Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-19
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Kspsrts Fros. the south shsw IN Ener
........ r....... an. f.st Year.

Kspsrss Fvon, the ssush shsw an Eaer-
Nous Increase the Last Year.
baltimore. Aug. is.-In the summing
up Of this countFy's commerce Of the
fiscal year the exhibit made by southern
ports IL gratifying to everybody inter
ested In the trade development Of the
cities ON the south Atlantic and Gulf
coasts. The points Of the exhibit partic-
ulArly noted by the Manufacturers
Record are;
More than one-third. or definitely.
$40 per cent Of the outward commerce
Of the year passed through southern
ports.
Nearly. II no, quite. one-third Of the
material exported originated In the
south.
The percentage Of gain in exports at
I'll southern ports was above the per-
centage Of gain for all ports.
"The gain in exports at southern ports
was i3.7 Of the total gain at all ports.
"Of the ~ ports included in this years
summary only IS show decreases in ex-
ports compared with the figures Of 1899.
OF these, but nine are southern ports,
three Of them being on the gulf. There
are decreases at seven North Atlantic
ports. three Pacific and nine interior
and lake ports.
"The "a north Atlantic ports increased
their exports from ts67. ,57S 10 1888.
800. $50. or eos. is2, iO2; the 25 southern
ports from s3ii ,5l1,gOs to asa, 81
or s73, l25. $50; the Pacific ports from
So. 72i 1855 10 s7i ,s7l. 1893. or sli,i5a,Ili
and all other ports from $50, s54, $50 q
: tlO4.3lo, $50, or ga, l55, sSi-a total in
Z crease in the country from fi,227, O23,
Z sO2 20 q. 1914. 1881. or tl67, $4,000. |
is notable that while the bulk Of the In
crease nj north Atlantic ports was du
In great measure % increase OF abou
s5a.O00OO at one port. New York, ID
e increase 40 southern ports was NOR
"a generally distributed. Il was 81 81
Il 81 at New Orleans. the total Of thu
port exceeding that at Boston by moi
than t2.O0O.000 and that ~ Baltimoi
% by more than s3o0.00O, sli 222. 600
e. Savannah. sS,37i. l3s az Baltimor
B, t7.IsO.kt2 at Galveston. $1,000. jO6
. Newport News, A,523.232 AZ Saluri
Z sL30i.2i At Mobile and s3,3sS, 0S5
70 Wilmington The great gain on q
q pacife coast was due 90 the increasir
Of more than 100000 at san Fra
D. cisco.
re These figures indicate the trend
foreign trade as affected by the INTERN
conditions Of the country during q
past two years and the developments
It's newer foreign relations. They sho
the increasing tendency Of goods
,, move through southern ports-goo
from many parts Of the country.
r. present the greater portion Of the 4
~ ports In that direction originate in {
D. south
The exports Of goods practical
/" southern. and only southern. in orig
or during the year were s2ii $50, 737 II
cotton. ti4. l27. 5Ss cotton oil. sl2.i1
, naval stores. tii,229. lss cottonseed ca
ne and meal and 81. 1858 crude PHI
ud pilates.
.cf The south also supplied exports co
mon TO the whole country to about
w following extent. according 20 a fair
innate; t30,OOO.OOO mineral oil. Z
OO0.O 900 tobacco, tls,500.OOo timber a
lumbcr. g. 100000 cotton goods, sli o
m 90 live stock. $500. 600 coal and 81, o
Ir. 600 pig iron. With these must be re
a.. oned the contributions Of the south
''' raw material and Manufactured stuff
ern wood. iron. steel. grain. -four. hid
I'm. leather. fruit and provisions Of one X
=, and another. reaching probably 500
900 in value. The total Of the soui
ner contributions is thus seen b b. at ],
has Sg5O. 900, 900.