Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-06-10

a. I.,,,n,o,,. n,scp1,tNxr1os.-We have before q
Tariff Of Commissions and Charges, ut Wilmington
aonte by the Wilmington Chamber Of Commerce, 70 60 n
to e on and after l day Of July 1885, in which we
are sorry to see the two following items: sd
On receiving and Forwarding goods by h"eI' on "
disbursed 20 per cent
son receiving and forwarding goods, by hah h0au 0
amount DISTURBED. l2A per cent"
This against the trade by the River does
not appear to cur merchants to be just They can see NO
good reason but the contrary they assure US 1na
the trouble of shipping by the Rail Road, taking receipts
SC is decidedly greater than in shipping by the river
then impose heavier tax that which is less aooiOuS
The Circular signed by fotywo of the most respecta
firms Wilmington, who have either acted hastily IN tne
matter may be able to give some satisfactory
of which appears in most rngracous ght TO tne
neghbors We shall be glad to the matter explained
but still more to see the discrimination abolished.
We take the above from the Fayetteville Observer
of the 9th inst We have no idea that either the OBJ
server, or the merchants of Fayetteville have any
wish to find fault unnecessarily although we think
that little reflection will convince them that there
is in fact, no discrimination against the trade by
the river, but the reverse and that there is good
reason for the difference in the per centage.
The rate charged on receiving and forwarding
goods by the river is 90 per cent on the amount dis
bursed. This amount, upon which such per centage
is charged, is simply the ocean freight-a compare
lively insignificant item the river freight being COL
lected at Fayetteville The rate charged on receiv.
ing and forwarding goods by railroad is ia per cent
on the amount disbursed and this amount includes
the freight on the railroad well as the ocean
freght-all of which is payable here.
In this way, it comes to pass that the amount dis
bursed here, and upon which commissions are char
red for recev;np and forwarding goods by railroad
is generally about three times large as for for
warding goods by the river, from the fact that on
railroad Shipments both and inland freight
paid here while on shipments by the river it is on
ly the ocean, freight-a comparatively small item
20 per cent upon which does not repay the trouble
of the commission merchant as we'll as I23 per cent
on the much larger amount in the other case. The
great body of our commission merchants look upon
this scale as more favorable to the river business
than 10 the railroad.
The following has been handed to us by membe
of the Chamber of Commerce, and will exhibit th'
state of the case at glance
Our commissions on forwarding 10 bbls. Sugar, weighing
say 300 lbs EACH by River would k following amounts
Say:
Freight from New York 81
Drayage to boat 2o-l
| Commissions at 70 per cent.
Our Commissions forwarding 10 bbls. Sugar by Ra
Road weight, would be on following amounts. Say
Freight from New York Isl 81
Drayage to Road. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 50
Freight to Goldshoro', which is the halfway sta
ton, and makes the comparative statement ~ .
Our commissions at 12k per cent............... 10
Thus you see for forwarding 10 bbs by River get
and by Rail Road 81 o. and the trouble exactly til
same either way.