The Detroit times., 1914-08-26

was too much trouble TO put on red
examples have come TO our notice.
Conform TO all the general and PAL :
ticular business methods In vogue In
the countries In which you deal. such
as furnishing as many copies or mani
tests. and itemixed or certified invoices
as they may require. Indicating clearly
the exact contents OF each package.
all OF which are usually consecutively
numbered. BE especially careful al
ways to show on shipping manifest:
exact contents, and accurate gross and
contained in each box. crate or bale.
and wherever possible at ALL pack each
different class OF merchandise In sep
crate boxes for the reason that the
South American countries. specify
tss Rss no Ssu Rooas shs Mhs ss
plying to each class
When the goods arrive. the. first
thing the customer does. OF course, Ii
to get the goods out OF the customs.
Now, II these Instructions are not COM
piled with. and II the papers do not
reach destination as soon as the goods.
the result 10 that IL Is Impossible to
have the goods declared within the
time limit OF eight days allowed by
Az gentne and some OF the other gov
pss esa, ant at least s asa In some ms
stances more In the next event. II
the goods are packed In the usual
amorican style and not properly speci,;,
have To be opened In the custom house.
and new manifest made up In ac-
cordance with government require
psLss and loss of time. and adds ma
tarinlly to consignees cost laid down.
Be sure TO comply accurately with
ship shs forSsasding and rSoutinR n
structions. In the absence OF specific
instructions on these points II Is best
to engage reliable forwarding agents
to attend TO such details for you. as
these are Of great Importance Give
them whatever instructions you have,
s sg ss nn 'n Without amy
In delivery. BE particularly careful
and discriminating In the selection Of
are a number OF so-caiied forwarding
agents In New York who make IL q
practice to graft the animated Amer
&c san yos do not know Of
reliable concern In this line, make II
a point to get dependable Information
on the subject; DO not fail to have
same steamer that carries the goods:
failure In this respect causes great IN
convenience. annoyance and delay To
In making quotations, prices may be
named in either OF two ways. I. e.:
I. o. b. American port. or G f. de-
livery port but the importer invari-
I. o. b. American port. ascertain the
exact transfer, forwarding and con-
sular charges at such American port.
also the ocean freight and insurance,
Give your customer this information
to save him the necessity of doing all
this investigating for himself. IL in-
terested. He has then only to add
local charges and duties, to ind out
just what the goods will cost laid down
amount of time in your negotiations.
pleases the importer. and he Is surely
more apt TO give you his business In
appreciation of your attention.
right. and fully Up to all representa-.
ti6ns and specifications. quality counts
greatly; the Latin-American buyer Is
discriminating and good Judge ut
values; so don't try to fool , him; u wi1l
ways and under all circumstances ship
the exact amount. quality, style and
class of goods ordered. Even IL GER
tair article should become somewhat
superseded by something more i'm
proved, never substitute. Invariably
notify your customer. and get his In
structions to send your altered or I'M
proved goods.
1t is frequently the case that a hug
err wishes goods from several different
points In America, combined In one
ocean shipment. This Is attended to by
the forwa,ding agent at the s american sar
ward on one marine bill OF lading.
For instance. when an importer wants
a shipment OF trunks and say. collars.
nhippeS Sv, tosether With the collars Hs PPM IN
side the trunks No harm IL done TO
the Trunks, ana c0nEfderHbfe rs sawed