Warehouses in foreign countries for storage of merchandise in transit or in bond

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Identifikator:: 863514456

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-45340

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Warehouses in foreign countries for storage of merchandise in transit or in bond

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Government Printing Office

Year of publication:: 1905

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (206 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Europe

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22 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 11,000 tons of grain. There are two passages for tracks under the silos; the ground floor is used exclusively for delivering. Insured value, $127,508. From patriotism and necessity the free port has always been man aged by men of thorough training, and the business public are emi- nenetly satisfied with the services rendered. During the past few years the trans-Atlantic trade has gradually been transferred to the free port until (and this condition has only been fully realized dur ing the past year) the entire distribution of this trade takes place in the free port. Shipping interests and merchants alike have found in the free port not only a protection but a positive impetus to Danish trade. It was constructed to meet the competition brought by the construction of the Kiel Canal. There is now a feeling of security where previously there was the constant fear that the importance of Copenhagen as a distributing center would be reduced to a minimum, owing to the existence of the Kiel Canal and to the great advantage which Hamburg enjoyed through its superior facilities and its larger interests. The free port has enabled Danish merchants to hold the trade of the Scandinavian countries and of the Russian ports on the Baltic which had been won through well-directed and patient effort, and which, without a free port, seemed in great danger of being lost. There are no available figures showing the receipts and expendi tures of the free port. SERVICES AND CHARGES. The services rendered consist of discharging and loading ships, warehousing goods and delivering them from warehouse, renting stor age rooms and spaces, renting offices, and furnishing electricity for light and power. Charges for storage are by the month of thirty days. Rates vary according to the article to be stored. 0 The rate for “ anchors,” for instance, is 2 ore (about one-half cent) per 100 pounds; for “dried apples,” 5 ore (about cents) per 100 pounds; for “bed feathers,” 11 ore (about 3 cents) per 100 pounds, etc. It is impossible to procure a general statement covering the cost of the removal of goods from boat to warehouse, and vice versa. Information along this line can be obtained in case of specific inquiry. STORAGE OF GOODS. The principal classes of goods stored are grain of all kinds, feed, coffee, lumber, sugar, lard, oil, farm machinery, tobacco, hardware, fruits, sirup. Great quantities of goods arrive in the free port from the United States, but it is only in exceptional cases that such goods are the prop erty of American firms. They are in most cases goods which have been purchased by Danish merchants, and lie in warehouse at the dis posal of such merchants. All nationalities are treated exactly alike. Most of the goods received at the free port are delivered in the course of eight days from the first discharging day of the ship. This is due to the fact that no warehouse rent is charged for the first eight °A detailed table showing the published storage rates and also the yearly rates for offices, sheds, etc., is on file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.

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