The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-02
EXPORTS FROM
GULF COAST ON
THE INCREASE
GOVERNMENT REPORTS FROM
ALMOST EVERY POINT SHOW
SUBSTANTIAL cRowrH DURING
FISCAL YEAR OF 1s1o-11-PEN-
sAcoLA's BUSINESS.

The Lumber Trade Journal In its
recent issue contains the following:
In the Journal Of one year ago there
was given q statement Of the official
statistics OF exports Of forest products
for the preceding year, ending June
80; and following the same plan there
Is now presented below similar figures
covering the year ending June 80, 1911,
together with comparisons with those
OF the previous year so far as prac-
ticable. Now, as then, this statement
Is divided into two parts, the first
giving the exports from the various
southern ports Of the several classes
included in the oficiaI government
statistics under the head Of Wood and
Manufactures Of Wood" giving coun-
tries Of destination and amounts ex-
ported to each during the year: these
are taken from the monthly repnrts
furnished by the various custom houses
and published monthly in the Journal.
The second gives the total exports by
months from the entire country of the
various classes of forest products, with
totals for the year; and in the case Of
the most important items Of boards
deals and plank. and joists and scant-
ling. a separate statement Is given by
months of the exports to the various
countries Of destination, the two items
for this purpose being consolidated, as
in the monthly reports of the depart
ment OF commerce and labor, from
which the figures are taken. In the
second section of the statement the
exact classification Of the government
reports Is followed, while In the first
portion, covering shipments from the
southern ports. the classification, while
on the same plan, does not follow out
the subdivisions so fully, while other
items, not forming feature of the
southern trade, do not appear.
Comparison of Ports.
The principal interest of the first
section relates to the four large ports
OF New Orleans. Mobile, Pensacola and
Gulfport which are the largest not
only Of the south, but of the entire
country. New Orleans shows an in
crease Of 39,125.000 feet In boards, deals
and plank. equal to about nineteen per
cent. while in the less important item
Of sawn timber its increase Of 2,423.000
feet, or about twenty seven per cent,
and In hewn timber a decrease of 2.971
cubic feet. or about fifteen per cent.
In slaves, there is an increase of H.
1880, about forty-four per cent,
largely enhancing it's commanding po-
sition In the export stave market, it's
shipments being over fifty six per cent
of those Of the entire country. In "all
other lumber" Its shipments increase
144 per cent over the previous year, a
gain OF s179.707; while in manufac-
lures OF lumber, it gained $124,67s, an
increase Of eighteen per cent.
Mobile shows a deficit Of about
twelve per cent in boards. deals and
plank. its shipments being 30.664, 900
feet less than last year. In sawn tim
Der 1t gained about four per cent, and
the same proportion in hewn timber,
the increases being 3,568, 900 feet and
29.7S7 cubic feet, respectively It also
shows a substantial gain OF thirty-tw
per cent in slaves, the number being
1.030,0S0 over those of the year before.
Loss in Stave Shipments.
Pensacola also fell off in boards,
deals and plank, the decrease being
3O,924. 900 feet or about fifteen per
cent In sawn timber 1t gained twelve
per cent, or 14.120.0 900 feet; and in
hewn timber 1t Increased So.655 cubic
feet, equal to twenty per- cent Its
stave shipments fell of sixty nine per
cent. or 39S,077
Gulfport exhibits a remarkable in
crease in boards. deals and plank, it's
gain over the previous year being &c.
201,00 feet or forty nine per cent. In
sawn timber its gain was even more
remarkable. amounting to BATE, 900
feet, or ninety seven per cent. In
hewn timber, however, It fell OF 1885,
IT'S cubic feet. being thirty per cent
less than the previous year. OF slaves
IL shipped the year just closed 2,257O25
as against none reported the preceding
year.
It should be noted in passing that
the figures given for boards, deals and
items of joists and scantling. as Is the
case throughout this portion Of the
statement except where the latter are
specially shown.
For the purpose Of comparison, the
amount Of hewn timber has been re-
- ~ 80
feet, and the three measurement items
of savn timber, hewn timber and
boards, deals and plank have been
consolidated, with the following re-
suit Figures for 190s-1s10 in parenthe-
sis):
New orleans: 25s;s7s; 900 ts1s,1s4 $50
feet. Mobile, 6,sOT,1s2 Gas. 145,7 48)
| feet. PensacoIa, 27S.s24.s72 (s23,71s,-
0S2) feet. Gulfport, S7s,932,s44 (250,-
001. 244) feet
Gulfport Makes Gains.
| It will be seen from these figures
that as regards the items mentioned
Gulfport, from being third place in
total increase being 12s, 931, 700 feet, OF
about fifty-two per cent. Mobile
which stood first In 1909-1910, drops tc
second place, with a loss Of rs, 1888 $50
feet, equal to about seven per cent
Pensacola, with loss of fourteen per
CENT OF 40s010,VoV IeeI, mas gone from
second to third place. New OrIeana
still ranks fourth, but with q total
gain OF nineteen per cent, or 41,512,34S
| feet. AS will be noted, none of the
other southern ports reported are near
enough to these four ports to be com
pared with them. The totals OF the
measurement items for the four ports
are 1924. $4,000 feet for 1s10-I911. and
1885. 900 feet for 1sOs-1s10, an in
crease OF S9.712.000 feet, or a little less
than nine per cent.
| Taking the entire statement it shows
q most encouraging situation In the
export lumber trade, and while the
/ southern ports appear not to have
/ shared in the increase in quite the
same proportion as others, their gain
In volume OF trade has at least been
equal to that of the northern and
western ports, IL not greater. and their
lead has been well maintained
Pensacola Shipments.
/ Sawn timber (feetl-Azores, $4,000;
Austria. 7sl 1000; Belgium. s.26s. 900;
France, 7,372,000: Germany, 1.s65.OOO;
| Gibraltar 10 600. Tfalv an IA mn .