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wagons delivered at the packing house 
into the cars at the packing house will 
average forty-five cents per box addition¬ 
al, of which about one-half, or twenty- 
two cents a box, is labor, thus making a 
total labor cost of sixty-five to sixty- 
eight cents a box of the oranges (includ¬ 
ing the raising of them) loaded in cars 
ready for transportation to market, out 
of a total cost of one dollar and ten 
cents a box. 
The freight from packing houses to 
destination, as shown by the books of 
the Florida Citrus Exchange on the to¬ 
tal shipments by it out of the State of 
Florida for the season 1911-12, was six¬ 
ty-five and seven-tenths of a cent a box 
for the entire shipments of the Florida 
Citrus Exchange for the season of 1911- 
12. (See signed statement of the Traf¬ 
fic and Claim Manager of the Florida 
Citrus Exchange, dated January 3, 1913, 
file 3 T 76.) 
Foreign — 
The daily consular trade report issued 
by the Department of Commerce and La¬ 
bor January 23, 1912, deals largely with 
citrus production in the Valencia dis¬ 
trict in Spain. This report is based en¬ 
tirely on the Spanish box of oranges, 
which weighs 'one hundred and sixty- 
five pounds net, and the cost given 
hereafter referring to foreign production 
divide the box cost given in this consu¬ 
lar report by two, in order to reduce it 
to eighty-two and a half pounds of or¬ 
anges net per box. The California box 
only averages seventy-two pounds net per 
box, therefore the Spanish box contains 
two and three-tenths California boxes in 
net fruit. This consular report shows 
that it costs the growers in the Valencia 
district, including all charges of every 
nature and kind, including the rental for 
land, which amount of rental per acre 
(thirty-five to fifty dollars) is higher 
than the average profit per acre made by 
the Florida citrus grower—thirty-one 
cents a box on the eighty-two and a half 
pounds box to produce on the trees. The 
same report shows that these oranges 
can be—and are—taken from the trees, 
hauled, packed and delivered on board 
ship for thirty-five cents a box more, 
including all labor and material, making 
a total cost of sixty-six cents per box f. 
o. b. shipping port, and that the ocean 
freight to New York City is twenty-five 
cents a box additional making a total 
cost of ninety-one cents per box delivered 
in New York, as against the cost of Flor¬ 
ida citrus fruits of one dollar and seventy- 
five cents per box, delivered. 
Adding to the ninety-one cents for¬ 
eign cost, delivered in New York, seven¬ 
ty-two cents per box duty, making a cost 
for the Valencia oranges of one dollar 
and sixty-three cents on board vessel 
New York, duty paid, as against one 
dollar and seventy-five cents from Flori¬ 
da producing points f. o. b. New York, 
or a lower cost for the foreign product 
delivered New York of twelve cents a 
box, even after paying the duty, than 
the Florida product. 
SELLING PRICE. 
The accompanying statement from the 
cashier of the Florida Citrus Exchange 
shows that the total amount received by 
the Florida Citrus Exchange for the 
