Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-31
AMERICAN EXPORTERS
FINDING RICH FIELD
IN RUSSIAN EMPIRE
POSSIBILITIES FOR TRADE WITH
THAT COUNTRY ARE
GREAT
DIFFICULTIES ALSO MANY

moro the AmoficnN buain.pa inen ape
pcar a. be investigating commercial
possibilities IN itusRlh. Bvory steamer
from Amcflce brings steadily lpcfeaH.
I Ing numbers ~ them. and Americans
nrr continually streaming In from Pc
trogfad ana Moscow with their pockets
filled with contracts ~ ne proceeds ~
snlon
4 There n. however. % very considcfa-
{ blc number who either 40 no farther
+ than Stockholm or who roach thrir
aims only after many weeks ~ weary
whiting here These are the men who
neaieoted before shipping their goods
a. inform themselves ~ the conditions
| 10 b" mot. or fout'r. ~ thinus csHon.
tlal 20 the sale and delivery ~ goods
/ IN Russia.
A typical case iH that 81 tho repre-.
/ sentative ~ certain automobile nfmf
/ 10 America. who came to Htnckhnlm
With some motor trucks Intended fpr
/ Russia despite The fact Inst it Dr. near.
/ ~ two years since the swedish 'atiln-
meni enacted Law refusing transit to
motor vehicles In any ana nil eircum p
stances This lnw. enacted on January
| o. 1915 prohibits absolutely and nm
( qunlifedly lhe transit lhfouah sweden
Z Ga Nuasia ~ arms ~ parts thereof
! ammunition, war material not Hreclally
mentioned. lend w nii forms and motor
vehicles ~ any Kind
Tho Ahipper Of tho motor trucks was
Inclined 10 roprn1oh the lffiHh Em
hnRny in Washington Tor having lsaucd
90 him ipttnfa ~ assurance on HrilrleH
which couli nos be- transmitted
through sweden q may boz lint tho
a.
TINT isnuea those ioitors were not in
mliiar with the Swedish hw quite
npnrf however from The question Of
whether they knew of ahoula hryc civ.
ga warming. American shippers should
nndefsinnd TINT lciicrl ~ nasurlnc'
nte in no why ~ guaranty ihat the
goods covered nro wanted hv or c1n
onirf Huesin. 90 MAT they con cross
Sweden.
Russia In common with ul other
hciilHcreni countries. hnH prohibited
The importation of Certain goodH and
closely restricted The Importation 81
others GENERALLY Fpentlur All iuSur
ioq may not hc brought into me om
plrc.
rho nnt ~ ihlnos wanted iH subject
a. froaueui alteration. conditions oui
n
"a given moment io seemed certain ntii'
clos mithor AZ present FOR instance
IL appears Impossible a. got Hny coffee
across Sweden Al lcnat cine big smp.
J mon from I'm American finn has beer
held up for months because the swed
iah government demands. me- cnnii
, lion precedent to PERMITTING 30 Co h'
taken aCroes the klugdom. that n thlr'
III the onhntiiv boz SOLD in sweden
Tho british government refuses q
consent
Another detail Ia which American
shippers nuprar often uuiuformrd s.
tne mutttr ~ routes which now WIFI
I the approach ~ winter becomes im
pnrinut German nuhmnrlncH hove fc
7 Gently hoon marrying shipping Boa q"
! gulf of iuihnn to such an eXtCnt ihn
/. II has boon seriously vauctcd TN
y result haa naturally been accumulated
; az cooda ia swoaish ports on thr guli
rho ncvuns no 80 the Gulf ot iiothnin
which may com, now ai AN time, WI
! close AN water connection hrtwcrl
/. sweden and Finnish ports unth nrN
Nprll Thoro viii romnin then ont
? che overland Route wa llnrapndn nm
/. Tnrntn This r. hneletrack rund
boih la sweden and in Finland thor
\ ia nnNihmu hut n surplus OF loeonn
uvcs ana othor rolling siock on ~
} swedish end and the routes ifanspot
lauun facilities arc in general Nn lw
npd TINT DELAYS of weeks end even 81
! months are possible ia the case 81
sonda not wanted with rt"at utRenc'
L Archnuuel VIII soon le ie"nonh'
and Ia any event II ia and has hern q
nttie Importance fpr shippers dcHirin
| 10 avoid the scandinavian route. iuns
much Ia the transportation facilitit
there have hardly more than snfficc
|. 40 handle g,.Ncfnmont impprtAunns ,
| materials needed foI the conduct ,
| the war II is rcpnfisd nnolfciall
thai the completition of the now rail-
way from Nounm 20 NcNandrovs
may he expected soon, hWi ino oulim
ls,lc hopes must not hc msrd ON "a
report AlcNhudrov~k u ive-ficv "a
/ winter
American shippers desiring to "a
goods into Russia between noW am
/ the ronncninr of water tfnnsporiAuo
IN the spring should keep taenselv'
informed to the minute ns to tr1nspoi
taton conditions via itaparauda. As
goods ,lcsirrd and which VIII or ~
Vnrvd Va cNrcdition. and as Ga cond
lions w sweden rerardmg transit
ueal.vt 90 obtain up-tn-date infufmn
ton about any and an Of these doiai
may probably viii myan vcNaiior
delays and loss of profits or even MOI