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TllX HOCK ISLAND ARGUS, WEDNESDAY. 'JAXUARY. IV 1015. ' ' . 0 '1''"'"1' " . ' " . ' : ' " " . " - I -nun uamtss no a a ureases appeal I in the bulletin. Of coarse the Unrest iFr ' ' I FARM TO TABLE BY PARCEL POST tA.1 BURLESON. POSTMASTER GENERAL, lis III Oti- HrN Maxla Keep ng na:i oa Ice sounds bizarre. saJ 7' that Is what the poatoSlce de prtnni baa done to prevent parcels f per'r.ab!e goods from t polling. At tie salt. t.mg aa opportunity fa now ffrd In tutors to derive ft cheap t.irtatW: container that fwi'1 keep ti e hot or cold for 2 hours. When r,h a container has : devised and s:are1 l'hla the b of poetoSce putrvei It will be possible to get soup Sot ""P. not f the k'nl mother e.,d to ntkr. 1it Use soap she ber !f iraliea. 5 mile twir. At prsnt the chief obstacle to the irrster expansion t4 the parcel post rtrrta. se pet la My that branch of It hh concern marketing by .mall ?j the object of redoring the high co-operation with Lhe nfflr. keta of the department of agriculture, the postofflce department U actively working to, eliminate the caaaes o. complaint. dlrecUy due to improper packing. The department of aaTtcul nre baa been, and la. devoting no lit tie attention it'the study of contain era. especially for perishable goods I ke poultry,. lard and dairy product. Aitnouga the postal authorities de- to-table Idea, the service has not been limited. to the places mentioned oe cause the latter were selected for ex periment In pushing and advertising im meinoa or exchange. Without exp'oltatton. wlthont the publication ! of lists o ff arm era anxious to buy, di- ' Ted HfhlflM r' . t - cc"' ""- -""Mi, rct excnanre !haji nererthelM. Am sk. c-. ef element ! the cae. With ve!ot4 ino an fmnrf f.,. .. t:.e ,.lect of coot weather this bs'a- ; the bus'nes. of manv othe, r.. A pound or Are i and localities. . i . . f bo ind. of better caajb safety sent by ra I in wintertime simply well wrap a 1. but In summer batter mar not be it en' "n a thermatlc container. er a: It a liquid proof container, so t;t the me'tirtg Lutter will not run infer and Urd form two of the ta.f article, o: iooj sent ty means ef t ie parcel post binder the farm-to- tab! or proljcer-to-consnmer plan ln . auxnrated by the postofHce depart tr.'Dt tart spring. It baa been planned it br'.ng lhe farmer In the outlylni, :fr!-ts of large cities in close touch "3 the people; and io far the result ctU.'rM leave nothing to desire. i.en.e consider that the idea has t3 In operation only a few months. Mnr producers are cooperating to the extent of advertising In the da!!y spaper choice article at low $r-m tor exclusive parcel post tra!e Tm cities were delgnated last Xarrh for trial of the parcel post as a vefak-le of direct exchange between irod i'-ers and consumers, and reports rce! ved from the postmasters Washington. Boston. Baltimore. St Lou!. AtUcta. Birmingham. Ala.. San Francisco. Rock IV.and. 111.. ICrovse. Win, and l.vnn. Mass show that the aew srvre is welcome J by the pub lic. Ijk-Ic of Information about the srtr an 1 its facilities Is preventing! B-.inr woum be patrons from taxing alTanta;e of the plan. notw4hstand lor the fa-t that postmasters every where will welcome requests for Infor ration. Sin mr opinion the farm-to-t Zr 'able service, despite a few ex iting d itlcut'ies or obstacles, ha corn- to stay. It utility f proved. Rapid rrot;i will Hepend on and wit. 7 "at',, b t"inrous inven-1 resulting from . teets carried out for C"! ' ad Improve-! their shipment .y post. In the course i ZJL.T wnerever needed, of these experimenU 8.131 eggs irere n co-ooeration with th I i . . . . . n'pw n o ioia. ui uese eggs were broken; but a very small gr centage or the whole was absolutely wasted. On this point the officials of the d partment of agriculture give valuable advice in the way of marketing eggs by mail. First of all. proper packing Is essential. This implies time. care, and some attention, and In their opln- s'rnated -Mi , V- . " aiwmpi bqouiq Te mau to wn. i;: r by parcel post any but tha nnest quality of eggs, for they alone will bring remunerative prices. This can be done only by candling them. Thua the drawback to marketing eggs appears to be the time and trouble In packing them; but there la com pensation in the extra price that can always be obtained Jor products that are strictly fresh and absolutely re liable. The shipper's success in selling by parcel os: depends upon the care with wbich he safeguards the reputa tion or the products. Satisfied custom ers will soon build up the business for him. Naturally the larger the fchip menta the producer can arrange to make the cheaper he can afford to sell his goods. In the case of eggs, for instance. , a package of one dozen would require seven cents" postage for the flrst and second cones. If an other dozen were lnc'uded