welve of the
large post offices were designated for special test of a farm-to-city
service. Farmers were invited to register their names and designate the
commodities they desired to sell. Lists of farmers and of the articles
each offered were then printed and distributed by the carrier force. The
results exceeded expectations; shipments of country products at the
twelve offices named so materially increased that now eighteen
additional offices have been named for similar exploitation of the
farm-to-city service. The department's preliminary experience warrants
the conclusion that direct shipment of food products that are consumed
substantially in the same form in which they are produced offers
practical possibilities of reducing the cost of living."--_Report of
Postmaster-General_, Washington, 1913-14, p. 12.

[424] Law of 9 vend['e]miaire, an VI.

[425] _Vide infra_, p. 279.

[426] Art. 5 [S] 2, Convention of 1880.

[427] "En obtenant ainsi le concours des compagnies pour le transport
des colis internationaux, M. le Ministre devait ['e]videmment [^e]tre
frapp['e] des conditions dans lesquelles allait se trouver la
circulation des colis [a'] l'int['e]rieur. Tandis que les premiers
circuleraient en France avec la plus grande facilit['e] [a'] un prix
forte r['e]duit, notre commerce int['e]rieur non seulement continuerait
[a'] payer des taxes de transport relativement ['e]lev['e]es, mais
encore resterait assujetti [a'] tous les inconv['e]nients qui
r['e]sultent de la multiplicit['e] des taxes et du manque d'entente
entre les compagnies."--_Journal Officiel de la R['e]publique
francaise_, 27 janvier, 1881, p. 474.

[428] (1) La taxe sur la grande vitesse; (2) l'imp[^o]t du timbre; (3)
la taxe de plombage; (4) le droit de statistique.

[429] _Tarif pour le Transport des Colis Postaux_, Paris, 1913, p. 38.

[430] "Sont consid['e]r['e]s comme encombrants: les colis d['e]passant 1
m. 50 dans un sens quelconque; les colis qui, par leur forme, leur
volume ou lour fragilit['e], ne se pr[^e]tent pas facilement au
chargement avec d'autres colis, ou qui demandent des pr['e]cautions
sp['e]ciales."--Ibid., p. 6.

[431] Ibid., p. 17.

[432] _Rapport portant fixation du Budget g['e]n['e]rale_, S['e]nat,
1911, No. 189.

[433] "Il faut que le bureau soit situ['e] sur le parcours d'un courrier
en voiture, et que les Compagnies de chemins de fer veuillent bien
consentir [a'] accepter les colis [a'] acheminer sur le bureau de
p