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Payment who made by Mesors Ruffer and the emount now
stands to the credit of the socount of F. Kaurer in the Ledgers
of Sanders Rohders & Co. Ltd. they having refused either to
romit the money to Cantingo, or to refund sume to Masɛrs Ruffer
& Sone.
The
o. Before the war a considerable traão was done in the
okport of various goods to Eno Palo Brasil, This trade was
done to the order of one Carl Sohmidt, of Hamburg, to whose
account all the transactions relating thereto were posted.
actual consignee of the Foods was the firm of Schmidt Trost & Co.
of Sao raulo, of which firm Carl Schmidt would nopear to be the
sonior partner.
After the commencement of the Wer, outstanding orders
were dealt with direat with Schmidt Troct & Co., and a shipmont
was made in December 1914. At the beginning of that month
Sanders Rohders & Co, Ltd., roceived a communication from the firm
of L. Paulsen & Co., of Copenhagen, conteining an order "for
account of our friend Hr. Carl Sohmidt ... to ship earliest possible
to Kr. Schmidt's Juntos," This letter left no doubt but that the
order was given by Carl Schmidt; it concluded, however, by
re uesting that future communications should be made direct with
Er. Schmidt's Sao Paulo firm. This, and further orderu received
through the same channel, mere duly executed, and debited to
Schmidt Trost & Co., Cao zuulo, paymont being made by How York
danks, against documents.
Examination of invoices eto, all goes to prove that the
goods were notually shipped Sentoo, the port for Sao Zoulo, and
thore is no indication that any further transport was intended.
Comparing the shipmonte made since the War with those prior therɔto
there would not nypear to be any undue increase in the total amount
During the months August to lovember 1914 no shipmonta were made.
The goods sent consisted of Calcium Carbide, Linseed vil, Orastio
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