In the same package fhe postage would be about nine cents, or four and a hali rents, instead of seven cents, a dozen. As eggs form a staple commodity for which there is always great deamnd. their sale by parcel post particularly lends itself to the individual .whose flock of liens Is too small or who lives too far from express service to per mit'hlm to ship his eggs in the regu lar commercial case that holds 30 dozen eggs. Believes in Pemna 3Jr. George A. - S S, 4 DC r v New Tork. X. T, writes: "As my work compels me to spend a large f part of my time out of doors. I nave often been drenched by sud den rains, chilled by extreme cold. and I somi found that I had a bad case ef catarrh of tbe bronchial tubes. "I tried plaa. tersi and medi cine, but nothing- I did aeeoied to help me until I took Peruna. "This splendid medicine took right bey ef me. drove every bit of the etase out. and built me up until I felt stronger than I had fee years. "Whenever I have been expooevl ow a couple ef doses always restores ate. Hrruna I an Ideal protector lo ail aorta of weather." 1 X v I i v- r f It Is pertinent to remark that not all caving made possible by means ol Postomce tnarketlcg la a matter ot dollars or cents, a patron of the St. Looia poatoffico says that she pur chased 15 pounds oftlard from a pro iducer In the country wbich. Including container and postage, cost about the same as the price quoted in. the locai market. The lard, however, was ol superior quality and lasted a little more than twice as ng as similarly priced lard purchased from local deal ers. making the actual cost less than half that of the same , article pur chased In the city. Fifty country-curea hams were disposed of in one chip ment from Atlanta, as a result of an article in one of the newspapers there outlining this farm-to-tab'e feature. The price quoted to the purchasers. j including postage, was Ies than cur rent market price, white the hams were of line quality, according, to 1'ost master Boiling II. Jones. in neany ail tne ten cities men tioned the shipment by post of .the more perishable articles, such as but ter and dressed poultry, fell off dur ing the midsummer ynonths. owing to extisme teat. Under that best condi tions from eight to 24 hours, accord ing io )listance. elapse between de spatch and delivery, and it has been found that butter or lard ill melt when exposed so long an Interval without refrigeration. Tostmastei Charles W. Fay of San Francises re ports that to make It absolutely cer tain that no perishable matter be beld over, tbe .'addressee was notified by telephone, so that parcels not deliv ered on the lat trip in the afternoon could be called for by the--consignee !n the evening if desired. The post masters seem to arree. however, that a large increase tin tbe number oi hose names and addresses appeal the bulletin. Of course the laraeat number, of farmers are registered from nearby states; yet there are many Interesting items from far-away places. From Sebastian. Fla.. a woman offers guava Jelly and orange manual aue; irrom tne norta oi .Maine are offered finnan baddies and codfish; a llliamstown. t., producer adver tises Vermont maple syrup, maple of. gar and maple sugar cakes; and for delivery from distant Washington state a Puyallup farm advertises fresh laid eggs, berries, cut flowers, dahlia roots and bulbs, perennial plants, ana gladioli. .Nearly five hundred fuch places are listed, and now the number of those who specialize in the parcei post trade and advertise accordingly in tbe newspapers is growing rapidly. Another step of great Importance worth noting .was the plan to hoIO parcel ..post exhibitions in connection with the many thousands of county fairs and other rural gatherings held in the I nited States during the fall Many postmasters requested permis sion to p ace sucn exntDits, and au thority was duly granted to them. The purpose was to use an opportuni ty that offered an excellent means ot showing the rural public how to take full advantage of this comparatively new postal facility. Here was ex hibited sample parcel post shipments of food products and manufacturea articles, and many persons lent such articles as they were in the business of selling, in consideration of hav ing their advertising cards attached to their contributions. SIMOX & LANDATJER Cor. Second and Harrison Here's a buying opportunity that we could not afford to let pass; Hart, SchafFner & Marx and "L" System surplus suits, beautiful Tartan colorings in checks and stripes. They're suitable for spring wear in pattern and weight. One number was made to sell at $25.00; the other at $32.50. We've included them in this sale at packages bandied wa to be expected in the rail and winter, and it is be llevei that the obstacles " to hot weather shipments will be overcome ere another summer comes. A count recently completed by be rail