Word: freighting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...London, for fear of "civil commotion in the ports," Lloyd's quadrupled its insurance rates on freight in the U. S. coastal trade...
...Francisco, the Chamber of Commerce announced that the strike had crippled shipment of $75,000,000 worth of West Coast freight, was adding to that figure at the rate of $3,000,000 per day. Relief rolls were swelling, heavy construction being curtailed, perishable foods intended for export being dumped on local markets. San Francisco's Federation of Churches requested a day of "public and private prayers" for a strike settlement...
Nonetheless, Albany was not content. It clamored to the Interstate Commerce Commission that high railroad freight rates put it at a disadvantage in competing with the ports of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston. Last week, over railroad protests, the I. C. C. recognized Albany as an Atlantic port, ordered the roads to allow Albany the lower rates to the western trunk lines applicable to seaborne goods landed at other eastern ports. In handling European shipping into the Midwest, Albany's new rate status puts her on a par with Philadelphia, behind Baltimore, ahead of New York. Another gain from...
...General Freight Agent...
Read one in the hands of an undersized freight rustler: "DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS...