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Broken car. A trade term referring to a car from which a part of the contents 

 have been removed. 



Car-lot assembler. A term commonly applied to country merchants or buyers 

 who purchase in small lots and combine into car-lot quantities. 



Car-lot wholesalers. Distributors who buy fruits and vegetables in car-lot 

 quantities and sell to the jobbing or retail trade. 



Commission merchant. A dealer on the market who receives shipments on 

 consignment and sells to the best advantage, remitting the jiroceeds to the 

 shipper after deducting freight, drayage and other expenses, and a specified 

 commission. 



Consignee. A party to whom goods are consigned or shipped. 



Cooperative associations. Organizations of producers incorporated for the 

 purpose of grading, packing, shipping, or selling products grown by members 

 of the association. 



Distributors. Individuals, corporations, or associations whose business it is 

 to route, distribute, or market agricultural products. 



Draft. A written order from one person to another to pay to the order of the 

 drawer or of a third person a stated sum of money. In the marketing of 

 perishable products the term " draft " is used most frequently to designate 

 that document which is attached to the bill of lading and forwarded through 

 the banks for collection. 



Invoice. A statement sent to a consignee which gives a list of goods which 

 have been shipped to the consignee in question. 



Jobbers. Dealers at distributing centers who buy, usually in less than car-lot 

 quantities, from car-lot wholesalers or commission merchants and who in 

 turn sell to the retail trade. 



Jobbing price. The price at which the jobber buys his goods. 



Middlemen. According to popular usage this term applies to all those who 

 share in the profits and losses incident to the handling of goods between the 

 producer and consumer. 



Operators. Large wholesale firms which send their buyers or solicitors into 

 producing sections and which, through representatives or branch houses in 

 several large markets, secure a wide distribution for products which they 

 purchase or handle on consignment. 



Private exchanged. Distributing organizations incorporated as stock com- 

 panies and operated for profit. They distribute car-lot shipments for indi- 

 vidual shippers or producers' organizations, selling through salaried repre- 

 sentatives or brokers. 



Protest, acceptance under. Acceptance of a car by the consignee with the 

 proviso thai la- reserves the right to enter claim later against the railroad. 



Retailing. According to Stricl interpretation this term refers to sales made 

 by the retailer. On large terminal markets, however, selling to the retail 

 tiade is popularly referred to as retailing. 



Vendee. One to whom a sale is made. 



Vendor. < me who makes a sale. 



