There is a pointed and much-quoted remark of one of our postmasters-general to the effect that there are only four impor? tant objections to the establishment by the federal government of a parcels-post, similar to that of England or Germany. These, he alleged, consist of the American Express Co., the United States Express Co., the Wells Fargo Express Co., and the Adams Express Co. In fact it has been quite generally asserted by nearly all advocates of a parcels-post that the opposition on the part of private interests represented by the express companies is practi? cally the only important obstacle to immediate enactment of