The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-01
The EXPORTS
ARE GROWING.
Norfolk Shipping Large Quatiti-
ties 81 Provisions to Feed
Hungry Europe.
TRAIN LOADS l. OF LARD
Grain Trade Has Entirely Ceased,
But Growth Of Other Exports
Brings Total Higher.
TRAIN LOADS OF LARD ri
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NORFOLK, VA, May s1.--The business
OF exporting provisions through the port
OF NORFOLK has reached unprecedented
proportions, and every indication points
Ia an increase In this direction that must
be regarded as nothing nhort Of phenom-
email. For the month OF May the exports
Zero viii reach probably 1890, 900. and Of
this valuation the best portion will rep
resent shipments OF provisions TO feed
hungry Europe.
rho grain trade here. az we'll as at
Newport News. has been lost In Its en-
tircty for the present at least. and there
Is not bushe being elevated at either
port. While the grain trade was falling
or, the receipts here for provisions for
export werc steadily growing, and the
result Is that Norfolk to-day iB doing
the largest foreign business in years.
SHIP LOAD OF LARD.
When the steamship Barcelona. Captain
Bahn, sails from here about Saturday she
viii carry 1T least coo pounds OF lard.
making sixty carloads, forty-fiye OF which
viii be shipped on account OF Swift and
i Company, and fifteen carloads on ac-
count of the Cudahy Packing Company.
This does not include any other ship
,nents that may be received from Kan
sas City and Missouri points. There Is
now enough lard In sight for the BARGE
Iona 10 warrant the statement that this
will be the largest cargo Of lard that
hos loft Hampton Roads In the past four
years
rhis is one instance OF Unprecedented
rroylsion expectation from Norfolk. and
there are many other articles going out
IN large quantities continually. The SCI
( cret OF Norfolks growing trade In this
direction liz found In the recent diver
zion OF provision business from the Gnlf
ports to the Atlantic seaboard, especially
10 this port. IT lis learned on good au-
thority that much OF this business has
been brought here az Il result OF con-
Z. centrated efforts on the part OF the rail-
road and shipping men interested ana
II may be added that these efforts are
not being permitted to lag. but on the
contrary, are being enerted with renew
cd energy to give Norfolk and the rail-
roads ccntering here that to which they
arc entitled.
IN FAVOR OF NORFOLK.
The Southern Railway. especially. has
been handling considerable quantities OK
provisions from the West. and over that
road recently q number of remarkably
quick records have been made between
.
louded with export provisions Freight
trains travelling towards Norfolk at al
most passenger speed and receiving al
moot the same consideration along the
road as passenger trains. are not uncom-
mon these day. -
v1RGINIAN FOR PRESIDENT.
Tho Third Ward Independent Demo
cratic Club has made the first move III
this city looking to the endorsing OF
ylrgin,an for the Democratic presiden-
tial nominations. The club passed reso-
lutions condenfhing the City Committee
fu ts failure SO far to provide for the
selection OF delegates to the State Con-
.ention and called upon the committee
to select the delegates by primary cleo
ton.
1.he club also adopted resolution IA
yorins the instruction of delegates to the
convention to urge In the State Conven-
ton the perfection and retention OF the
prinory in the selection Of Democratic
candidates for all Offices
Before adJourning the club endorsed
tho following gentlemen for delegates
from the Third Ward to the State Con
ventIon: Colonel c. A. Nash. Antonio
]. Smith. ]. D. MccarrIck. w. w. Old. Jr..
John NJ Vaughan. w. ii. Venable and
1,,Icien D. Starke.