. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Agmdeforeach type of engine BETTER FRUIT Scandinavia a Market for Northwest Apples Continued from page 14. foot for boxes and $ per 100 pounds for barrels. The duty on ap- ples is about 1% cents per pound. There are also several good lines connecting this country and Sweden. Regular schedules are maintained be- tween New York, Stockholm and Gothenburg. The ocean rates on ap- ples are $ per barrel and $ per box. The duty on apples entering Sweden is somewhat less than iy2 cents per pound. Boats run from New York to Copen- hagen twice and sometimes thre
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Agmdeforeach type of engine BETTER FRUIT Scandinavia a Market for Northwest Apples Continued from page 14. foot for boxes and $ per 100 pounds for barrels. The duty on ap- ples is about 1% cents per pound. There are also several good lines connecting this country and Sweden. Regular schedules are maintained be- tween New York, Stockholm and Gothenburg. The ocean rates on ap- ples are $ per barrel and $ per box. The duty on apples entering Sweden is somewhat less than iy2 cents per pound. Boats run from New York to Copen- hagen twice and sometimes three times a month. Ocean rates are 70 cents per cubic foot and $ per barrel. The duty is negligible, being about 6% cents per 100 pounds. There is practically only one way of transacting business in the apple trade between this country and Scan- dinavia. The actual importers prefer to do business through resident agents on a commission ranging from 3 to 10 per cent, which is arranged for and included in the quoted price. The resident agents receive cable quotations f. o. b. New York. They present these to a clientele of apple im- porters and cable the acceptance. The transaction then becomes one between the importers and the shippers on the basis of cash against documents or sight draft attached to bill of lading, and payable before inspection or de- livery at the bank in the foreign port. Inspection on behalf of the importer at port of shipment is not usual, though sometimes arranged. The agents do not handle the cash. The shippers receive the total amount from the importers through the bank and settle with the importers quar- terly or as arranged. The duties of the agents are confined to placing or- ders and to making necessary adjust- ments, etc. The main essential to success in bus- iness conducted this way is delivery of the goods at the time promised. Failure in this respect offers the only reasonable loophole for rejection. An importer who purchases for the Christmas t
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