Music Trade Review
Issue: 1916 Vol. 62 N. 24 - Page 11
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THE MUSIC TRADE
agreed upon, accompanied by documents, the
latter being delivered to the consignee upon ac-
ceptance or payment of draft as the case may
be.
Business men are accustomed to this pro-
cess through their dealings with European
houses, who as a rule, demand this kind of set-
tlement, and, therefore, there is seldom any ob-
jection.
Drafts drawn with bills-of-lading and other
documents attached are called documentary
drafts. These may be negotiated through any
bank doing foreign business which will ad-
vance a part, or sometimes the full face value, to
shippers in good standing; for this ordinary in-
terest and collection charges are made.
I have now gone over the ground as exhaus-
tively as my time limit, perhaps also your pa-
tience, will permit, except to touch upon the
Mode of Packing and Shipping
In the United States this department may seem
subordinate; but, as a matter of fact, it is of
genuine importance as to shipments to foreign
lands.
In the matter of packing the home shipper is
inclined to be careless. He will often use al-
most any kind of box—sometimes a poor new
one or a worse second-hand one; sometimes the
goods will occupy one-half the space, the other
being filled with anything that happens to be
handy—straw, hay, all kinds of old paper, etc.
Not infrequently the boxes are shaky and in-
secure because poorly nailed and not strapped
when containing heavy merchandise.
Of late years, this condition has been some-
what bettered, but there is still room for con-
siderable improvement. Merchandise shipped
to foreign markets must be well packed, if you
expect the same to reach its destination safely.
Boxes to be carried safely for long distances
and most always subjected to rough handling
should be made of good lumber—I recommend
spruce or hemlock—not too thick or too thin;
to my mind, hardwoods, including yellow pine,
should be avoided because they are too heavy
and are liable to split in nailing. When contents
are heavy, boxes should be battened and, in all
cases, lined with water-proofed paper, and
strapped. Some steamship companies stipulate
the latter conditions in their bills of lading.
Boxes should not be too large or too small.
When too large, the consignee will have to
pay an unnecessarily heavy freight bill; and
when consigned to countries where the packing
Thousands of
r-Piano Owners
re SINGING this
^ monstration roll
T\re you?
The Vocalstyle Music Roll
is sold at a very decided profit
.to the dealer. If you are not
fully informed, write for our
Advertising and Selling Plan
for 1916
REVIEW
is dutiable, he will be furthermore called upon
to pay duty on the excessive weight of the
box.
If the box is too small, the packing must of
necessity be defective because of the insufficient
room for packing material. For packing ma-
terial, excelsior, straw or hay may be used ac-
cording to the character of the merchandise.
It is extremely important that the packing ma-
terial be perfectly dry, so that the contents
may not draw moisture therefrom and probably
be damaged or entirely spoiled.
All kinds of material of a high finish should
be well wrapped, preferably in water-proofed
paper. Cutlery and other highly polished metal
goods and all goods subjected to a long water
journey, or destined to damp climates, must be
wrapped (in water-proofed paper) as to insure
arrival in good condition. I would repeat once
more that packing material must be used per-
fectly dry.
In this specification I do not include the pack-
ing of heavy machinery or other kinds of bulky
iron or steel merchandise. Shippers of these
commodities are, as a rule, experienced packers.
We have now reached a point where we are
ready to ship the goods. I need not tell you
that boxes must be plainly marked with ink
that will not easily be rubbed off. Boxes should
be consecutively numbered, and either bear the
address of the consignee in full, or this may be
denoted by his or your own initials, or any
other mark you may choose.
Naturally the same marking must appear in
the dock receipt, bill-of-lading and insurance
declaration, which should be plainly written,
concurrent, and absolutely correct.
Should you undertake to do your own ship-
ping, I recommend the making of one correct
bill-of-lading and then, from it, the balance upon
a duplicating machine; this process will insure
correctness. Erasures are not permissible on
any of these documents.
*
In my judgment, this is as far as I should go
in my endeavor to describe "shipping methods,"
because of the perplexity of this department.
Each steamship company has its own form
of bill-of-lading.
