Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-18
Increase Of Breadstuffs E,-
ported in October Over
Same Month Of Previous
Year Nearly S25,0O0,0OO.
MUCH MEAT ALSO
is SHIPPED ABROAD
Demands for OIL and Cot
ton Are Growing Decided
Iy Stronger Though Ship
mentS Are Still Limited.


Isv sosrIso sovRsst SPECIAL tsssso wissl
Washington. Nov. f7.-Europe's :
cry for food is being answered by the
United States. Exports of bread
stuffs in October u this year amount =
ed to $3S.277,570. according to stats.
tics made public today by the bureau
OF foreign and domestic commerce. an
Increase OF nearly S25.00o.O0O over
figures for October. 1919.
Exports Of fresh beef also more
than doubled during The month, fig
urcs this year being 1894 as against
SS6. sea in October, 1919.
Ear Behind Last Year.
In spite OF the tremendous in
crease in food shipments. exports as a
whole did not measure up TO last
years figures. The total for the
month as recorded Mt the ten chief
ports of the United states amounting
to SS5.5l3,46e as against sl47.S3s, ,O16
the previous year For the week end
ing November IA, exports at these
ports totaled s475S7.3sO. and officials
of the commerce burcan see in that
record n continuance of the marked
Improvement IN American export
trade already noted this month and
upon which the feeling OF confidence
~ the bright fptnre opening before
American Industries in based. The
districts selected handle nearly so
per cent Of the nations export trade
and the tabulation shows that the
balance in favor of this country on
international trade stood last Satur-
day at S32.s92.214 for the first half
of November Imports last week to-
tailed $25.710,9SS.
Average Not Maintained.
While the great improvement in
exports shown for the day of last
saturday by the daily telegraphic re-
port to the treasury department. re-
ceived from the ten big customs
houses, was not continued for yes
terday, the average was considered
good. Mondays figures were:
Exports. $i,536,299; imports, Sl.-
1860. The average daily exports in
November. 1913, were S6,gSS,42G: inn !
ports, $4,923.379.
1t was stated at the commerce bu-
reau that the increase in November
exports probably would show bread
stuffs and fresh meat still to be in /
greater demand, while treasury de- |
partment officials believed cotton ex-
ports had so increased in the last two
weeks that IL now approached l50, 600 |
bales a week. The daily statement for
Monday notes the shipment from Bal
iimore for Liverpool Of 1,749 bales OF
'otton.
So great has been the European de-
nand for breadstuffs that wheat,
'orn, barley, oats and flour are going
lcross the Atlantic from every port
n the United States. Huge shipments
lave been made from San Francisco
iia the Panama canal The total ex-
bort business in breadstuffs for the
en- months ending with October this
iear WAS S204, 4,2fG,47s, as against
l7O.220,5l9 for the like period Of
.913.
Export trade in mineral oils showed
! marked decline last October, prob
IDLY because of the seizure of
many oil-laden ships by the Brit
sh cruisers, on the ground
hat shipments bound for neutral /
such as Italy and Holland,
Ictually We're destined for the use
II the German army. Oil exports last
month totaled $11.975.S5s, while the
october figures for 1918 was $685.
100.
Decrease Of Ten Months.
The decrease in all exports for the +,
on months period Of 1914 was s2l2,- ,
26.321,
The greatest single increase In the +
october export among the breadstuffs ,
vas in wheat. which rose from 7.Oo0.-
90 bushels in 1913, to 100000 {
ushels in 1914 Exports of oats
umped from s2,364.0oO to s9,322,f55,
fhile corn shipments Increased from
274.2s5 TO ss53,s12. t
Cotton exports for October, 1914, tr
we're valued at s20,420,0fs as against !
107, ,375,197 in October, 1918. The
ecrease for the ten months period in I
otton shipments alone between 1913 t
nd 1914 amounted to $127,1S0,74S. II
feature of the export OF oils Ia q
hat despite a tremendous decrease II
ist October in cargoes of iluminat-
1g and Iubricating oils, gasoline, a
aphtha and other fuel oils were h
bipped in larger quantities than in b
91s. Fuel oil, exclusive of gasoline Il
nd naphtha was shipped to the ex- ii
mt of over 64.000.000 gallons last V
lonth. while October figures for 1918 S
fere 47.500.000.