American Fork Citizen | 1920-07-10 | Page 5 | Poor Packing Causes Waste

Poor Packing Causes Waste. iB Few persons considering the cost of B living realize that more than $700,000,- H 000 Is atlded to the cost of their food, H clothing nnd other necessities each H year becnuso ot thu waste caused by IH damage, unscientific loading and the 'HI tremendous cost of packing theso J$m commodities. The railroads and tho , "jSfv! shippers realize it, ns shown by their ' mM conducting a campaign to reduce to JWm. the minimum the waste through darn nS age, and to utilize to the utmost tht Sjf capacity of freight cars, which ana Stii hauled half empty. Jtflfl These are some of the Items which) imt -enter Into this waste estimate dam- rfSt, age and theft, $100,000,000; wasted jjff lumber used only once la packing rftf cases, $240,000,000; empty car apace, uJM ,$200,000,000; and the staggering cast jw to thn railroads of hauling half easts; I vfi cars more than 0,000,000,000 naUeS, jm $107,000,000. It is estimated that frees Wjk 10 to 25 per cent of tho coat of fee- ' M1 stuffs goes to pay for tho crates Wm which are thrown nway, ruj