war mail service 'brought out tne fact that the average of damage to shipments In transit was less than one-tenth of one per cent. These n stances are about tbe only cause ol tbe few complaints that have been received. Moreover, tbe damage has been due to Improper packing. Suc cess of the parcel post d ponds large ly upon iproper packing. Mere num ber of sheet o paper or feet of twine used In wrapping and tying a package does not canstitute proper racking The thlna- to remember flrat and lasli Is to adopt proper parking to tbe ar tide to t mailed, and If In doubt, the best way i3 to Inquire of the poMmas-ter. Along with their reports the post masters transmitted to the Alepart mer.t hundreds of newspaper clip ping, w hich make it clear that public opinion in the larger cities ia 6trongly supporting the farm-to-table by-pos Idea. In a few localities some of the reports show the farmers and truck gardener hare set back the expan sion of the service to ome extent by naming price that. by comparison with the prices quoted in the local markets, have been considered too high by city buyers. As Postmaster Harry P. p.mpson of Rock Island de scribes it. "It seems that each wants the whole amount of the savings, the producer asking the city retail i.rice, while the consumer expects to buy at the prices current in the country mar kets. It has even been said that certain farming interests imagine that the new service practically brings the consumer to their doors, and there fore liave fallen into the. mistaken notion that they are at liberty to charge what they please." But In other localities tbe iarm-io- table system of exchange has already become an important factor in reduc Ing the cost r living; whether this be construed as meaning so many cents saved on each dollar spent, or whether it means better goods at the price or local inferior articles. In oth er words, it means lessoning the ex penditure, or living better without Increase in cost. Postmasters are unanimous in saying that direct ser vice bv parcel post will provide tne city family of moderate circumstances with that grade or farm produce wmcu During Jthe 10 weeks prior ti July 34 Postmaster Edmund S. HIggins received ,2.500 parcels of farm pro duce for delivery in Lynn. Many ot these contained articles shipped In from the farm in the morning and on sumed In Lynn the same evening. The approximate proportion is as follows: Egg. 45 per .cent; general produce, 30 per cent; butter. 20 per cent; maple products, poultry and 'fruit 5 Ter cent. "Evidently," reports Mr. Higelns, "the plan is meeting with success, as we have had many patrons comment favorably upon the experi ment. One result has been an impe tus to the shipment of foodstuffs by local deaiers via parcel post. These parcels are shipped mostly to sum mer resorts and camp sites. A large quantity of sea food is also handled through this office." Postmaster E. C. Mansfield of Bos ton declares that in his opinion "the general feeling among it he people Is that the parcel post is a success. Ot course there are instances where complaints have been made, but I be lieve this is a question that must be solved by the shipper, through the adoption of kv container that will with stand ordinary handling while in tran sit. One of the striking features that have come to my attention ' making this ssampaign to bring pro-' ducers and farmers together Is that some farmers have been charging top prices for their products. It was as sumed when the plan was first broached that the consumer would get the benefit of low prices as a means of reducing the cost of living, ana that the producer, by sending direct by parcel post, could afford to sell at rock bottom prices. This, however, has not generally proved to be so, and if the plan for bringing together pro ducers and consumers is found to bej unsuccessful, it will be due largely toi this fact." Anaverage receipt of 225 packages of farm products daily, and an average despatch of 168 perishable articles daily, was shown by a count at the Borton .postoltlca during three $1 ant THE! SYSTEM CLOTHES - KM UvnCVTHAL SOU O Great Clearance of Overcoats A straight discount of 20 and more on the finest stock we've ever had. Every style, every fabric; fur and fur lined, fancy, plain, representative goods from the coun try's best makers. .Manhattan Shirts On Sale Piaits, negligees, mushrooms, soft or starch cuffs, flannels, madras, cords, silks. H?res the way they're selling $1.50 Shirts $1.15 $2.00 Shirts $1.33 $2.50 Shirts $1.S3 $3.00 Shirts $2.25 $3.50 Shirts $2.65 Boys' Suits and O'coats reduced Every fancy suit and every coat in the boys section is selling at a discount of 25 Mothers never had a b:tter opportunity of fitting the boys at such small cost. THOMAS DRUG STORE WILL SELL 100 BOTTLES OF MEDI CINE AT HALF PRICE. MAKE YOUR OWN COUGH MEDICINE Statistics roaJ puMic by the de eartment cf agriculture with regard it egrs show some interesting facts. 