The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-16
VALUE OF
EXPORTS.
Favorable Showing Of South
ern Ports Maintained.
BIG INCREASE IN COTTON
Steady Development Is Shown by the
i Many and Various Industries that
Make Up the Prosperity Of
Dixie Land. Il Z.
Especial TO rho Times Dispatch.)

Especial to Tho Times Dspatch1 t
I BALTIMORE. Aug, 15.--Plalnly writ
+ ten i In the record OF. the exports Of the
country is the story Of tho steady growth
OF commerce at southern ports. Analysing
the figures Of export values for tho last
fiscal year In comparison with those for
1893, the Manufacturers Record says in
this weeks Issue: j35 y
Three or four OF the leading ports
show comparatively slight Increases pr
actual decreases But the advances have
I been quite notable at six or seven. During
the past ten years the value Of exports
has Increased from 81, s3s,o43 to ffi9. 07a,S19,
or $71,234470, equal to 81 per cent at
New Orleans from $a7,476,4 94 to 3lo4.l2l,-
oa7, or $685. ,BsS. equal to III per cont
n at Galveston; from $40 s39.7s2 to 354l40.ss2,
2 or s34, 100, equal to III per cent, at
Savannah: from &sll5,714 to s25,6oss9l, or
Il Sl7,394,677. equal to IA per cent; at New
port News; from 50 es1, oe5 to 81, ses, 764. or
SSso6,6s0, equal to ia per cent. at VII
mlngton, from s3,sl3,417 to sl0.746.6H or
1892, 037, equal to 260 per cent. at Pensa.s
cola and from $S,3l9,3sl, to 3p,62l,21s. or
ta3Ql,s97, equal to ESQ per cent. at Mo.
I ern customs districts was from S2n, 7l5oH
10 sos, 257,264. or 1885, 22 ESQ., equal 10 81 per
cent, and In all other customs districts
from s57595o,1s0 to sal1 .H0o. 7b0 or iSs0,e50,-
4 ITO, equal TO Is ner cent.
@8 81 sS SOUTHERN PORTS.
1.-THE favorable showing by southern
ports In comparison with others made
during the ten years Is maintained Tor
the fiscal year Just ended, a year In which.
there has been q sluckenlng In export
trade, still making, however, an Increase.
ports has increased from {2s2,95S 1so to
$aos.422527, or ;24.oai33s, equal to 8'5 per
4 cent. In Cult districts; from $780, $50
to 500, s14 737 or sll,27 o57, equal to SO per
cent. In south Atlantic districts, and
from s2O3a1G,454 to 3alo.647,357, or s5,0aoso8,
equal to per cent. in all other dis
tricts, excluding those Of the North a.
lanuc. where there was decrease from
j7o 9os. o7S to s1o2, aS33s5. or s2be4,6a5. equal
to 3 OF one per cent. In tho lattnr section
7 the combined increases at New York ana
Portland OF G;l7423,15I could not balance
the COM !ned decreases Of s2l,l2o,295 at
Boston and Philadelphia, And tho gain,
OF few million In other districts. CIV
elusive OF southern and North Atlantic. I
was made at tho northern border and
Lake ports from 20 to SIPS. 75d, 81.
or IA 317,56S more than sufficient to overs
come the decrease from &se,47o.l76 to tsa.-
Z 1850. or ts.ss6,665 at the Pacific and a
couple OF other ports. As 1t Is. tho Increase
at the southern ports was nearly % per
cent. OF the total increase for the coun-
try. 1t was from S472. s94. ~ to sos, 237 2Si.
or S35,342Sa5, equal to ~ per cent. while
at all other ports It was from ssos.s2t ,b3s
to SOIL COX. 75o. or t3o7s.21s equal to but 3
OF one per cent. a1g
TIE EXPORTS.
''The Increase In cotton constituted
about 65 per cont. OF tho total increase IN
the value OF the country's exports during
tho year from 3l.Ssl.7l9.4o1 to S142o. l8s OH,
or SIS, Ais, els. equal to rs per cent Not all
OF the cotton went through southern
ports. But mention OF 1t directs atten-
ton to the steady growth OF the South,
not only us handler OF moro than
third Of the country's exports but as
the basis for larger proportion Of the
total export business. OF the exports OF
I 1903 those exclusively from the South.
IRA cticaIly, were: Cotton. s3l6.lso,+2o; cot.
ton seed products. $25. 943, IA; bituminous
coal, Sl4,473o27: naval stores, s12 9ls.S22,
and phosphate, ts,34t2e4. total OF 4S7a.-
SGO.643 "A conservative estimate Of the
south,s share OF exports produced IN other
parts OF the country as we'll az the
South Isl Tobacco. $4,000, 900; lumber, R5,-
10000: petroleum. $4,000. 900; grain. 'so,'
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