The Detroit news: eighteen hundred and seventy-three, nineteen hundred and seventeen, a record of progress: . hly, which, at the July, 1918, market price, cost$1,035. A year before, the bill would have been $825; two and a half yearsbefore, a little over $300. And at any price it is hard to get. Now, not only doesThe News have state agents return twine, but, wherever possible, it is dispensedwith and leather straps substituted. These, though the initial cost is high, may beused indefinitely. Wrapping paper is saved, labeling becomes unnecessary,accounting is simplified, deliveries are obtained
The Detroit news: eighteen hundred and seventy-three, nineteen hundred and seventeen, a record of progress: . hly, which, at the July, 1918, market price, cost$1,035. A year before, the bill would have been $825; two and a half yearsbefore, a little over $300. And at any price it is hard to get. Now, not only doesThe News have state agents return twine, but, wherever possible, it is dispensedwith and leather straps substituted. These, though the initial cost is high, may beused indefinitely. Wrapping paper is saved, labeling becomes unnecessary,accounting is simplified, deliveries are obtained with greater speed, and the workof the truck driver and his jumper is greatly lessened by the employment ofbulk instead of package delivery to agencies throughout the metropolitan item of which the layman might lose sight, is paste. The reductionin wrapping brought down the consumption, but The News still uses sevenbarrels a month. The use of government mail bags in large numbers has led to the installationof holders such as are employed in the post oflices, affixed to the under side of. E 8 Of I c O
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