 1913. 



Only mail matter now included in 



fourth class, or merchandise, will be 

 handled. 



Perishable articles such as butter, 

 lard, fruits, berries, and dressed fowls 

 may be sent short distances. Eggs for 

 local delivery when packed in contain- 

 ers may be sent. When packed sepa- 

 rately they may be sent any distance. 

 Fresh meats may be sent only in the 

 first zone (fifty miles). There are no 

 restrictions on salted, dried, or cured 

 meats or fish. 



Millinery, toys, musical instruments, 

 glassware and breakable goods must be 

 securely packed and marked "fragile." 



The following may not be sent: In- 

 toxicating liquors of all kinds; poisons; 

 poisonous animals, insects or reptiles; 

 explosives of every kind; inflammable 

 articles, including matches; infernal 

 machines; pistols or revolvers, disease 

 germs, any obscene, defamatory or 

 scurrilous matter now prohibited by 

 law; live or dead animals, or birds or 

 live poultry; raw hides or pelts; or 

 anything having a bad odor. 



Books and printed matter are in- 

 cluded in third class and may not be 

 sent. 



The weight limit will be eleven 

 pounds. 



To find the size limit: Take a piece 

 of string 72 inches long and wind it 

 once completely around the parcel and 

 then across the top lengthways. If 

 the ends of the string reach the sides of 

 the parcel it comes under the limit. 



Parcels must be mailed at the post- 

 officia or branches and special stamps 

 must be used. 



Delivery will be made of parcels the 

 same as of other matter. 



Maps and guides will be supplied by 

 the chief clerk of the postoffice depart- 

 ment, Washington, D. C, at the cost 

 price of 75 cents for both. The price 

 of the guide is 55 cents and map 20 