Every South and Central
American country, and Cuba, has its own regu-
lations and rules governing consular invoices,
certification of bills-of-lading, certificates of
origin, the shipping of goods "to order" (to
some countries, for instance, Colombia, goods
cannot be sent "to order"), the marking of
boxes with respect to gross and net weights,
etc.
Therefore, I recommend that either you do
your shipping through a shipping agency, or
gradually work into its mysteries yourself. In
either case I advise you to procure a copy of
the Exporters' Encyclopaedia or Red Book, pub-
lished by the Exporters' Encyclopaedia Com-
pany, No. 78 Broad street, New York, which
gives full instructions covering all countries.
It will also tell you where you can buy such
necessary blanks as are not furnished by the
consuls.
The remarks heretofore made with respect
to consular invoices and other papers do not
include or refer to shipments to Great Britain
or any of its colonies. Invoices for shipment
to Canada must be certified as to their correct-
ness, but need not be sworn to. Australia and
other British possessions do not require any
special papers or formalities.
Those of you who are experienced in the
method of export will liken the reading of
this paper to the reading of the A-B-C's to a
college graduate. However this may be, I shall
feel amply repaid for my efforts if only some
of you are benefited thereby.
If wages continue to soar, as they have of
late, with carpenters demanding $5.60 for an
eight-hour day, many other trades striking for
higher wages, and the cost of materials advanc-
ing enormously, we shall be unable to do any
export business, even if we wish to.
THE VOGALSTYLE MUSIC GO.
CINCINNATI, O.
The Dunham Music Store, in Asheville, N. C ,
is featuring the Melville Clark Apollophone.
11
Victrola XVI, $200
Victrola XVI, electric, $250
Mahogany or oak
Other styles $15 to $400
Victor
supremacy
V i c t r o l a supremacy
points the ways to success
for every music dealer. It
marks the "path of least
resistance.''
Victor Talking Machine Co.,
Camden, N. J., U. S. A.
Berliner Gramophone Co., Montreal.
Canadian Distributor!
Important w a r n i n g . Victor Records can be safely and sat-
isfactorily played only with Vitttr Niidlti or Tungi-Unt Stylus on
Victors or Victrolas. Victor Records cannot be safely played
on machines with jeweled or other reproducing points
THE MUSIC TRADE
agreed upon, accompanied by documents, the
latter being delivered to the consignee upon ac-
ceptance or payment of draft as the case may
be.
Business men are accustomed to this pro-
cess through their dealings with European
houses, who as a rule, demand this kind of set-
tlement, and, therefore, there is seldom any ob-
jection.
Drafts drawn with bills-of-lading and other
documents attached are called documentary
drafts. These may be negotiated through any
bank doing foreign business which will ad-
vance a part, or sometimes the full face value, to
shippers in good standing; for this ordinary in-
terest and collection charges are made.
I have now gone over the ground as exhaus-
tively as my time limit, perhaps also your pa-
tience, will permit, except to touch upon the
Mode of Packing and Shipping
In the United States this department may seem
subordinate; but, as a matter of fact, it is of
genuine importance as to shipments to foreign
lands.
In the matter of packing the home shipper is
inclined to be careless. He will often use al-
most any kind of box—sometimes a poor new
one or a worse second-hand one; sometimes the
goods will occupy one-half the space, the other
being filled with anything that happens to be
handy—straw, hay, all kinds of old paper, etc.
Not infrequently the boxes are shaky and in-
secure because poorly nailed and not strapped
when containing heavy merchandise.
Of late years, this condition has been some-
what bettered, but there is still room for con-
siderable improvement. Merchandise shipped
to foreign markets must be well packed, if you
expect the same to reach its destination safely.
Boxes to be carried safely for long distances
and most always subjected to rough handling
should be made of good lumber—I recommend
spruce or hemlock—not too thick or too thin;
to my mind, hardwoods, including yellow pine,
should be avoided because they are too heavy
and are liable to split in nailing. When contents
are heavy, boxes should be battened and, in all
cases, lined with water-proofed paper, and
strapped. Some steamship companies stipulate
the latter conditions in their bills of lading.
Boxes should not be too large or too small.
When too large, the consignee will have to
pay an unnecessarily heavy freight bill; and
when consigned to countries where the packing
Thousands of
r-Piano Owners
re SINGING this
^ monstration roll
T\re you?
