Arizona republican., 1903-09-14
SPREAD OF TRADE
Commerce no Longer Con-
 fined to Atlantic Coast
Doors Open Along All the Boundaries of the United States for Commerce With Other Countries.

Washington, D. C, Sept. 1S.-The doors through which the exports of the United States flow to the outside world are opening more widely year by year. and this seems to be especially true of the ports located on the Gulf of Mexico, the northern lake border, and the Pacific coast. Formerly the At lantic coast ports held q very large proportion of the export as well as i'm? port trade, but in recent years the ex port trade is being distributed to the ports at the north and the south. as well as the west, though in importa
 tions the Atlantic posts still retain about so per cent of the total import trade. The figures Of the fiscal year just ended, compared with those of the fiscal year 1901, presented by the de partment of commerce and labor through it's bureau of statistics. show a reduction for Boston of 8 millions in exports: New York a reduction of 24 millions; Philadelphia a reduction of 6 millions: Baltimore a reduction of 25 millions: Newport News a reduction of : millions. and Norfolk a reduction of nearly ? millions. Moving down the coast toward the south. however. and still comparing the figures of 1903 with those of 1901 Savannah shows an in crease in expectations of about mill ions: Wilmington. N. C., over 2 mill ions Galveston an increase of mill ions Mobile an increase of a million, and New Orleans decrease of 3 mill ions.
 Combining all of the Atlantic ports, the total exports of 1903. compared with those of 1901. show falling off of 9S million dollars; the gulf ports show practically the same figure in 1903 as in 1901 Mexican border ports show an increase of nearly , millions; Pacific ports an increase of 10 millions and northern border and lake ports an in crease of IS millions in the exports of 1903 compared with those of 1901. Thus the Atlantic ports are the only group showing a reduction in 1903 compared with 1901.
 In imports however. the Atlantic ports still hold their commanding posi- tion. The total imports of 1903 amount
 ed to 1925 millions. and of this, S21
 millions. or so per cent. came in through the Atlantic ports. In 1893
 the total in-portations were S66 mill ions; of this. 717 millions. or S2 per cent, came in through Atlantic ports. Comparing the imports of 1903 with those of 1901. the Atlantic ports show an increase of 151 million dollars; the Gulf ports. F millions: Mexican bor- der ports. millions; Pacific ports s millions. and northern border and lake
 ports. 25 millions.
 Comparing conditions at the princi- pal ports in 1903 with those of 1893, it may be said that Baltimore shows an increase in exports from Il millions in 1893 to S1 millions in 1903, and an increase in imports from Is millions in 1893 to ? millions in 1903. Boston shows in 1893 exports of S5 millions dollars. and in 1903. SS millions. an increase of millions: in imports Boston shows in 1893. 79 millions, and in 1903 S6 millions. gain of : millions New York shows in 1893 exports of 3i7 mill ions. and in 1903. 5O5 millions. an in crease of 15S millions: and importS in i 1893 of 54S millions and in 1903 of SIS millions. an increase of 70 millions. Philadelphia shows in 1893 an exporta- tion oi 49 millions, and in 1903 73 millions, an increase of 24 millions
 and imports in 1893 of 66 millions, and
 in 1903 of 50 millions, q reduction of
 millions. Savannah shows in 1893 eX- portations of a little less than 20 mill ions. and in 1903 over 54 millions, an increase, of 34 millions Galveston shows in 1893 an exportation of 37