Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-11-13
GREAT BOON
GRAIN EXPORT TRADE THIS
YEAR FROM PACIFIC COAST
BEST IN YEARS.
PRICES GO UPWARD ALSO
Portland and Seattle, Owing to World
War, Are Principal Tea Ports of
United States-Japan Takes Our
Cotton as Usual.

Portland, Ore.-The Panama canal
has been the salvation of the Pacific
coasts grain export trade this year,
according to a statemest compiled by
the Merchants exchange of Portland
based on reports from local exporters.
In spite of a decided falling off in the
wheat demand and the fact that no
cargoes were dispatched for the Euro
pean continent for several weeks aft
err the war broke out, total shipments
for the months of August, September
and October were only 74,177 bushels
short of the total expectation for the
corresponding period last season. This,
exporters declare, could not have been
possible had it been necessary to route
grain via Cape Horn or the straits,
with attendant risks of capture in
southern waters by hostile warships.
Big Jump in Values.
Within the three months of the
grain exporting season already passed
Portland exported 2,593,633 bushels of
wheat. valued at $2,632,125, and the
three same months in 1913 are cred
tied with 2,630,4S0 bushels, but valued
at only So, 8 1889. The climb in the
market is responsible for the increas-
ed value of grain exports and in that
connection a comparison of wheat quo
tations has been issued. For blue
stem during August the average was
971a cents and last August it was 83h
cents; the September price was $1.06
and the previous year 81 cents, with
$1.06 again prevailing in October, as
against 8SR cents the same period in
1913.
Steamers that have sailed for Eu-
rope via the canal with grain cargoes.
) those in the river to load and others
listed number Is, Thirty-three sailing
vessels are under charter to load grain
} here, either en- route Or in port, bring
ing the total of vessels in the grain
fleet to date to 48, with the season
less than half over.
Atlantic Trade Increased.
' Besides affording a safe route fol
: ships carrying cargoes to Europe, The
. canal has increased Portland trade
: with che Atlantic coast to a remark
able extent.
Doubles Puget Sound Trade.
. Seattle.-The opening of the Pana
ma canal has more than doubled tn
O water traffic between Puget Scum
land Atlantic cOact uOrte
v Total foreign exports for August
September and October of this yea
h were valued at $11,113,221, as CON
r pared with SIS, 294, 1858 last year in tn
like period. Total imports for thes
three months in 1914 were $19, 054,67t
as compared with $14,782,134 in tn
u corresponding period of 1913.
10 Big Wheat Increase.
u The following is a comparison {
u the principal foreign exports of Pugt
II Sound for August, September and o,
70 tober this year and last:
10 Wheat, bushels, 1913, 1,907,S09, 191
3,017,726; flour, barrels, 1913, 43t
of 999, 1914. 377,366; cotton, bales, q
OF 1873, 1914, 1O,3SO; lumber, 1000 fee
e. 1913, lit, 523, 1914, 1897; canned sd
d. mon, lbs, S,OS9, zoo, 1914, $685. 92.
Tea Imports Gain.
lie Japan promises to take as much &C
IL. ton as usual. Puget Sound is now Il
ct principal tea port of the United State
having received 1000, 900 pounds la
month. This increase, like much
" the other increase of imports, is d.
~ to the communicating of the Canadis
~ Pacific liners by the British COVER
y ment. There is now no regular col
10 merce between British Columbia al
ia the orient, and the nor-h Pacific col
~ merce goes to the Japanese steal
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