2. Mail-order houses would obtain most of the trade.
B. Rural towns and villages would be injured.
1. Trade would be drawn to the larger cities and population would follow.
C. The farmer would not be benefitted.
1. He would not use it nearly as much as has been claimed.
2. The market for his products would be largely destroyed by the removal of population to large cities.
3. The rural parcels post alone would be merely an entering wedge.
IV. Legislation for a parcels post would be discriminating and unnecessary.
A. Dealers, wholesalers and jobbers in heavy merchandise could not use it.