Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-03-27
PORTLAND BEATS
ALL OTHER PORTS
ROSE CITY MAKES GREAT
RECORD IN WHEAT SHIPMENTS
Exported More Wheat in February
Than New York and Philadelphta
Comhined--Leads Combined Pugef
soani porss--rotal Of a.a7e.5si
Bushels SEM out--aIore Than One
Fourth Total Exported BY the I'm
tire United States.

Portland exported more wheat dur
ing the month OF February than any
other port in the United states. Even
old reliable New York had to take
a back seat when the Oregon metrop-
oils sent out a,s7s.7sl bushels and
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Galveston
ana other prominent wheat shipping
ports look insignificant when their
records are compared with those of
the Rose City. says the Oregon Daily
Journal
Comparative figures Of exports from
the United States were received this
morning by the collector OF customs
in the monthly report Of the depart
ment Of commerce and labor and they
indicate Portland's standing In the
field of exports. The report shows
that during February the United
states exported s.0O2.so0 bushels Of
wheat, and OF this quantity, Portland
shipped more than one-fourth.
Beats Combined Sound Shipments.
The combined shipments from Pu-
get sound are about equal to those
from the one city on the Willamette.
IT appears. however, that the statis-
ticians in the office OF the collector
OF customs on Puget sound have boil
stored their wheat figures little
since they show approximately 60o,-
coo bushels more than statistics fur
nished from other sources.
The statistics of the department OF
commerce and labor are compiled
from reports from the various collec-
tors of customs throughout the land
and when the report credits the COM
bined Puget sound ports with having
exported 2,e26.404 bushels wheat dur
ing the month. whereas the Mer-
chants Exchange Of this city main
tains that the sound ports exported
but 2,056.s12 bushels. It appears as
If serious blunder has been made
by the compilers. The San Francis
co Commercial News, an old pubii-
cation, which among other things
makes a speciality Of keeping tab on
wheat shipments from Pacific coast
ports, concurs closely with the Mer-
chants Exchange figures. Half doz-
en- eargoes would be required to make
up the difference In the figures and
statisticians here are at a loss to know
how the figure jugglers of Puget
souny are going to account for them.
Even with the bolstered figures the
individual sound cities offer no COM
parison with Portland in regard to
wheat shipments.
Ahead Of Eastern Ports.
Pertland's wheat exports were g.
040.1s7 bushels to Europe, 157.23s
bushels to the orient and S2.355 BUSH
els to the west coast. on which figures
ell agree to the single bushel.
/ New York exported 1,17s,s1s BUSH
els and Philadelphia set 7s0,743 BUSH
els af1oat during the same period.
which goes to show that Portland ex-
ported more than New York and Phil
adelphia combined. Heretofore New
York led with Philadelphia a close
second and Portland third. fourth OF
fifth.
The report shows further that dur
ing the eight months ending FebPu-
ary 70 there has been exported from
the United States 82,914,315 bushels
of wheat and s,sS2.446 barrels Of
flour. During the corresponding per
iod year ago the exports were So
se1.1e4 bushels Of wheat and 9.S75,-
e14 barrels of flour.
During February of this year New
York led in flour shipments with
5zs,10S barrels. Portland exported
55,z45 barrels and the combined Pu-
get sound cities exported $3.50 barr
rels. M