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extent for the different companies, but the following 

 will give a fair average for the more important storage 

 companies : 



AVERAGE CHARGES IX CHICAGO STORAGE 



Per month Per season 



Eggs, per 30 doz. case 15 cents 60 cents 



Butter, per 100 Ibs 25 " 1.00 



Cheese, per 100 Ibs 20 " 75 " 



Apples, per barrel 15 " 50 " 



Apples, per box 10 " 35 " 



Lemons, per box 10 ' ' 40 ' ' 



Oranges, per box 8 " 30 " 



Dried fruit, per 100 Ibs 8 " 35 " 



Dried nuts, per 100 Ibs 10 " 40 " 



Advantages of Public Storage. There are certain 

 well-understood and well-recognized advantages to be 

 gained from the storing of fruit Some of these are of 

 primary importance to the producer, while others are 

 more or less in the interest of the consumer. These may 

 be listed as follows: (1) To prevent the fluctuation of 

 prices by offering too much fruit at any one time. (2) 

 To give a large variety for the consumer by lengthening 

 the keeping season of any one kind of fruit. (3) To 

 keep the fruit for a much longer period, thus giving 

 an opportunity to lengthen or even up the supply. (4) 

 To permit the use of more perishable kinds of fruit. 

 These reasons are so obvious, and have been commented 

 upon so much that little need be added. 



It is worth while to emphasize the fact that people 

 living in the large cities of the Eastern and Central states 

 would have a very meager supply of fresh fruit during 

 the greater part of the year were it not for the public 



