Note 416 — III THE RATE FOR PARCELS
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"In point of fact there are but four strong objections to the parcels post, and they are the four great express companies, who would be just as well off with an 8- or 11-pound parcel post if the heavy freight of the Executive Departments and the immense packages of bogus serial books that are now thrown upon the mails were shut out and turned over to the express companies, where they belong."—Report of the Postmaster-General, Washington, 1891, p. 114.