318 SELLING LATIN AMERICA 
strapped with iron bands, half an inch wide 
around each end, and wrapped first in water 
proof paper, then sewn in burlap, and NOT 
TO WEIGH more than 40 kilos (about 100 
pounds)”—do exactly this and NOTHING 
more. 
The iron bands and the heavy wood of the 
packing case insure protection against break 
age during its ocean and railway voyage. 
The waterproof paper will serve to keep the 
contents of the case from rain and snow 
storms, to say nothing of preventing the spray 
of the ocean while it is in the lighter, from 
damaging its contents. The burlap sewed 
over all is a visible defense against theft en 
route, either by the customs authorities or by 
the pack train men. The weight of 40 kilos 
means that it may be strapped to the side of a 
burro, and form one of two such packages to 
be carried by him. Eurthermore the wood of 
the case being half an inch wide, means that 
when the box reaches its destination, it can be 
sold to the coffin maker for conversion into a 
baby’s casket, because wood of this nature is