Thus a shipper of cattle is not entitled to have the extra wages and provisions of his cattlemen on board, nor the extra fodder consumed by the cattle during the stay at a repairing port, made as good as G.
It may be noted that the rules do not afford equal protection to a shipper in the comparatively infrequent case of his being put to expense by the delay at a port of refuge.
The western province, at all events, was well served for a pioneer country, and the shipper and consumer had no great cause for complaint.
It is a receipt of the shipper from the carrier for the goods delivered to the latter, and it is a contract representing the agreement between the shipper and the carrier.
A common carrier usually stipulates by special contract with a shipper the amount of charges for carriage.
If the shipper negligently packs goods so that they are injured by reason thereof, the carrier is not liable as an insurer.
By reason of the opportunity given a common carrier fraudulently to deprive a shipper of his goods, the law at an early time placed the exceptional liability of an insurer upon a common carrier.
A bill of lading is negotiable in the sense that it represents title or ownership of the goods, and in the sense that a purchaser takes the right of the shipper in the goods.
Under what circumstances is a shipper permitted to exercise the right?
If the consignee refuses to accept the goods, the carrier should notify the shipper of this fact.
It was practically impossible for a shipper to comprehend all the printed stipulations contained in a bill of lading.
The relation between a shipper and a carrier, after goods are placed in the hands of the carrier, is one of mutual benefit bailment.
Each shipper made the best bargain that he could, but whether he was doing better than his competitor was only a matter of conjecture.
By this method the real rate of freight which any shipperpaid was not known by his competitors nor by other railroad companies, the amount being a matter of bargain with the carrying company.
Naturally, he was very much disturbed at the possibility of losing our most valued connection, but I insisted and we stuck to our principles and refused to give the shipper the accommodation he had asked.
For this reason every shipper provided himself with all these sizes as a means of cleaning out as closely as possible.
He is a large shipper of onions to all parts of the United States.
The shipper has a somewhat different, but overlapping set of weather problems.
As finally passed the bill provides that railroad companies which fail to supply shippers with cars when proper requisition has been made for them, shall pay the injured shipper demurrage at the rate of $5 per car per day.
In the first place, where the absolute rate is established, there can be no discrimination, because the rate is known, it can neither be raised nor lowered, and the railroads have no opportunity to favor one shipper at the expense of another.
In the second place, the shipper is guaranteed a stability of rate schedules which is deemed necessary for settled business conditions.
Stubbs asked him how much he expected to pay for the potatoes and what he would get for them; and having obtained this information, he allowed the shipper a small profit and took the balance for freight.
On one occasion, for example, a shipper approached Stubbs and asked for a rate on a carload of potatoes from San Francisco to Tucson.
Under this plan, the shipper owns the goods until the receiver makes a sale and all the risks up to this point are his.
Joint account selling, where shipper and receiver agree on how returns shall be divided, is sometimes undertaken where mutual acquaintance justifies it.
There are many consignment houses of high character if theshipper will take the trouble to find them instead of shipping to any one who writes a good letter, and there is vigorous competition in the trade.
When an indorsement has once been made by the shipper or consignee writing his name and nothing more on the back of the bill of lading, the rights in and under it may be transferred from hand to hand by mere delivery.
The description of (1) the shipper and (2) the ship calls for no remark.
Even in such a case a bill or bills of lading will usually be given to enable the shipper to deal more conveniently with the goods by way of sale or otherwise.
The shipper must pay the agreed freight, and will not be entitled to claim delivery until the freight has been paid.
A shipper may, however, require the whole cargo space of the vessel to carry, for example, a full cargo of grain.
The shipper or consignee is not responsible for any delay which occurs before the ship has arrived at the place of delivery described in the bill of lading.
The function pure and simple is to advise the shipper where and when a truck can be obtained to haul his goods and to advise the truck owner where a load can be obtained.
To bring the shipper and truck owner together serves the interests of both.
It can be picked up at the door of the shipper and delivered at the door of the consignee, entailing only two handlings.
If necessary or desirable, a small charge can be made to the truck owner or the shipper for the service to cover whatever expense may be involved in starting and maintaining the bureau.
It is left entirely to the shipper and the truck operator to make their own agreement as to the rate to be paid for haulage, liability of the truck owner or driver for safety of the goods in transit, and so forth.
A Return-loads Bureau can be established by a Chamber of Commerce without creating any legal liability to the shipper or assuming any other responsibility.
The country shipper pays 1/2 cent a bushel commission for the sale of wheat.
The shipper must be on his guard lest he suffer loss through the variations in the classification or variations in their interpretations on the different markets.
Often railroads would like to combine for the purpose of preventing a big shipper from maintaining improper advantages at the expense of small shippers and of the general public.
We wish to insure as fair treatment for the small town as for the big city; for the small shipper as for the big shipper.
I ask this legislation not only in the interest of the public but in the interest of the honest railroad man and the honest shipper alike, for it is they who are chiefly jeoparded by the practices of their dishonest competitors.
It sometimes happens at present not that a rate is too high but that a favored shipper is given too low a rate.
Acting upon this principle, the shipper declares in the bill of lading that the goods shall be delivered unto the consignee or his assigns.
When a shipper stores his goods there is an implied contract with the storage company that the temperature required for the product will be furnished and maintained.
If a fire should occur without any negligence on the part of the company and goods on the way should be destroyed, it could not be held responsible for the loss if there was such a contract between the shipper and carrier.
Suppose a shipper should ask a carrier to take a load of potatoes or apples to Montreal in very cold weather.
Were the railroads to charge more than the service is worth to the shipper the service would not be desired.
At all events, if the clerk should insist on following the rules, the shipper could not justly complain, for this rule is a very reasonable one, as the courts have many times declared.
Very likely the shipper would say to the agent: "This is expensive; I wish you to take it as it is.
The shipper must be the loser unless he can show that it was caused by the negligence of the carrier.
They are not made in that way and every shipper knows it, nor are carriers required to heat them.
I believe now that every west-bound shipper is placed on an entire equality.
So I boxed them poor berries separate and I told the shipper what I'd done the day before.
Them little old barries at that last end of the patch began to ripen up fast; but I see they wouldn't bring me no price at all--not if the shipper seed 'em.
I got a repertation with the local shipper for havin' A-number-one fruit.
If they are not honest the President has the right to remove them; and if the shipper is unwilling to submit to their judgment, under the bill he has a right to go directly to the courts.
The shipper and the grocers here wouldn't pay us a decent price for our potatoes, even though folks in the cities were howling for 'em.
But the commission merchants there were in cahoots with the local shipper here; they said they wouldn't pay us a cent more than he would, not even if they was nearer to the market.
This opportunity was seized by the shipper and his crew to break the mirror, after which exploit they left the port the same night.
The Grecians were subject to the Egyptians at the time, and the above-named shipperbrought a valuable present to the king of Egypt, consisting of silver, gold, and silk garments.
With the qualities just named, the variety is, of course, a good shipper and might be in demand in the markets for culinary purposes.
The claim might be made that the billing clerk at the local freight office should have given the shipper the benefit of the lowest rate.
Frequently, however, a commodity rate exists between certain points which might, under certain conditions, be taken advantage of by a shipper located at a point outside of those named in the commodity tariff.
Any shipper who has been overlooked, should write to the freight departments of all lines in his territory asking to be placed on the mailing list to receive copies of all tariffs affecting his product.
This discriminates against no one, since everyshipper of the particular commodity between the points named is entitled to the special commodity rate.
The shipper may not pack his goods in a manner to secure the lowest rate, or he may not give the proper description in the shipping bill.
The shipper who is most persistent in following up his claims, is usually the beneficiary of the most prompt service.
It is an excellent plan, therefore, for the shipper to adopt a numerical system for the purpose of identification.
It is important to the carrier as proof of the same thing, to prevent the shipper from claiming that he has shipped different kinds or quantities of goods from those described in the bill of lading.
It is not only a receipt but a contract between the parties, the shipperand the carrier.
The railroad agent simply signs a bill of lading as it is presented to him by the shipperwho has made out the whole bill except the signature, and has loaded the car, the railroad agent seeing nothing of it.
They still belong to the original owner from whom the shipperstole them.
That is very common in business, in order that the shipper may retain title to the goods until he receives payment.
Of course, he has a right of action against the fraudulent shipper, but perhaps the shipper has run away or is irresponsible.
That means, "The shipper loaded this car and counted the contents.
The right is exercised by notifying the carrier to hold the goods for the shipper since the buyer has become insolvent.
Suppose the shipper stole the goods and brought them to the carrier and demanded and received an order bill of lading.
It is important to the shipper as proof that the carrier received goods, of such a quantity and of such a description, in good order.
In many cases railroads build spur tracks to factories and run empty cars up to the factories, where the shipper loads the cars and himself writes out the bill of lading.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shipper" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
