The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
MOVEMENT OF PRODUCTS FROM
THE FARM TO THE, SEABOARD

ports 10 INTENDED Tor shipment 10 otner
parts OF the United States and some for
use IN local cotton mills Besides the
consignments to the three leading ports
named theie are numerous shipments
to other places, and cotton raised In the
neighborhood Of one port or cotton cen.
| ter IL often shipped to port farther
distant. A considerable quantity OF
cotton from the Southwest. as well as
from other parts Of the United States.
| is shipped to ports on the North At
lantic coast.
The mills of the south and also Of the
North are supplied not only from the
cotton centers. but also from the small
railway stations and steamboat land
ings among this cotton Acids. or these
| numerous movements OF cotton from
the plantations to the various large
and small markets thes great export
movement through the three ports OF
Galveston. New Orleans and Savannah
II prominent.
Interior Cencentration.
Cotton from the plantations and
smaller railway stations, and steam-
boat landings often finds Its way to
larger cities and towns. where large
quantities arg collected for shipment
| elsewhere.
The shipments from ten Of these
cities and towns during the crop year
ending August 81. 1904, were In NUM-
| bsr Of commercial bales;
Houston. Tex. 2.oos.727; Memphis,
Tenn. 7ts,s4i; Augusta Ca, 297.1sS;
Shreveport, La. 2oi.s4e;. Little Rock,
400; Waco, Tex, 1896; Atlanta. Ga.
t111,e77; Pine Bluff, Ark, 1881; Selma,
Ala. S5,436.
The cotton shipped out Of Texas Is
usually concentrated at Galveston or
New Orleans some going to Shreveport
and st. Louis. From these points 1t
may either be exported or shipped to
mills in this country. Much of the
| cotton from mississippi reaches New
Orleans and Memphis. and some goes
| to Mobile and Savannah. The Georgia
| cotton largely reaches the market at
Savannah, and smaller quantities are
| sent to Charleston. 9. c., Brunswick,
Ga. Norfolk. Va, and Wilmington, n
IC.>
The shipments of cotton to the more
| important trade centers for 1904, Is
given In a table containing the fol-
lowing,
galveston, a.4os.os1; New Orleans. L.
se5,1s6: Savannah, s4s,560; Memphis.
l623,03f; Wilmington. N. c.. 3o6,ss5;
Norfolk, 2s2.ss2; st. Louis, 2is.s24;
Charleston, s. G.. 1S3,ssl.
North Carolina and Virginia cotton
lis marketed chiefly at Norfolk and
South Carolina cotton at Wilmington
and Charleston Memphis, OF course,
receives the greater part Of the cotton
grown in Tennessee. The Arkansas
cotton, the bulletin says, goes chiefly
to st. Louis, while Galveston receives,
In addition to the home crop. consid-
cradle cotton from Indian Territory
and Oklahoma.
The cotton received at Savannah dur
| ing the years OF 1909. 1908 and 1904,
came chiefly from Georgia. Alabama,
North capoiins, South Carolina and
Florida. During each of these years
Savannah received more of the Florida
cotton than. any other point, in the
las receipts of Florida Gotten were
about one-half those OF the previous
year, but about twenty times the guam
tfty received In thu crop Of the year of
1S99-l900., Pensacola received. more
cotton from Alabama than was sent to
1908. =.
| The cotton received at New. Orleans
came principally from Louisiana and
Mississippi. 100000 bales being receiv-
ed from Louisiana In the crop year
of ls03-1s0t. and 6as,00o bales from
Mississippi. Texas and Arkansas each
supplied New Orleans with about 2o0.-
600 bales. Galveston received nearly
all of its supply of cotton in 1903-1904
II
commercial bales.
A comparison of the gross weight of
cotton exported shows three Atlantic
ports shipped more than 100,000,000
pounds In 1904. They were:. New
York, 232.67s.s00; Wilmington. N. c..
l5s.112.s7s; Savannah. 4i4.1so,4b7. CT
the Gulf ports two exported more than
100000 pounds. They. were: New
Orleans. sss.oo6. Az; Galveston, ss5.21s.-
1854. Pensacola shipped for export
ss'fss.72o. and Mobile. s2,sss.77s
pounds.
| Gains In Gulf Pert Exports.
One of the most remarkable features
shown In the bulletin is the rapid in
crease OF the exports Of cotton from
the Gulf ports and the decline in the
exports from the Atlantic ports north
OF Wilmington. N. c. During the five
years, 1Ss4-leS2. about IS per cent of
the cotton exported went from the At
iantic ports as far south as Norfolk,
while the Atlantic ports south of Nor
folk shipped about 20 per cent. These
southern Atlantic ports shipped about
the same percentage of the total ex-
ports Of cotton during the years fol-
lowing. In 1s99-1904, 20 per cent of
the cotton exported from the United
States went from southern Atlantic
ports. All but about IA per cent of the
cotton exported from the United
States in 1904 were shipped from At
lantfc and Gulf ports south OF Nor
folk and in 1905 about So per cent was
exported from these ports.
The Northerne Atlantic ports during
1S99-1s03 shipped only II per cent. Of
the cotton and in 1904 only IL per cent.
During the five-year period ending with
1883 Savannah shipped Q Per cent. OF
the total exports OF cotton, and dur
ing 1904 It exported 10 per cent. In
the same time New York declined from
10 per cent. to 8 per cent. Boston,
Philadelphia, Norfolk and Baltimore
each declined during the same period.
while Wilmington and Brunswick
showed marked increases. The cotton
was exported dlring 1905 from ports
nearer the place of production than 1t
had been in earlier yeats. On the Gulf
coast, New Orleans lost but little of
its relative Importance as a cotton
exporting city, while Galveston made
great gains, and In 1899, 1909 and 1904
II was the leading cotton exporting city
of the United States.
Pensacola and Mobile have both made
marked gains in the shipments If cot
ton during the past fifteen or twenty
years, and in 1904 and 1905 Pensacola
surpassed Mobile, the exports from
Pensacola being to3,000.000 pounds and
from Mobile Ss,0O0.000 pounds.
From 1884 to 1899 New York exported
more cotton than Savannah. but since
1899 Savannah has shipped more cot
ton abroad than any other lily on the
Atlantic coast. The exports from Sa-
vannah rose from 16S, O00,0)1 pounds in
1884 to 254.000.000 pounds in 1884, and