Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1918 — Need Parcel Post Facilities. [ARTICLE]

Need Parcel Post Facilities.

One of thq most urgent necessities in behalf of the American export trade with Paraguay is the establishment of a large parcel post system with this country, writes Consul Henry H. Balch, Asuncion. As there are very few large distributing houses in Paraguay practically all the important mercantile establishments import their goods direct from the foreign markets, and as many of the orders ere small or for goods that do not occupy much space the parcel post is extensively used by the average Paraguayan Importer? A good percentage of the large trade that Germany, England, and France had with this country at the beginning of jthe war was developed through the parcel post system that those countries maintain' with Paraguay. Merchants frequently state that they would turn much of their trade to the United States which has hitherto gone to Europe if there were a parcel post convenience. In fact, parcel post orders from the United States are rather frequently received by Asuncion merchants through third parties located in Buenos Aires.