The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-11
ADVANCE OF SOUTH
HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN
 COMMERCE.
;onfrfbuted Directly and Indirectly by About Forty Per Cent of Mer- chandise In the Country's Ex-
 mort Trade.


 Baltimore. August io.-tspecial ,--a In this weeks issue of the Manufact- urer's Record says:
 .contributing directly and indirect ly about 70 per cent Of the mercnan- disc in the country's export trade. and handling about s6 per cent oI that trade through its own ports tne South made marked advance last year in commerce Of export mer- chandfse produced exclusively by the South. raw cotton represented s4ol.- O05, ,e21; cottonseed oil. $l5.oiS,stv' cottonseed meal and cake, slS.qtS.loo' naval stores, s20.07s,5s5, and phos- phate rock, s7,sfs,ssS, total of sibs'- 747.sss Of export goods produced n other parts of the country as we'll as in the South, the iatter's estimated share was: petroleum, 4o.o0o,o0o: timber and lumber. s40,ooo,ooo; cotton goods. ss0. .oo0.0 .000; tobacco. s2S.ooo,- 000: provisions, $25. 1000. 900: grain. Szo.- 0oo' '00o: coal. si5,000.0oo; cattle, 3iS,- 000, 900: and fruits. $3,000o0o, total of s214. .00O. To these totals should be added about $25.000.0oo. represent ing the Souths share in exports oi manufacfures of Iron and steel. of manufactures of wood, of manufactures of leather and other articles origin ating primarily or secondarily In the South, and there. Is a grand total or s6s4. .0oo, ,0o0 as the share of the South in the s1.74s.ss4.5oo of exports from the whole country.
 ssComparing the fiscal years 1905 and 1908. the value of exports from Southern ports increased from s555.- asi, ,2o2 to se4o.0s2.7ss, or by sse,5Si,- 5s1. equal to 15.5 per cent, and from all other ports from s963.0S0.464 to $l,- 1 f01,s3I,737, or by s13s.75t.273. equal to IA per cent. Comparing 1901 ana | 1906 the South makes even a better comparative showing. for in the Ave years the increase in values of ex- | ports was. at Southern ports, from l S52s.ss4. 70e to s642es27s3, or by l sf13,s4S,057 equal to 21.4 per cent, and | from all other ports from Se5e,0S0.2sS
 to s1.101.S3i.7s7. or by $142.76i,452 equal to 14.9 per cent.
 | 'In the matter of imports consider 1 able progress Is also being made by the South, especially In comparison | with the rest of the country though It's ports are by no means Handling the quantity of incoming goods justi- fled by the outward-bound movement, 1.-the healthiest commerce--that Is, the healthiest for the transportation in- terest and the business interests of the ports handling it--being that in which the incoming vessel or the out going train shall have freight to car " away approaching in quantity or ! value the freight which in the case oi the steamer it takes out and in the case of the railroad that which Il
 aBetween fso5 and 1908 the value of imports advanced from $s3,053,eTs
 to sf01, ,2oe.145. or by $1s,152.46e, equal
 to 2t,s Ter cent, at Southern ports while at other ports the increase lNwas from $l,034,459.39 to Sisl25,s5T.- s9s, or by $90s93,30S, equal to only ST per cent, and in the five years
 between 1901 and 1908 it advanced from s57,51i,11s to 10i.3os,f45, or bJ
 $43,6S4.T2T equal to 75.s per cent ,iai
 Southern ports, and at all other porti
 from s765. .ee0,74T to SLIPS, ,s57,ess. oi
 by ss59, ,sse,95i. equal to 4s.9 pei
 cent
 .sIn 1906 the value of imports ex' ceed that of exports at Boston, New York. san Francisco, Chicago and Il other districts not in the South, but
 Charleston and Tampa were about tht EonIy ports of importance in the soutf
 where there was such excess. sucf
 ports as Baltimore and New Orleans
 are developing considerable impor i, trade, but for Southern ports as , whole much isf yet to be done In tha direction. The establishment of al , rect lines of immigration between Flu , ropean and Southern ports will soone , or-later come about. and with tn , running of regular lines, Instead o the tramp steamers which now dt ! most of the South's export trade. th'
 tendency to develop the import busi
 ness will grow"