THE NATIONAL NUESERYMAN 
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()V('r liend lift, siinj)ly liookini*- into the ei'nte to)) and 
('aia-yini>' it ont on the tra(‘ka^’e to tlie loading plat' 
1‘onn. ^^)u will see from this that the crating must 
be tlioronghly substantial. 
Snniniing'it all n)), we are not going to refuse to 
]')ay the rate and a half on the shipment which has 
been in question, but will settle that up under protest, 
writing the agent, iMr. Considine, of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad as to onr reasons for this protest, and will 
send yon a coi)y of onr letter to yon. Onr whole 
])oint is that crates of the character used for the 
trans])oration of dormant nursery stock should be 
classihed under the low rates of “R25,” as there is no 
more risk to the carrying coni])any on a ])ackage of 
this kind than there is on a box. 
shii)ped, and lastly because of increased time cost of 
stamj)ing, congestion and confusion, etc. 
In the re})ort of Parcel Post Committee of Ameri¬ 
can Seed Trade Association made at the Cleveland 
Convention last June, it was shown that of twenty- 
two firms reporting on comparative stamping costs 
on certain days mail, that seventeen, located in all 
sections of the country, Atlanta, Boston, Rochester, 
Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Omaha, Des Moines, San 
Francisco, Painesville, Dallas, Richmond, Denver, 
Minneapolis, La Crosse, Philadelphia, etc., showed a 
net savings by the flat rates now in existence, of from 
ten to twenty per cent, over the parcel post rates now 
in use. 
These all called attention to the far greater time 
View of greenhouses, 'packing sheds and storage 
''idianking yon very much for the attention yon 
have given in this matter, which we feel will work 
out to the advantage of the entire nursery trade, we 
are 
Yours very truly, 
AVm. AYarner Har]')er, Pro. 
THE PARCEL POST FROM A NURSERYMAN’S 
VIEW-POINT. 
Address by John H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio, before the Orna¬ 
mental Growers Association. 
I still favor the fiat rate. My reasons are that the 
saving by fiat rate of eight cents per pound, will net, 
under present ))arcel ])Ost rates, from ten to twenty 
])er cent, under the new jatrcel post rates from five to 
fifteen per cent, delay in handling under zone system 
of sucli magnitude to cause considerable loss in stock 
required to stamp and handle under the zone system. 
'Ihme cost was variously estimated from six to ten 
times the time cost by flat rate. 
Three firms showed stamping cost about even but 
time cost from three to four times flat rate cost. 
Two firms showed a saving by parcel post, but call¬ 
ed attention to the differences in time required and 
admitted that their showing was caused by their loca¬ 
tion and the particular kind of business done. 
Extra time required with ordinary or imperishable 
mail, not so serious as time lost where mail is of per¬ 
ishable nature, because delay does not stop with ship¬ 
per as all this delay is doubled by reason of it all hav¬ 
ing to be gone over a second time by the post office in 
order to verify the stamping of shipper. 
The mailing delay can safely be said to be three or 
four times as great as by flat rate. 
Our own firm in complying with a request of tliQ 
