The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
Port Facilities of Gulf and
! Atlantic.
Important and Instructive h Bulletin
No. ss, Issued ~ Buresu Of sta
tistics Of the Department
Of AgriculturA
ny n. H. WATKINS.

washington, Oct. 31.--(Special. )--
One Of the most important and In
structive publications issued this year
by the Bureau of Statistics Of the De-
partment Of Agriculture ID Bulletin
No. 49," which consists Of = treatmsnt
of the Crop Export Movement and
Port Facilities of the Atlantic and Gulf
Coasts" q work by Frank Andrews, ex-
pert in transportation statistics d.
vision Of foreign markets.
1t gives information of the movement
of products from the farm to the sea-
board where they are shipped to the
foreign markets. Cotton, wheat, -four
and corn exported from Atlantic and
Gulf ports are furnished In tabular
form with illuminating commentaries.
The bulletin gives also d brief treat
ment of the port facilities Of the prin-
cipal seaports of the Atlantic coast and
the Gulf of Mexico, including a sketch
of the regions of production of cotton,
wheat and, corn; of the trade centers In
the interior to which these products are
shipped in large quantities.; the general
movement of these articles from the
TRADE centers to the seaboard, and the
export movements from leading ports.
There are four cotton and grain ports
of considerable Importance on the Gulf
of Mexico, while the Atlantic Coast has
five or six important grain ports and
about the same number of prominent
cotton-exporting cities. A table Is fur
: nished which shows that exports OF
both grain and cotton have decreased
on the Atlantic coast while they have
increased on the Gulf coast. =
The Gulf coast exported "A per cent.
of the total cotton exports of the United
states during 18s4-ss, and IS per cent.
in 1904; while the Atlantic aeaboard
cities exported IS per cent in 1ss4-1eeS
and only 80 per cent. In 1904. In the
Wheat trade the Atlantic ports declined
from So per cent. during 18S4-1SSS to
20 per cent. in 1904. and the Gulf ports
Increased from per cent to So per
cent. during the Same time. The Gulf
coasts share in the wheat fiouB experts
in 1904 was IL per cent. of the total
for the United States, large relative
increase over previous years.
Cotton Producing States.
The three leading States In the pro-
duction of cotton during the calendar
years 1902, 1903 and 1904 were Texas.
Mississippi and Georgia. In 1904 near
ly one-fourth of the cotton crop of the
United States was produced In Texas,
and more than one-half in Texas. Mis-
sissippi and Georgia. The crop OF Ala
bama in 1904 was 160,000.000 pounds
less than that of Mississippi. Isl. 100000
pounds more than that of South Caro-
lima and 1S0,000,000 pounds more than
that of Louisiana.
A large proportion of the cotton crop
shipped from the plantations of the
western cotton States to Europe goes
Though Galveston. Cotton from the
fields between Louisiana and Western
Alabama and intended for export Is
shipped, to a considerable extent, from
New Orleans, while much Of the cotton
Of the Atlantic States and the eastern
edge of the Mississippi Valley, IL 1t IL
destined for foreign markets. finds Its
way to Savannah. These three ports
shipped tiiree-fourths~ Of all the cotton
the fiscal year 1904. The exports from
Galveston during this year were 1885,
5000 pounds. and the cotton ginned In