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farm and city, for the injury to either is sure to bring a loss
and depreciation to the other and a decline in the population
of the State; and

WHEREAS, The rates of the parcels post are so low for ex-
cessive distances and the charge for shipment is in such un-
just and unfair proportion to the haul that neither the Govern-
ment nor the railroads are receiving sufficient compensation
to cover cost of service rendered, and a large amount of
trade that legitimately belongs to the inhabitants of the State
of Maryland is being diverted to the great cities of the land
in distant States. This policy is depriving thousands of our
best and brightest young men and women of their birthright
by forcing them to emigrate from the State, in order that they
may have a chance in the world; and

WHEREAS, These great concerns in distant cities do not con-
tribute in any way to the revenues of the State of Maryland,
nor do they in any way assist in the education of the youth
of our State. They build no roads or bridges and bear none
of our many burdens incident to the development of Mary-
land; and

WHEREAS, They are waxing fat upon the trade they take
from our State, and are fast developing into great monopolies
that bid fair to equal, if not excel, in size the greatest manu-
facturing concerns in the land; and

WHEREAS, It is the policy of Maryland to provide work and
opportunity for all its children, and we believe the Federal
Government, of which we are a part, should not tax the people
to reimburse losses in the parcels post service when these
losses are incurred in establishing great monopolies that are
fast sapping the life of our cities and towns and depriving
our children of a place and opportunity in their own com-
munity; and

WHEREAS, Thousands of Maryland's citizens have petitioned
the General Assembly of the State of Maryland to memorialize
the Postmaster General and the Congress of the United States
to limit the weight of the parcels post packages to a maximum
of forty pounds and make such readjustment in the parcel
rates as will eventually make each class self-supporting; now,
therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
Postmaster General and the Congress of the United States
be and they are hereby requested and petitioned to reduce
the weight of the parcels post package to a maximum of forty
pounds and make such readjustment in our postal rates and