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Show CO.N'I AIVDI'.S ((1ST MOSKV Wonder bow m:;.)i t i" :Y -i-.'-.t emigration, emi-gration, ;ui'd I h r.r .: .1 of Hi" freight and handling is chargeable lo the evolution in shipping customs -shipping containers, particularly? Ever watch a. car of barrels unloaded? One man, with the minimum of effort, ef-fort, can unload a car of 3 0 0 pound I barrels In 1-4 the time two men and ' a truck will unload a car of cases of the same goods. And there is practically practi-cally no damage to barrel goods in j transit. j Claims for danriged freight require , large department in the railroad's cneration, and a proportionate one in the office of each shipper. The cost of tho.-e departments, together to-gether with the losses, is charged hack to the consumer by both the rail road and the manufacturer. The barrel is two thousand five hundred years old as a container, and like many other things which have stood the test of time, improves with nge. Tt meets present shipping conditions con-ditions better than it did two Jhous'-' and years ago. Shipping in paper, glass and tin, small units in cases conls from f0 to 100 per cent more in original packing, pack-ing, adds unnecessary cost at every step, to the consumer, who pays. Add to these penalties the enormous enor-mous waste of the fancy containers, and it is not difficult to see why the cost of living mounts higher, ignor ing such small details as supply and demand. j |