The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-17
AMERICA FEEDING
ARMIES OF EUROPE
WITH HER SURPLUS
IMMENSE SHIPMENTS OF WHEAT,
CORN AND MEATS FROM
UNITED STATES.
EXPORTS OF F00DsTUFFS BRING
WEALTH FROM NATIONS ABR0AN
Total Exports Wheat From July Not
Quite Double Same Period Last
Year-Corn Shipments Last Week
Largest in Year and a Half-Rapidly
Creating Balance of Trade in Favor
OF America.

New York, Oct. 17.-Shipments Of
wheat and flour from the United States
and Canada last week aggregated g..
127,251 bushels, compared with 6,14S,-
94S bushels in the same week a year
ago.
From July 1 to date total exports
have been 104,114,000 bushels, against
79,441 900 bushels in the same period
year ago. The excess over a year
ago has been accomplished largely in
the last few weeks, the week before
this one showing. the largest foreign
shipments in the experience of the
country.
Corn shipments during the week
were 341 900 bushels, compared with
217,O00 in the proceeding week. This
weeks shipments were the largest in
almost year and half. A year ago
only $4,000 bushels were exported.
From July 1 the total shipments were
1,493,000 bushels compared with 922,-
600 bushels year ago.
Wheat Exports Worth $40, 1000, 900.
AT the present price of cash wheat
in the local market this year ship
ments of wheat alone are worth ap-
l'proximately $120,000,000. At current
prices for cash corn in New York the
value of the foreign corn shipments is
about $1,25O,OOO since July l..
| From Chicago comes the report that
canning departments of the big meat
packing firms are now working full
time. In every way the meat industry
shows natural growth compared with
a year ago, in addition to the activity
due to heavy European emergency or
ders.
| The Chicago stockyards orders are
said to be mostly for timed goods
made up in standard sizes in accord
ance with specifications from the mill
| tary establishments of France, Eng
land, and even Russia. Since tht
specifications vary in a large measure
from the customary standard can uset
by the packers, great deal more worl
is required to put out the orders.
Germany is said to have placed large
orders for canned meats for military
use in the early days of the war, bu
inability to ship these out of the coun
try has caused a heavy storage suppl,
in Chicago Several shiploads of meat!
however, already have gone to England
and France.
Need 100000 Cans.
The packers are reported to be usins
large quantities of meats they have il
storage for the canned orders and tn,
fresh meat is being wholesaled in thi.
country. The canned meat, however
is inspected by foreign government of
ficials sent from abroad, and is said il
every way to be up to the top notch
The can-making departments at Chi
Lcago are running day and night in al
effort to turn out 100000 cans need
ed for meats.
For the first week of October cope
exports were 100000 pounds, a rat
that indicates total shipments of tn
red metal of 100000 pounds for tn
month. In money terms Those export
add another 81, 100000 to the wealth {
: American producers.
i Domestic sellers sent abroad 7,8f
, bales of cotton yesterday, includin
$500 bales to Great Britain, 4,150
} the continent and Lis to Mexico. Ii
] erpool reported imports Of 900 balt
' of American cotton yesterday. AS
result of those shipments Americs
0 planters are more than $250,000 richie
Q Approximately 500 tons of rubb
s have been purchased here In the la
e few days for export to Russia. Amor
g shipments reported were fifty-fo
t bales of crude rubber to Liverpo,
. This shipment was valued at $1.7l
l. Continued on Pass HisAA)