SHIPPING 



for example, is combined with nine fast 

 freight lines. Freight agents of local roads 

 in the principal towns usually represent the 

 fast freight lines and are prepared to tran- 

 sact business. 



In seaport cities there are firms styling 

 themselves foreign freight contractors, out- 

 ward freight agents, steamship agents, or 

 ship brokers. These firms are prepared to 

 quote prices on shipments to any part of the 

 world on either regular or tramp ships. 

 They will give freely to intending shippers 

 full information concerning methods and 

 conditions of shipment. There is nothing 

 mysterious about the business of shipping 

 farm products. The necessary details may 

 be acquired by inquiry in the channels indi- 

 cated and by a little study of the data, which 

 will be cheerfully furnished. 



RAILROAD RATES 



A great many factors are involved in 

 determining the rate which is charged for 

 transporting different products. In a cer- 

 tain sense it is doubtless true that the rate 

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