The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-02
s2,500,000Is VALUE
Of HORSES SHIPPED
MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND GO
VIA NEWPORT NEWS.
VlRGINlA'S EXPORTS
FIGURES COMPILED BY COLLECTOR
HAMILTON SHOW GREAT VOL
UME OF BUSINESS AT PORTS
OF STATE.

More than ten thousand horses
valued at more than two and a half
million dollars have passed through
Newport News for France to be used
by the allied armies in the last two
months.
/ The exact figures. an given by the
report of Collector of Customs Hamfi-
! ton. are l0.5T2 horses, with an aggre-
gate value of s2.587,775. And still
more are being sent. Only recently
1000 were shipped to Bordeaux and
other French ports from Newport
News
These horses came in from the West
and from Southwest Virginia to
| Richmond and were sent thence over
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to
Newport News for export. Up to this
time all horses sent out from Newport
News have gone to France. while
other ships are now in port loading
! horses and still others are booked to
come, it Is said that the American
horses sent out to France are not
standing we'll the cold climate of
| that country.
| Other Exports.
! Other exports through Norfolk and
/ Newport News largely for use by the
allied armies are cotton. tobacco.
1888 barrels of -four, more than a
million bushels OF grain.
| The exports and imports for the
customs district of Virginia as COM
piled for the year 1914 by Collector
OF Customs Norman r. Hamilton at
Norfolk. shows great volume OF
business handled under the direction
Of that official.
The total exports for the year sent
out from Norfolk and Newport News
Virginia's sea coast ports to foreign
countries, amounted in value to SPA
9s6.055. Norfolk's export values hav-
ing reached sl6,067. Sal and those at
| Newport News ss,929,2l4 The total
imports into Virginia during the
year. from foreign countries amount
ed to s70s7,872 as follows;
! Norfolk, s2,5S5.272 Newport News.
/ s3,479,315. Richmond 1891 $50. Pet
ershurg. s941.S95. Total. s7.097.S7
AS to the Richmond imports. 1t
should be stated that in addition to
the 1891. $40 in values imported di-
rectiy into Richmond, there came into
! that city much foreign tobacco,
liquors and wines that are first i'm
ported and warehoused at New York
and then rewarehoused at Richmond
until withdrawn for the payment OF
duty, In fact the great bulk of Rich
mond's customs collections. which
amount to something like a million
dollars annually. are collected upon
what are known as rewarehouse en-
tries made at Richmond after original
Importation at New York. and the for
eign tobacco, etc. has been brought
into Richmond. in bond. via the Old
! Dominion Steamship c o m p q v
through Norfolk.
Duties 81, 35O.O0o.
On the total imports into Virginia
during 1914 including the Richmond
Ivan "a bt,cG
lected in customs duty in the neigh
borhood of 81 $500
! Collector OF Customs Normal r.
! Hamilton, who came into Office April
10, 1914. has had one OF the most ac-
tive administrations of any collector
of customs to hold office in Virginia
Since the breaking out of the Euro
pean war in August, Collector Hamil-
ton has been charged with the en-
forcement of neutrality in Virginia
waters, and this within itself has been
most exacting duty. demanding great
care in the administration of the GUS
toms collectors post in this State.
This for the reason that foreign ships
in great numbers are constantly COM
ing into Hampton Roads. with IT hav-
Ing been repeatedly charged during
4 the past few months that vessels were
taking coal. or other supplies to one
belligerent or another,
All these things Collector Hamilton
has been called upon to watch in car
ing for the enforcement of the neu-
trality of the United States in Vir-
ginia waters.
Norfolk's Chief Exports.
! or Norfolk's exports valued at $1S.-
067.841, there were included prin
cipally during the year 1,S59.513 tons
of coal exclusive of bunker coaD.
valued at $5.514.749; 94,54s bales of
cotton valued at s5.279.s99; 36.s57 900
feet OF lumber valued at s2,2S3.6s1.
and 1S,253.60S pounds of tobacco
valued at $1,596.260.
| Newport News exports for the year
! totalling $S,929.214, consisted prin-
cipally of 143533 barrels of -four,
valued at $795.670; 4.1s2.752 pounds
of tobacco. valued at s419.273; 1,049.-
Is76 bushels of grain. valued at s1.079.-
| 1856: SS1,711 tons of coal. valued at
s2.S34.105; 100000 feet of lumber
| valued at ssos, 402 and 10,572 horses,
valued at $2.5S7,775.
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