The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-08-24
SEPTEMBER SAILING DATES IN
FOREIGN COMMERCE,

Sailing dates from the principal ports
ST the United States to the principal
ports and countries Of the world is the
title of a publication about to be issued
BY the Department Of Commerce and
Labor through its Bureau of Statistics.
The publication, which is to be issued
in the form of a monthly bulletin or pos
ter. is intended to place before the COM
mercial public advance information as
to the dates at which merchandise may
be exported from the various ports OF
the United States to the various ports or
countries of the world, the period to be
covered by the current issue being the
month of September. 1t will be issued
sufficiently far in advance Of the month
which it represents to enable merchan-
disc or passengers from the interior to
reach the seaboard at the dates named.
The preparation of this bulletin is
the result of numerous calls received by
the Bureau of Statistics for information
of this character, That Bureau publish
ed several years ago list of the steam
ers leaving each of the ports OF the
country and their regular or approximate
sailing dates, and while it was not then
found practicable to continue 1t as
monthly statement, the calls upon that
, Rureau for this information have contin-
ued to the present time.
Rl1ll
occupving only single sheet and design
ed chiefly for posting in the meeting
nlaces of commercial bodies, freight
Offices, and business houses, contains
some general facts of very material IN
terest. 1t shows, for instance, that
more then 100 different steamship lines
or companies have regular sailings from
the ports of the United States, and that
the fixed dates for sailings during the
month of September as reported to the
Bureau alone number nearly 700. The
ports of the country from which there
are regular sailings number about ~ anc
che ports in foreign countries tor Whlcf
sailing 1ates are named number about
Is, 10 say nothing of the hundreds OF IN
termediate ports or ports OF call, Whlcf
serve in some cases as places of trans
fer and in others as way stations
Even this list, which presents ever.
fixed sailing date which can be named b.
the Collectors of Customs or the steam
ship agents of the country, necessaril.
omits all that large body of steamer
known as "tramps," composed G
vessels rot part of any general line an
therefore having no fixed sailing dates
not included in the Bulletin because o
their inability to furnish the Bureau wit
stat ement Of the exact dates OF thel
pros pective sailings for the month. In
known number of these departures
however, coupled with the exact figure
given in the Bulletin itself, justifies tn
statement that the total number of yes
sci departures from the United State
during the month of September wi
aggregate about 2,GO0 and the valu
of the merchandise which they wi
carry, approximate 5000, 1000, 900, to sa
nothing of the thousands of passenge,
whom they will transport to every pal
of the world.
This bulletin will, so far as practicable
be supplied free Of charge to those RI
auesting it. Commercial bodies or bus
ness houses desiring to post it for refe
ence, railroad companies, newspaper
desiring it either for publication {
posting in their business offices, al
those desiring it for individual referenc
should notify the Bureau of Statistic
Dep artment of Commerce and Labor,
the addresses to which it should be sen
Where a number of these bulletins a
desired, they should be ordered from Il
Superintendent Of Documents, Cover
ment Printing Office, who will furni
them at nominal charge.