The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-04-28
LET'S EoUALzE THE COMMERCE.

1t should be the ambition of every progressive sea-
mort city to equalize or balance nearly possible
between it's exports and its imports In fact II Is re-
qrded nv great seapors that this condition almost
proaches the ideal one.
Brunswick has splendid examples of the condition
to which we refer in both New Orleans and Mobile.
These two cities during the last ten years devoted
largely of their and their energies to the oaanc
ing of their imports and their exports 1t should be
remembered of course that the value of imports is
in very large the value of exports in the reek
onng of the commerce of the port.
In value to the. port the creation of business IN
the mort ton CT imports greater value than i've
tons of exports.
Every increase in imports increases largely exports
from the seaport which receives them by opening up
new markets for exports.
New Orleans has always cultivated and steadily
creased its import trade
Mobiles import trade has grown from practically
nothing in 1892 twenty years trade in imports,
the highest for any year. of s6oOo.ooo. The export
trade has grown the period FROM ,OOC.0OO to
s29OOo0OO.
In 1892 Mobile tried the experiment of trade with
the Indies successfully that she extended it
to Central America She has sixteen lines of steam
ships now which for her growth in imports
partly growth in exports largely for her growth
IN population Brunswick possesses advantages
as port far surprising Mobile.
Especially great advantages for trade with Cuba
Porto Rico the West Indies generally and Central
and South America.
The trade of Porto Rico has grown since American
in 1898, from about 100000 s66000OO0
with the United States Nearly equally divided between
imports and exports The bulk Of it with New York,
which is than LAO miles away while Brunswick
is but LILO miles, New Orleans 1900 miles and Mobile
over 400 miles away
Atlanta and Macon have both shipped manufactured
Porto Rico and have been compelled ship
them via New York. New Orleans or Mobile, increasing
the difference in distance by long railroad haul be-
cause neither of Georga's great ports, Savannah
Brunswick, has line Porto Rico. but 1877 mi as
from Atlanta Porto Rico via Brunswick 1t is 900
miles from Atlanta Porto Rico via New DREAMS; i
is 1880 miles to Porto Rico from Atlanta via Mobiles
it nearly 1890 miles Atlanta Rico by way of
New York
The future growth commercially of every Southern
port is bound up in taking advantage of marked
advantage in distance this enormous trade with the
West Indies, Central and South America, exceeding
500 900 000 with the United States.
There is enough for every Southern port; enough
to revoutionze it's business enough every one
of them grow with leaps and bounds, and still leave
New York onehalf of this immense business All this,
without considering the immense business with the far
East through the Panama canal, in which Southern
ports have the great advantage in distance.
Sooner or later these advantages in distance will
capital Southern seaports for this advantage
in distance reduction in fixed expenses of the
steamships in coal and in form of expense Here
is field of work for Brunswicks chamber OF COM
nerce rendered imperative by the competition of the
Panama canal within the two years.