New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-09
TRADE AT VARIOUS PORTS.
EXPORTS FROM NETWORK FOR LAST
YEAR SHOW A DECLINE.
THIS CITY's LOSS THE GAIN OF BALTIMORE. NEW
PORT NEWS. NEw-oRLEANs AND CALVES
ToN-GooD RECORDS AT PACIFIC
COAST PORTS
tsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

TOE-GOOD RECORDS AT PACIFIC
COAST PORTS.
NJ TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE!
| Washington. Aug. S-Representatives OF the great
ports OF the United States will be Interested In
| some figures which the Bureau OF Statistics OF the
Treasury Department has Just compiled regarding
the import and export trade Of the various ports Of
the country and comparing the years business
with that Of preceding years. The rivalry among
the coast cities for the honor and profit OF handling
satisfactory proportion OF the foreign commerce
has been unusually sharp In the last year two.
The rapid growth Of the carrying trade along the
chain Of Great Lakes. and thence by canal or
rail to the coast. the sharp competition and reduced
rates by rail- from the great grain fields OF the West
TO the South Atlantic ports. and the increased rail
and water facilities Of transportation between the
Upper Mississippi Valley and the Gulf ports to-
geher with improved harbor facilities at various
points. have produced material changes In the drift
OF the great bulk OF the grain and provision product
CT the country which goes to Europe: while the
Increased commerce OF America with Asia and
Oceanica has materially and advantag eously affect
ed the business OF the ports on the Pacific Coast
These facts together with the claims that certain
ports enjoy special advantages In railway rates
and terminal facilities. have made the interest in
tbe comparative business OF the various ports I'M
usually great.
comparison OF tn, figures covering the exports
and Imports OF the various ports during the fiscal
year with those OF preceding years presents some
interesting and suggestive facts bearing this
suhJect They show that the Atlantic ports. con-
sdered as an entire group retained when compared
win the preceding year. their normal proportion OF
the t"norts OF the year. hut lost slightly In Imports
the total Increase In Expectations In these ports be-
ing l'6 per cent. hlle the total Increase In ex-
portatons from the entire country lI3 per cent:
the TOTAL importations OF the Atlantic ports. how
ever zen IA per cent. while the total importations
INTO the country decreased but 1873 per cent. The
Gun porte did not whole maintain the
rate Of increase which the country at large made
In exports their percentage OF gain being only Sc
cent against an average OF l7.3 per cent for the
total while their loss In imports still greater,
oehg Z'3 per cent. against an average OF 1873 per
cent, for the entire country The Pacific ports
made tho most satisfactory record OF any group.
their gain In exports being 2j per cent. while they
actually gained in imports 1873 per cent. while the
total imports for the country were being decreased
1873 per cent. The Northern border ports made
the largest percentage Of gain in expectations their
total for the year being 27s per cent greater than
that Of the preceding year. while In importations
they lost 2l.l per cent
NETWORK EXPORTS FALLING OFF.
Taking up the ports individually however. ana
considering their percentage OF the total commerce
Turing a longer term Of years. the contrast and
comparisons Increase In interest Beginning with
only 40 per cent OF the foreign commerce OF the
country against 525 per cent in 1890 522 per cent in
1893. 5l4 per cent IN 1898 and IS per In 1887.
I ne loss Is altogether I'm exportaions having been
IN 1895 but 3j per cent Of the total explorations OF
tho country against 37.2 per cent In 1897. 40l per
cent In 1926. and 4.3 per In 1884, while her i'm
portations In 1898 were $50 per cent OF the total
imports OF the country. against Cal cent In 1885,
and N4 per cent in 1894
Boston did not make n satisfactory record either
In her imports exports during the year just
ended. Her importations were only SO per cent OF
the total imports Of the country. against lis per
1891 10 per cent In 1896 81 per cent in 1885.
o per In 1893 and 81 per cent in 1891. Her
porations In 1898 only 95 per cent Of the total
against lcs per In 1896 lo5 cent In 1885 and
| zoos PER cent In 1893
try. Boston had In 1895 but 81 cent OF the total.
against io5 per IN 1895 and 1897. 99 per cent In
1895. and 96 per cen: In 1893.
philadelphias percentage OF the tota. foreign
commerce OF that year was not altogether salts
factory. when compared with that OF preceding
years. Her mportatoHs were 81 per cent of the
total imports into the country while In 1897 they
SO per cent: in 1925. 65 per cent in 1894, So
per cent. and in 1898. IS per cent.
Her expectations were i.5 per cent, against -
per cent in 1897. ~ per In 1896. as per cen;
In 1880 as per In 1893 and SO per cent In 1892.
her percentage OK the total imports and exports
being In 1898, ~ per cent; IN 1884, 90 per cent: In
l&6 502 per cent IN 1885, "a per cent In 1894 6.Q9
per cent In 1885, GA per cent. and In 1892. 6.ss
per cent.