Show applying the simple life principle HAT the movement for elin elimination lina T THAT of seldom used varieties of everyday commodities Is grow ing in scope and la Is sav nj millions of dollars to american commerce and hidu industry stry as manufacturers recognize the benefits benefit fro from 11 tills simplification process Is shown in ili a report to secretary of commerce hoover by Wil william linal A durgin hend head of tile division of simplified practice of the department apartment part ment at of commerce during tho the last ol quarter larter of 1023 the report shows ten industries with tile operation cooperation co of the div division isloa put into effect eliminations and covering a vast number of war varieties lettes of their products the effect being to bring down manufacturing costs and to ben bea be n eft distributors and con consumers buiners qu iners as well in the I industries tied up with building co construction mr air durgin points out simplifications affected metal laths baths building bricks range boilers and he hollow llosa building tile surveys of the brick industry showed 39 30 sizes of rough face brick and 30 siz sizes es of smooth face brick bri ek the conference of I 1 manufacturers builders and architects adopted ndoc ted one size and style in each eccli ease case eliminating 73 numbers previously made in deall dealing ag with hollow build building hig tile the varieties of sizes and weights were reduced from 30 to I 1 lp while in the case of metal laths baths sizes and weights asere cre reduced from to 24 covering both flat and r rib lb type claths laths developing lopIng the simplification process with regard to range boilers 13 anric varieties were retained out of a list of which had been revealed in the survey of tills this industry where there had been more than various dimensions of beds springs and mattresses matti esses the division was able to bring about ali a a agreement of on one length and four widths as aa standards for tills group and in the case of milk bottles the divisions survey indicated 49 styles and sizes of milk bottles with tops necessitating 28 sizes of caps meetings of those interested reduced the styles and sizes of bottles to alne and of caps for bottles to one |