The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-21
THE GRAIN FLEET IN PORTLAND 4Aasos.

| OF the total number of vessels,
159, or A per cent, sailed from San
Francisco; 1913, or 1855 per cent,
from Portland; and "a, or 20.5 per
cent, from the ports of Puget sound.
The total tonnage of these vessels
amounted to 7O9,792 tons, divided as
follows: From San Francisco, 324,-
947; Portland, 23o,2s7; Puget sound,
154,55s.
The country tributary to the Pa
cific coast seaports raises about 65,-
900 bushels of wheat annually,
about 100000 bushels, or 500 per
cent, of which are exported each
year in the form of grain and flour.
During the ten years ending with
1901 an average of more than no.
100000 bushels Of wheat were annu-
ally exported from the United
States; of this amount Pacific coast
ports shipped about 27,6oo,ooo bush
els each year, amounting to 25.1 per
cent. of the average exports from
the United States, and valued at
about SIS, 100000.
Exports of wheat from the princi-
pal ports of the Pacific coast have
fiuctuated considerably during the
past ten years, and have ranged all
the way from 37,426,479 bushels in
1898 to 19,14s,o90 in 1899, these years
| being, respectively, the years of
largest and smallest exports of
wheat during the period.
In 1901 the total exports of wheat
from the principal ports of the Pa
cific coast amounted to 1926, 1873
bushels, valued at $2Oe11,4 OF
this amount, San Francisco shipped
13,262,7 96 bushels, or SO per cent;
Portland, 13,044,00s bushels, or 37.3
per cent; and the Puget sound
ports, s,619,3s4 bushels, or 24.7 per
cent. The values of the above ex-
ports by ports were $s,233,916, ST.
572,732, and $5,1o4,sos, respectively.
The chief points of destination
from San Francisco were Cork,
South American ports, St. Vincent
and Liverpool, in the order named.
Cork alone received 10,517,993 bush
els, or nearly so per cent. of the to-
tai shipment from San Francisco.
OF the grain shipped from Port
land during the year, 1O,eS1,0 900
bushels, OF about SO per cent. of the
total amount, went directly to the
United Kingdom for further distri-
Blu, and the Puget sound ports also
shipped more than half of their to-
tai exports to that country, 5,062,95
bushels, or nearly 60 per cent, going
directly there.
OF the 16,432,175 barrels of wheat
flour that were exported on the av-
erage from the United States during
each of the past ten years, about
100000 barrels, or little more
than IL per cent, with an average
value of nearly $7,oO0,0OO, were ex-.
ported from the principal ports of
the Pacific coast.
During the past ten years exports
of flour from the Pacific coast have
increased steadily and almost unin-
terruptedly from 1,497,s79 barrels in
1892 to 2,736,313 barrels in 1901, an
increase of 1,238,434 barrels, or near
ly 93 per cent. Values have followed
the course of prices, having in
creased from s7,126,6ae in 1892 to S.
o3G,s91 in 1901, and during the ten
years ending with 1891 the average
annual value Of flour exported from
the Pacific coast was SG,S61,61o.
During 1901 trade between Pacific
coast ports and the orient has made
wonderful strides. China and Japan
and other oriental countries now re-
ceive more than 70 per cent. of all
the -four exported from the Pacific
coast.
New lines of steamers have been
and are being established especially
for this trade. One recently estab-
lished line of II steamers, which is
now in full operation between Puget
sound and Liverpool, via Suez canal,
touches at Manila and all ports of
the Straits Settlements, India,
Arabia, Egypt and Mediterranean
and continental ports, and, by saw
ing the transfer charges, enables
/ the manufacturers of the country
tributary to Puget sound, especial
ny the manufacturers of flour, to
lay their products down in the ports
beyond Hong-Kong at rate per ton
considerably less than has been pos
sible heretofore. Puget sound ports
have taken the lead in the oriental
flour trade, having shipped during
the past year S02,41O barrels to ORR
entail ports against 573,3s9 barrels
from Portland and 553,sO3 from SAT
Francisco. EDWIN S. HOLMES, 1R-