Address A. R. Sale, Iowa Retail Hardware Ass’n, Mason City, Iowa. *Parcels Post Problem: From the Standpoint of the Towns and Small Cities. 30p. pa. National Hardware Bulletin. Address M. L. Corey, Secretary, National Retail Hardware Association, Argos, Ind. Shall the Country Towns Be Destroyed by a Local Rural Parcels Post. Pamphlet No. 5. Home Advancement Series. 30p. pa. American League of Associations. Most of this pamphlet is a reprint of pp. 274-96 of the Report of the Hearings before the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, April, 1910. [Apply to M. L. Corey, Argos, Ind.] *Smith, S. C. Parcels Post: Speech in the House of Representatives, March 3, 1908. 15p. pa. ’08. Govt. Ptg. Office. Reprinted from the Congressional Record. 42: 2928-31. Mr. 3, ’08. [Address S. C. Smith, Representative, Washington, D. C.] Spofford, C. W. A. B. C. of Parcels Post; A. Catechism, 11p. pa. Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress, Proceedings, 1907. pp. 232-40. Parcels Post. _Magazine References_ *Independent. 70: 72-3. Ja. 12, ’11. Objections to the Parcels Post. Allan W. Clark. Independent. 70: 185. Ja. 26, ’11. Parcels Post Again. Sylvester C. Smith. *Journal of Political Economy. 16: 417-35. Jl. ’08. Shall the Scope of Governmental Functions Be Enlarged so as to Include the Express Business? Albert N. Merritt. North American Review. 174: 807-19. Je. ’02. Defects and Abuses in Our Postal System. Henry A. Castle. Parcels Post. pp. 812-4. North American Review. 178: 222-34. F. ’04. Postal Service. E. F. Loud. Parcels Post. pp. 224-6. Outlook. 96: 794. D. 3, ’10. Parcels Post. George P. Engelhard. _SELECTED ARTICLES ON THE PARCELS POST_ INTRODUCTION The parcels post is not a new question. It has been the subject of popular discussion for years, and several of our postmasters-general have recommended an extension of our present system, sufficient, at least, to put it on an equal basis with our foreign service. Those who are familiar with the parcels post systems of other countries, and those who believe that the express companies should not be permitted to monopolize so large a part of the parcels-carrying trade, are in favor of these recommendations. On the other hand, those who believe that the government should not enter into any commercial undertaking, and those who fear that the change will be detrimental to the country communities and will result in the centralization of our population in the large cities, are strongly opposed to any increase in our present rates, or in the size of the package to be accepted.