It weighs approximately 750 pounds and the freight from the factory to Chicago would be $1.60.
An increase of 10 per cent would add sixteen cents to the cost of all this furniture.
LESSON VI.
Freight Rates and a Business Suit.
Behold this business suit which no one would be ashamed to wear.
It might cost anywhere from $10 up to $35, according to the reputation of the tailor or the rent and advertising rates he pays.
The freight rate on such a suit of clothes, including hat and shoes, for a distance of 300 miles from any of our large jobbing or distributing centers is approximately three and one-half cents.
A 10 per cent increase would add a little more than one-third of one cent to the cost of this suit, and it would add no more if it cost $50 or $100.
LESSON VII.