Before defining and demonstrating the advantages of a Government postal express, however, it may be necessary to discuss more fully the features which differentiate at present the parcel-post from the express service. They fall into two classes, (a) Special forms of service, and (b) Rates. Under (a): _Express Company_ _Parcel Post_ 1. Collects the parcel free of 1. ---- charge. 2. The fee includes insurance 2. Special fees for all up to $50 without charge; insurance--insurance limit, additional insurance up to $100. any amount may be contracted for by special fees. 3. All sizes and weights are 3. Weight limit--70 lbs. (300 accepted. miles), 50 lbs. (above 300 miles). Size limit--84 inches, length and girth combined. 4. Collects fee from consignee 4. Collects fee from consignee at destination free at destination at a fee. of charge. 5. Collects cost of article itself 5. Collects cost of article up to any amount. to $100. 6. Buys articles for customers 6. ---- at a fee. 7. Sells articles for customers 7. ---- at a fee. It will be immediately realized that some of the features of the express service which are not rendered at present by the parcel-post could be and should be rendered by the parcel-post for one fee without separate charges. On the other hand, it will be realized that some of these features should be rendered by the parcel-post only as separate privileges for which separate fees should be charged, as, for instance, the service of collecting parcels from the shipper. (Note 2.) For instance, there seems to be no good reason for limits upon the size and weight of the packages in the parcel-post. These limits have steadily been expanded in the parcel-post system from its inception, and the process has so strikingly demolished whatever arguments for size and weight limits may have previously been considered that they no longer seem valid.