I honestly think it's kinda sweet how it worked to be honest.
People showed up, gave their kid postage, and told the clerk they were mailing them. Clerk was confused for a minute, and then conceded that there was nothing technically forbidden about that. Kid hops on the scale, postage is correct, and the kid waits behind the counter until the trip to train, where they ride with the operator.

Basically people gently gaming the system and the people involved saying "you're technically correct" and then looking after a random child.
They only stopped it because they decided you can't operate a train and keep a kid safe at the same time, and weight is not a great way to price childcare.

My wife's grandfather worked for the post office in a rural area and delivered live chicks to farms. With enough postage you could mail just about anything.

With FedEx the child would be neither living or breathing when it arrived.

Miss me with the pro-privatized corporate slop. Where my public service homies at?

Still would use over fedex

It's the living and breathing part the others have a problem with.

Here's some context. Context

I do love that these postmen also just staight-up posed for photos with the babies they were carrying. Staight up the same shit we'd do now.

Also this seems like the exact kind of child endangerment that would happen in a Ghibli film.

Context

Tbf most of the other companies were not around back then (100 years ago) so maybe they would have also shipped kids (for profit)...

Nothing sent by DHL, UPS or Fedex is mail.

People weren’t using enough stamps.

It’s fine when the baby is shipped but then it grows and it doesn’t have enough stamps for the weight at delivery.

Where the kids safe and healthy when they arrived?

You can still mail bees!

Fun fact: USPS still ships livestock

They were breathing when they stamped em.

Just knowing about FedEx and the shit they pull, if they did ship a kid you'd never hear about it.

Royal mail posted more....

now the GOP is trying to USPS to discredit mail in ballots.

Postie just casually dropkicking a child into the bush when you're not in.

I had heard about it and by now I’m just surprised it was only 7…

Didn't know they delivered to Epstein Island /jk