. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ODCN wrm^y^ DeADEDB" WHO PAYS THE FREIGHT? It would seem that President Wilson's shipping bill, if it passes, will be a benefit to florists in America. It is a notorious fact that foreign lines give rebates to shippers, thus giving the for- eign shipper an extra profit at the ex- pense of the consignee who pays the freight. Florists are careless about paying freight. If they would add the freight and advance charges to the in- voice price of their bulbs it would sur prise some of them to know how much they actually are paying. The foreign stea
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ODCN wrm^y^ DeADEDB" WHO PAYS THE FREIGHT? It would seem that President Wilson's shipping bill, if it passes, will be a benefit to florists in America. It is a notorious fact that foreign lines give rebates to shippers, thus giving the for- eign shipper an extra profit at the ex- pense of the consignee who pays the freight. Florists are careless about paying freight. If they would add the freight and advance charges to the in- voice price of their bulbs it would sur prise some of them to know how much they actually are paying. The foreign steamship lines usually work "under agreement," thereby limiting competi- tion. For instance, the Holland line will take no plants, and the Red Star line will take no bulbs, in normal years, and each line ch^rge^ what it pleases. Because these lines fly foreign flags they are beyond the jurisdiction of our laws, which, relative to shipping, are an international joke. When the Pan- ama canal opened, we thought we would get cheaper freight from Japan to New York. January 25 the steamer lines via the canal raised their rates twenty- five per cent and ten per cent. So it is still cheaper to ship the old way, across the continent by rail, than by the canal we so generously built for the benefit of steamship lines. Florists can- not do much, as they seem to be a class of tradesmen who will not organize col- lectively for their mutual benefit; but they can watch carefully what freight they pay, and buy their goods f. o. b. American cities, thus compelling the foreigners to pay their own freight to their own corrupt lines. Ralph M. Ward. HOLIDAY PROBLEMS. A few years ago, when I told in The Review about Ane of my dismal fail- ures on a holiday, after having gone the limit in advertising, one of your readers replied that I '' didn 't' strike the trade from the right ; Be- ing new and green in the business, I was greatly impressed by that remark and I have been trying to
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