Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-17
TRUNK TALK.
Facts for People Who Come Home with
Their baggage Smashed"

Facts for People who Come Home with
Their baggage Smashed"
"Our trade" said trunk manufact-
urer. "makes a splendid barometer of
the business interests Of the country.
When thore is big demand for trunks
it means not only that people have made
enough to be able To indulge in the lux
ury of travel, but that firms are sending
out statesmen more largely than before,
and that the commercial world is be-
coming more and more animated and
trade brisk"
How long will trunk last?"
THAT is question can not readily
answer, simply becwuse it depends en-
tirely how much travel it has. Many
people don't use trunk more than
once year, and good trunk used at
that rate ought to last n lifetime, but
then there are others who travel most
of the time. Their trunks are left most
of the year to the tender mercies of the
baggage-smashcr, who is the trunk
makers best friend. The railway COM
panies, with their stalwart. go-as-you-
please methods of handling trunks, are
n source of revenue to us, and we ap-
preciate their Efforts
what kind of trunk do you sell the
most of pn
1.-The most popular style of trunk
here is the Saratoga or French trunk.
More of these are sold than any other,
think, because they are so we'll adapted
for ladies' use. They have more COM
partments in them, more little trays, hat
receptacles, and, best Of all, deep bot
tom that will hold a wardrobe. There
are only fifty styles of Saratoga trunks,
besides tho steamer. The trunk has
not been invented yet that can complete
ly withstand very many railroad trips.
A good Saratoga should last one or two
seasons before going to the repair shop.
They arc good deal cheaper than sew
cral years ago. Now these trunks are
most used by fashionable ladies, and of
course the sale is enormous each year.
"What would you call the best trunk
for general usc?"
1.-The canvas covered trunk. Their
sale increases every year, and they are
found TO be stronger and more able to
stand rough usage. They have more
wear in them than tho leather-covered
ones. The body of the trunk is made
out of strong white pine and the top of
tough Eastwood. The secret in making
good, lasting trunk is to have good
top. So many trunks are piled one on
top Of the other, they will be giving
way or breaking in. Theater or prop
crty trunks are, of course, strong, be-
cause they are covered with bands.
They have only n limited sale. The tin
or crystallized trunk is manufactured
almost especially for Southern trade.
The colored people there will have no
other than q variegated, fancy-colored
tin or zinc trunk. The European leath-
or-bound or canvas-covered light trunk
is used almost exclusively for tourists.
In Europe only forty-five pounds of bag
gage arc allowed free of charge.
"How about sole-leather trunksp"
"They are not nearly SO popular as
they used to be. hear a rawhide trunk
has been made that will resist all at
tempts to smash it, but l imagine the
drawback will be when it gets wet and
shrinks. The trays will not fit then and
the drummer will have to telegraph to
the city for new trunk. ~ y Mail
/ and Express.