SHIPPING BASKETS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 392, 12 November 1903, Page 6

SHIPPING BASKETS.

Some of Them Are Pretty Costly But They Mu«t H«- Mude to Stand the Wear, The familiar shipping basket, such : .jj ...... m:;'hi see rolled aeros slhesidev.a!': or carted about on a truck. almost any day ::";! anywhere, in the wholesale dislriets of the city, is about as hsr.yy and substantial and well-i.:.-i< ■• :is anything there is produced in :t«e baskr' way. mid sonic shipp'ri : l.;i-;' ■•«..; ptsSt I< good lit t of IllOlH'y. Itoilcd about, filled often with heavy load?, pounding up and down steps. 'and thrown on and off trucks they all have to be built to stand trouble, and they all cost something, a New York exchange. Any om- of these simple looking baskets might have cost five dollars, ten tii l|p«-s or §ls. Some cost as much as >''!'; and this for a basket perhaps not more than 4x- M jv-.' l , feet. Baskets of the highcsl price named would be made for us-- where lines of heavy goods were handled. A shipping basket such as that would l«e made of .-.fleeted materials put together with care, [t would be bound wiih wood and the wood bindings reel! forced with iron. The corners of :!»«■ basket, from tup to bottom, would he hound with rawhide, hide witli tin: hair on being used, the narrow, vertical, rounding panels of Ibis at ils four corners giving to the basket a touch of natlitiess in appearance, but in reality so binding it together that horses couldn't pull it apart. And then this basket is mounted on casters. This is the shipping basket indestructible. It comes high, but it will ctand the racket, and last for years.

Impatient Diner—"l Bay, ain't you ever going to bring that pie I ordered half an hour ago?" Patient Waiter—"Vie is generally regarded os very unhealthful. and the longer you have to wail for it the longer your life will be preserved. Really, sir, 3'ou ought to be grateful instead of impatient.**—T'.oston Transcript.