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to Fulton Fish Market. Of this amount the wholesalers paid 

 $296,800 on freight shipments, while the cost to the express com- 

 pany was $347,200. 



The final burden of this intracity transportation cost is placed 

 upon the fisherman shipping his products on consignment, as all 

 charges incidental to getting his product to the market are deducted 



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Fig. 4.— Percentage of arrivals of fishery products at each fish-receiving district of the metro- 

 politan area 



from the selling price. Tliis expense contributes to making it un- 

 profitable, as a rule, for fishermen to ship certain inexpensive and 

 plentiful varieties of fishery products to Fulton Market. A notable 

 instance is the whiting, which usually sells for a low price, the profit 

 on a barrel oftentimes being not more than sufficient to pay the 

 intracity transportation charges. 