The Vocalstyle Music Roll
is sold at a very decided profit
.to the dealer. If you are not
fully informed, write for our
Advertising and Selling Plan
for 1916
REVIEW
is dutiable, he will be furthermore called upon
to pay duty on the excessive weight of the
box.
If the box is too small, the packing must of
necessity be defective because of the insufficient
room for packing material. For packing ma-
terial, excelsior, straw or hay may be used ac-
cording to the character of the merchandise.
It is extremely important that the packing ma-
terial be perfectly dry, so that the contents
may not draw moisture therefrom and probably
be damaged or entirely spoiled.
All kinds of material of a high finish should
be well wrapped, preferably in water-proofed
paper. Cutlery and other highly polished metal
goods and all goods subjected to a long water
journey, or destined to damp climates, must be
wrapped (in water-proofed paper) as to insure
arrival in good condition. I would repeat once
more that packing material must be used per-
fectly dry.
In this specification I do not include the pack-
ing of heavy machinery or other kinds of bulky
iron or steel merchandise. Shippers of these
commodities are, as a rule, experienced packers.
We have now reached a point where we are
ready to ship the goods. I need not tell you
that boxes must be plainly marked with ink
that will not easily be rubbed off. Boxes should
be consecutively numbered, and either bear the
address of the consignee in full, or this may be
denoted by his or your own initials, or any
other mark you may choose.
Naturally the same marking must appear in
the dock receipt, bill-of-lading and insurance
declaration, which should be plainly written,
concurrent, and absolutely correct.
Should you undertake to do your own ship-
ping, I recommend the making of one correct
bill-of-lading and then, from it, the balance upon
a duplicating machine; this process will insure
correctness. Erasures are not permissible on
any of these documents.
*
In my judgment, this is as far as I should go
in my endeavor to describe "shipping methods,"
because of the perplexity of this department.
Each steamship company has its own form
of bill-of-lading.
Every South and Central
American country, and Cuba, has its own regu-
lations and rules governing consular invoices,
certification of bills-of-lading, certificates of
origin, the shipping of goods "to order" (to
some countries, for instance, Colombia, goods
cannot be sent "to order"), the marking of
boxes with respect to gross and net weights,
etc.
Therefore, I recommend that either you do
your shipping through a shipping agency, or
gradually work into its mysteries yourself. In
either case I advise you to procure a copy of
the Exporters' Encyclopaedia or Red Book, pub-
lished by the Exporters' Encyclopaedia Com-
pany, No. 78 Broad street, New York, which
gives full instructions covering all countries.
It will also tell you where you can buy such
necessary blanks as are not furnished by the
consuls.
The remarks heretofore made with respect
to consular invoices and other papers do not
include or refer to shipments to Great Britain
or any of its colonies. Invoices for shipment
to Canada must be certified as to their correct-
ness, but need not be sworn to. Australia and
other British possessions do not require any
special papers or formalities.
Those of you who are experienced in the
method of export will liken the reading of
this paper to the reading of the A-B-C's to a
college graduate. However this may be, I shall
feel amply repaid for my efforts if only some
of you are benefited thereby.
If wages continue to soar, as they have of
late, with carpenters demanding $5.60 for an
eight-hour day, many other trades striking for
higher wages, and the cost of materials advanc-
ing enormously, we shall be unable to do any
export business, even if we wish to.
THE VOGALSTYLE MUSIC GO.
CINCINNATI, O.
The Dunham Music Store, in Asheville, N. C ,
is featuring the Melville Clark Apollophone.
11
Victrola XVI, $200
Victrola XVI, electric, $250
Mahogany or oak
Other styles $15 to $400
Victor
supremacy
V i c t r o l a supremacy
points the ways to success
for every music dealer. It
marks the "path of least
resistance.''
Victor Talking Machine Co.,
Camden, N. J., U. S. A.
Berliner Gramophone Co., Montreal.
Canadian Distributor!
Important w a r n i n g . Victor Records can be safely and sat-
isfactorily played only with Vitttr Niidlti or Tungi-Unt Stylus on
Victors or Victrolas. Victor Records cannot be safely played
on machines with jeweled or other reproducing points
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