Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-20
NEW YORK NOW THE
GREATEST PORT
IN THE WORLD
0UTSTRlPE LONDON
TONNAGE 100000
Japan'S Commerce Growing.
More Rapidly Than Any Other
Nation Foreign Travel to.
Break Records This Year.

New York, Feb 17.-Thnt the
ercatest port In the world Is now To-
Gated In the United States Is IA fict
revealed by figures just complied ~
iae local chamber Of commerce. N4W
York has AZ last out-strippcd I40ndp1
-,rd taken from the British capital
the title ~ commercial queen OF the
saug. Indeed. London. y long the
itlder OF this tide has now been reie-
gated 20 third Titre, Antwerp, heins
second. Ten years 6 the British
city was stiil first with a total vessel
tonnage entered IN foreign trade Of
~y,l10.g25, as compared 70 New York's
figure OF "f,77l.4i2 Within the last
decade. however, the increase OF the
English port has bcen only ~ per cent
while that Of Uncle Sans chief ship
pinF center VA grown So per cent
Ms a result New Norkss foreign ION
fiice for the last year hns shown IN
the report has reached the enormous
total OF f2,f6i,fS0. Antwerp Is cred
itpd With 11,2l1,SO3 tons aud London
1f,fg0, $50 tons. Next in order come
Hamburg Hong Kong, Liverpool. Mon
teyideo, MarHciiirs. Singapore. Cardiff,
AAtA AhRN'f ffAN WNAAi' AHRfH4 Nv 80 -
anese port ranks eleventh. II never
theless has shown the most remark
able growth Of any OF the large ports
In the last seven years, its annual ton
mage having Increased from 110.3at
tons to ~6,dg7.sT7 tons. or nearly 643
per cent, Next In point Of rapid
growth comcssthc South American
port OF Montcyidco, with mn lncreaae
of 2Ss per zen IN the last decade. IN
- IA. LLr 49, fA.aa4.sHast fafg
rate Of growth Is abnormal ANA there
H. itilc doubt that New York viii con.
TIME aH the worlds greittegt pott aud
now that It haa uchi3s,,i nat d~isllay.
ts0il. pnd Judged W. TN rate % tf-
s.eai0 OF population II wsil also fnNn
be the worlds larges. city
Such q European eS1lua ~ aeean
gocrs us this city has never before
known ~ due TO take place tlis sr"inR
a1s .u.n:rr-. acrrrilsHg - The flgitrta
Of local steamship officials. 1hree
wears OF prosperity have 80 increased
the tide OF transatlantic travel that
ehba from those shores each season
10 iow buck again ~ tho autumn, Tint
II IN expected TINT no lrsa than 500. 900
persons will sail from This port during
the coming eight months. for England
the Continent ana the Mediterranean.
Incidentally. Il rs estimated that they
spend while abroad about S36D, 0VV. 900
"f 4 t,l Anl"i team money, ~ Q one
third Of the n|nti9ral acpt. Ordinar-
n, 900. 600 outward hound passengers
during a season Is e%unsiiered q hish
mark. but many things hayc combined
this year to bring about A iNHw 'ecord.
That thu is no idiA statpit ivtt nAt an
actual condition borne out bN facts
~ Indicated by the statement OF Mr..
Emit paax. resident director OF the
ifamburg-American line IN a recent
interview who says that the present
bookings for MI branches OF summer
travel uir tdiy CITY per cont greater
linn At the same time last year This
81 nj oii,S Il reelection 0f he prosper
ons conditions which prevail THROUGH
r1. ihr rariiiy "a the present time.
9ui IL shows tist, the habit 0l trA
ip becoming more and more thorough.
Is fixed upon Americans. An indica'
ton o. this latter fact rs seen IN the
large number OF advance bookings iol
special cruises uH wen as for tho regu
lar sniiincs FOR European ports %
course not nll or this great THRONE
are headed for Europe, lioukinga tvi
the February ana Faster cruises e
the West indies show a large incrcas'
az wtli so that vt q matter OF fact
the great t~NnapsiNn Ia ocean traNe
Is ,lue not alenc 10 @ growing fond
ness for this tltes of travel. ntt u
part TOO - the O,iciting up of new nni
at ttttivr it' IDS.
The annual agitation over the sub
iccl Of Wv isection WAS begun this weel
rhtr hi'ia were introduced into tn
stair gislaiurc for the restriction @
scientific experiments upon amman
such as are frequently performed h
laboratories and medical colleges, II
spite OF repeated defeats, the nuti-Ni
Viscctiunlsts renew their ntuack eacl