3uy It Nob? Coats At Half -Triee That is about as bis bona fide reduction as you could ex pect anywhere or any time but it is not the amount of re duction as much as the im mense variety to choose from that should interest you in this "Bee Hive Clearing Sale More good styles on sale now at half price than most stores how in the height of season. Get a satisfactory bargain a coat youll enjoy wearing not merely something "that will do because the price is reduced. $14.98 Coats for $20.00 Coats for . The Wee Hike sl: ss I 1(1 1 12.50 On the Corner l)aMPrt ha heretofore been available only to. days In last June. During the period those to whom the cost of I'ood was from July 13 to Aug. 1. 59.770 parcel post packages of all descriptions were received there. Parcels containing perishable matter are delivered by mounted carriers in the afternoon and evening until 9 o'clock, and on Sun days until 3 in the afternoon. ' George F. Bcwerman. librarian ot tho public library of the '-District ot i Columbia, has taken an active interest in the new service. Copies of all let ters from farmerajquoting prices were sni to him after he had announced bis willingness to post them on tho bulletin board in his library, where they may be seen every day. The Housekeepers alliance, an organiza tion or women interested in rcuax:ng tho cost of living, has co-operated ac tively in urging housewives to avail themselves of the opportunity to ob tain fresh produce direct from the farms. - I Postmaster SWerlock Swann of Bal timore reports hauling 100 packages of farm produce .every day. Eggs are the bulk of the articles; then poui- trr. butter and vegetables. Baltimore farmers, the postmaster believes, ex pect to sell .at the middleman s prices st. Louis makes a good snowing The success of the farm-to-table plan is assured," 'Postmaster t-oun M. Selph reports. "anJ tne recoras i this offlce and the comments from those who have given the experiment . fotr test verifv my Judgment. The delivery of all perishable matter nas been riven careful attention, ana m such articles are delivered upon tne dav of arrival: so there has been no complaint of failure for promptness. The readiness witn wnich xne makes use of the system is indteatea bv the difftrent character of articles received for delivery, we .receivea even a watermelon not Inclosed with no object. In order to popularize the Idea post miiitrr. are devislnz all sorts O things in behalf of the public. Th Washington- postofflce. for instance h Issued a bulletin known as "Farm Products by Utomestlc Parcel Post In it Postmaster Otto Praeger ex plains some things that are of value ta any person or any postofflce in the rniintrr. "When you have rouna ..n.firtnrv farmer to deal with, he aava. "shor-Dlng by parcel post be comes a simple process or senaing vaur market basket to the farm wun 1 i.tir tellinr what you want. Tbe cast of that process is just a little less than if you boarded a street car in market and DacK. ana Just a trifle more than If you ordered what vou wanted over the telephone 1 You can mall your empty basket i j any drug store postal station. The ...mi ru.r nrinics ice nucu to your door. The simple process ot Bn ordinary strong market H..kt to the farm has been found ti be entirely satisfactory for shipping hrt distances, say fifty to one nun dred miles. Several such basket. , are now going empty and returning nnea weekly through tbe v amu6iuU office. " -Housewives who wish to deal with the farmers direct will realize that sometimes they may not be able tt make an entirely saiisraciory .i.. -.t time anv more than men i uic - thev mar find sausiaciary ihr mar try It will be found advisable to select from the Ht at random the name .h or four farmer to write to and from the. replies select the mos". PrWbettrwrltlng to the farmer Tor his price. It . well to ell Jm what the same articles ar'w -- -" at tbe time. This is advisa . : . farmers have an nie. dcviuk i - - . exaggerated Idea a. to the " city peopl 1I,lns py lr counE? products, whereas other, are . . j ... reasonable. It Z wTir . : direel shipper, to ma.i It -basket so that it. will arrWe at 2 offlce in "lX'L rcompendi um of name, of producer, who hare "UUed with the department and the first Therefore ? "n.:i? niu vniiD Mcnininc bees; and three fine hens, which werejLU U 11 U IU I L. L. U II I U U II III ImU IIIIIlL watered, fed and de'ivred to the own er, who was requested to call for them." In cities of smaller size, post mas ters believe, rapid adoption of the marketing-by-post idea is not to be expected, because on the outskirts ot these towns there are many truck! gardeners who each dayfedd!e their wares. But at a!l events the system: will have a tendency to keep prices r.gat, because when local stores charge too much for articles the con sumers will eend away for them. Postmaster Jones of .Atlanta has written that he has had ithe co-opera-j tion of Guy V. Fitzpatrick of the of fice, of markets, department of agri culture. The latter traveled across the state, accompanied rural carriers over their routes, obtained personal One hundred residents of 'Rock Is land will have a chance to get a 5oc bottle (but only one to each family) cf Sehiffnia.m's Concentrated Expec torant at half price, at Thomas Drug v ltu a view to giving those who have not yet used this excellent remedy an opportunity of trying it, ihi proprie tor and the Thomas Drug company have decided to reduce the price so interviews w-ith farmers, practical demonstrations of proper methods of xacking the articles de manded by city buyers. "The form of missionary work is showing its results," he reports fur ther. "Though the, system is still n an experimental stage, there Is a rap idly growing appreciation of its com mercial value. The principal difficulty ( , as to give the first 10 applying a reg ular 50c bottle for 25c, by presenting I the coupon below. Even though not : in need cf a medicine at the present j time, it will pay to take advantage and gave!o toig opportunity, as some remedy j edy, is quite sure to be required before tho winter is over," but this remedy can not he obtained at half price again. The latest method of supplying a remedy in such strongly concentrated form, where you buy all pure medi cln? in small bottles, is more econom ical. Instead of buing, to break up a cold or cough, several bottles of old- confronting the shipper Is that of ob-j fEshioned read.v-nia(ie remedies DCDIJCT 2H NOUCAN 2H taininsr suitable receptacles. Tins is not due to the fact that commercial factories do not offer suitable sup plies, but to the absence or informa tiin as to where, how, and ,at what price the containers may be obtained. There Is a general lament that during the summer patrons are required to forego their parcel-post butter on ac .r.,nt nt the difficulty of handling it in this way during the r.eriod of high temperature." Substantial advance toward solv ing the thermatic container question has already been made. .Samples ot such containers, which promise to re tall cheaply, to keep their contents at a Bufflciently low temperature for a reasonable time, and to serve dur ing many shipments, have been teBted satisfactorily by department officials. As it ... the department, tnougn lacking the fud? and legal authoriza tion to Install a refrigeration service. has taken precautions that prevented nertsbable articles from spoiling. The - i : .1. v. ; larger omces are eqiupptru wim Iceboxes which, if delivery cannot be mad at once, will protect such ship ments of country produce as must be kept over night Installation o nromot delivery through the collec tion carrier system, however, obviates need of using these iceboxes on a large scale. In most cases such ship- . , . j ..1 menu, received at nigni, are uu ered at once. Eventually, with the general adop tion of the service and the laaequave packing faculties, the pob!em of marketinr by post will become no more (and no less than a question of striking a bargain between consumer and producer. The parcel post win do tha rest for a modest fee, and do it cently la to discbarge, certainly well con taining only a small quantity of real tnedicine and a large proportion of sugar and water, also paying for bot tles, corks, labels, etc., better to get a 2-ounce hottle of Schiffmann's Con centrated Expectorant and mix it at home, making your own sugar syrup (according to directions) and make a full pint of the beat cough medicine, besides saving $2 to $.1. which this quantity would cost for the same amount of ths ordinary kinds. One bottle will also probably be a suffi cient quantity to last a family the entire winter. Absolutely no chloro form, opium, morphine, or any other narcotic. Is contained In this remedy. It is pleasant to take and children are fond of it. Hosidtu, absolutely no risk whatever is run in buying this rem- as the Thomas Drug com pany will refund your 23c If it is not fcund the very best remedy ever UHed for stubborn couglin, colds, bronchitis, croup, whooping cough or hoarseness. Persons calling after the 1'0 bot tles are sold or living out or the city where they are unable to get It r their local druggist, will not diM alipsintert, but will be sent a bottle, postpaid, upon receipt of the coupon and 2'ic. providing they order of the proprietor today. Address R. J. Schlffmanu, 2'i5 W. Sixth street, St. Paul, Minn. TWENTY-FIVE CENT COUPON NO. 2 Tlii coupon atid 25c is good for onu (only) 50c bottle of Schiff mann's Concentrated Expectorant at the Thomas Drug company, if presented today or tomorrow, and your name and address Is filled In. 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