The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-02-14
AMERICAS USEFULNESS.
The Part She Plays in Feeding and Light
ing the World.

The Part She Plays in Feeding and Light
ing the World.
The way in which our country feeds
and Eliminates the world is shown by
the expectations of last week. Ship
ments were made to nearly seventy
ports and the total amount was 81, 11O,e
6O5. This is a very pretty item for
these dull times. The heaviest amount
to one place was 81, 860,725 to Liver
pool, and the smallest was $81 to Leg
horn. Even Japan took $30,341,
which 10 doing well for one weeks
business, and Liberia is down for $780,
S43. The leading articles are grain,
meat and petroleum, but the details
show wide variety. One of the inter-
esting features in our exports is the de-
mand for canned goods, which foot up
$4,000 cases. OF this aggregate Hull
took 1,1G0, Glasgow 1926, Hamburg
1885, Liverpool 1866 and London
1882. Even Liberia had go cases.
The shipments of petroleum alone were
more than 100000 gallons, of which
674,0 900 gallons. went to Constantinople
and 135, 900 to Japan, while Egypt took
1861 gallons. A significant fact is
found in the export of 1877, 1852 pounds
of lard to Marseilles, which is an olive
oil center. Bordeaux which is on the
same coast, takes 1853, 433 pounds of
the same article. New Zealand, which
so recently was considered the abode
OF savages, takes our goods to the
amount of $78,9 in one week, and
the exports include eleven organs, ten
cases of shoe backing, nine of
stationery, thirty sewing machines,
twenty-six cases of clocks, 557 of furni-
ture, three pianos, twelve barrels of
ink, six cases of states and a score of
carriages. This certainly does not
look like savage life.
Among the heavy figures are SO, 426
bushels wheat to Hamburg, also IL 1000
pounds tallow and 1862 sewing ma
chimes. The weeks trade to the above
mentioned port is 1890, 1887, and in
Guides 5000 pounds butter and cheese.
Amsterdam takes $4,000 bushels wheat
and 22,O00 pounds tallow. Rotterdam
has $4,000 bushels rye, and Antwerp
has 81, 1888 bushels wheat and 103, 931
pounds bacon. Glasgow takes lis, $3.50
pounds cheese and so, 1856 pounds hams,
2, lS5 barrels of apples, GIT sewing ma
chimes, and 1858 bushels of wheat;
also 21R tons fresh meat, kept BY the
new refrigerator method. Bristol has
10000 bushels wheat. The character
of Gibraltar is shown by shipments OF
beans, pork, rice, and other food for
soldiers. OF sixteen articles sent thither
all but one are for bodily sustenance.
The exports to Liverpool embrace
variety of 1926 articles, the chief of
which are as follows: Cotton, 14,620 |
bales; bacon, 1921, 912 pounds; wheat,
II, 900 bushels. Also 256 sewing ma
chimes and 387 tons fresh meat, $50, $50
pounds hams, and 1,238,19 pounds
cheese. The London exports make a
list of 1872 items, including 1870
pounds cheese, 500 tons fresh meat, 1854 |
i've cattle, $50 pounds butter, and 431
ierces salt beef. Among the smaller
TENS were 456 sewing machines, 100
organs, 131 barrels shoe pegs, As pack
lges butter-color, and rs packages of
inware, also 55 cases books.
The increasing Importance of our
commerce with Mexico is shown by the
act that the weeks trade was S57,175
md the list embraced eighty-three ar
icles, including 270 sewing machines,
96 packages of machinery, II cases of
Photographic apparatus. S'of stationery,
md IL of printing materials; all of
which indicates improvement. A close
of our exports shows that
,ur country is supplying the world with
he most valuable commodities and
hat the demand is such as to afford
ornament encouragement. The
alue ofdomestic cotton goods reported
uring the present year (this Year, is
nore than 5000, 900, and this is no small
clip in dull times. Even Liberia took
asst week dry goods to the amount of
2, 107. Let us not despise the day OF
mall things.-N. T. Cor. Troy Times