New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-14
cOpENHAGEN FREE POET.

.nv,vr,Gr,s WHICH WILL ACCRUE TO AMERi
CAN snrrING ~ THE BALTIC.
s,n,ember l. 1894. VIII begin new era for
American traffic on the Baltic. The Free Fort ot
conenhaeen viii be opened on that date
The lu,por' q American products. 7uch as maze"
wheat and pork To- Russia East FRA" 'ia' S"'''"
a,1 denmark has been steadily incr"h@inf Tor srF-
cral years but. owing to the great distances De
tween the American AM the Baltic ports ana 10
49,. e.c, that many Of those are blocked by Ice Tor
ro,rlv SIX months Of the year the irailc mas
hitherto suffered from uncertainty, annoying 'iS
v,u merchants as "onsuners. The dep'h oil inc
wafer I'm many OF the ports IS not great 'ho"s"
TO receive the big steamers necessary Tor 'A' Trans
.tiantl. transport, and accordingly ih" feght 'N
,cnses have IN many eases reached an amount
,,,eter than the price paid ~ rca 10 the pro-
ducers The time ia which malzc and thc "'her
American products are mostly needed on the bd'''o
IA the ,nidwinter and early sprngtmc' when the
farmers have consumed al their own ''"P',
1U,,.r,o tho Grst cargocs OF maize 10 Russian ana
North Swedish harbOrs could arrive III MAY "' NV
earliest often after the farmers nav" taken thelr
c,,,le IN the grass fields Many farmers, therefore,
have no; used maize az feed at a.. a. they do hot
want TO buy In the summer what they are not B''"s
to use for several months IL
The Copenhagen Free Port viii put an e"d 10 nj
these diflicutlcr
The Sound il very seldom blocked with lee, anu
owing 20 the absence Of tides the Free Port aiiorus
an easy and convenient access at any tWe py ua9
and night summer and winter. The dep'h o' NV
v,ter in the Free Port will be from twenty-five 70
thirty feet There will be l2,"o Ic't p.''S 80,
b. G,ers viii be furnished with the most pcriec'
Ineckanisms for loading and dischAisln va. I'd
and with excellenty constructed WAREHOUSES; anu
sheds - -. ,,, IL. .xe,rnt from
Vs.sseIs entering the Free Port VIII De sNcinpo
the navmcnt of any dues 10 the DANISH oae, az ~
only bc charged with a pier1Sr OF - Peilor 'D
cents, nor ton The charges for ware houSihs M
for the use stores viii be rcyulhtcu ny
senctioned by the Government. DOCK warrants VIII
facilitate their sale or mortgafc uVpot o,nniisa
fish Goals viii be kept fully provided ana suPp"''
| furnished at the lowest rates. -. ,,., .,or.h,n,
Ia the Danish Norwegian ana Swedsh me- .,,a 80
ecet counts a great number OF vessels ana atea'nSi ,
Of different sizes 1t Will not De dHcuie, ~
anv nuantity 10 any port, and. as the IoSa' ,hir
rairnsds with their low freight rates nave tllsl'
racks on The piers and the Free Port ~ IN s.ca,
ferry connection with Mllmoe thcIo5' t"n 80,
in sweden there can be sent caiIoaHs " a'9 o."
ron I'm Denmark and sweden III, -, Conan
the unriyaled geographical position VI I,.nna,
hagen as a Free Port has always peei hi'V ~ =
and acknowIeiged As the city. however WIS u1c
"key 10 the Baltic" there was ior 1enI ,i ,core-
cesstv for taking steps in that direcuoh, ho onr
over a great number Of the CoPchh"s,Sn t5rns
chants were opposed 20 the idea men w ~ cnt
sian Government. four years ago sttTttn W, ,ha
,i,D ~ tho channel from the Notth SCI, !" ~
"a Ito uhr Schleswg TIolsteinishe Canal' 'o -
len C;ovcrn,nent considered the time had coi .o 10
act Ia protect the interests or DenIh"Ih III, 10,
and q must be Acknowledged that Inc III LII
been done in q vcry short time ana WIN , az ~
ond enSrgy 40 that the Copenhagen Ere Iort no."
viii be one OF the NEST perfect ana cHe'p'S' '
4 Lor In q