The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . eral hundred miles to the liome townof its principal competitor, and the Streatorl»roduct was ]mt down in that town at a cost of$r_() more than tiie tigures of its rival, and yetfound a ready sale. The Hchmitz banana crate is conceded by allcommission men and packers to be absolutelyiinei|ualled for its puriiose. Tt has no competi
The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . eral hundred miles to the liome townof its principal competitor, and the Streatorl»roduct was ]mt down in that town at a cost of$r_() more than tiie tigures of its rival, and yetfound a ready sale. The Hchmitz banana crate is conceded by allcommission men and packers to be absolutelyiinei|ualled for its puriiose. Tt has no competi-tor that pretends to rival it in quality. The onlycompetitive point is price, and when service 34 THE STORY OF STREATOR. and durability are considered tlie question iseliminated, and the Streator erate is without arival. The anil)ition oi Mv. Schmitz is not tofind how cheap he can make his crate, but howgood. He has constantly added features im-proving the quality of his outi)ut, ;intil he nowhas a crate that can l)e jiuaranteed to shiji])ananas any distance without injury. Some of these features are ^•ery im|)oi-tant is the inner cushion of sackcloth which keeps the fruit absolutely free fromcontact witli the outci- wooden framework of the. Bacana Crate. crate at any point. The same device is also agreat labor saver, and enables a workman topack five of the Schmitz crates while he is ])ack-ing one of the othei sort. The cushion ]iermitsthe goods to be shi]>i)ed any distance with ])er-feet ]jrotection against bruise or jar. The wooden portion of the crate is made ofa peculiar quality of lumber treated by a pro-cess devised by Mr. Schmitz which makes it ashard as a rock and almost as dura))le as crate made in the factory has the date ofmamifacture stamjjed on it so that users may know how long it is lasting. The wood comesto the factory in planks and is cut uji into slatsand hoops by sjjccial nuichinery on the i)rem-ises. Tliesr are boiled and s
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