Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1913 — Can Send C. O. D. Parcels by Parcels Post After July 1st. [ARTICLE]

Can Send C. O. D. Parcels by Parcels Post After July 1st.

Tags for parcel post C. O. D. packages were received here recently and will be put in use July Ist. The tags are red and about eight inches long and divided Into three coupons besides the main part of the tag. The first coupon is detached and given to the sender of the package. The second will be detached by the sending office and kept on file for not less than one year, and the third will be detached, signed by the addressee and returned through the carrier with an application for a money order. The money order will then be sent to the addresaor. There Is no extra fee lor insuring these C. 0. D. packages, the regular fee covering this feature for both package and money up to $60.00. A resolution calling for a report pn the extent of the purchases of the government of-prison-made articles has been introduced by Representative Buchanan, ot Chicago. The resolution recites that congress has prohibited the importation of pris-on-made goods; but that the federal government, through its several departments, continues to be the principal customer for contract labor products. - -