The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-11

All ports..... 81. s36,o7i.73 -. ~, 75s,oU Il
A note of warning IL then sounded
that this port must struggle TO retain
and increase the trade II is now getting
and increase its shipping facilities. The
bulletin continues:
In this connection 1t should be under.
stood that no attempt Is made to avoid
a conclusion that a certain amount OF
trade has been crowded out of the port
of New York. Ports To- the north snd
to the south are straining to win this
trade away from us. During recent
years foreign trade. at least as far as
the shipping of commodities Is con-
cerned. has been scattering to a consider
able degree. Gulf. Pacific coast and
lake ports are accounting for rapidly.
increasing totals.
Trade with the Far East and South
America has increased and the opening
OF the Panama Canal has added enor-
mously to the nearness of Gulf and
Pacific ports 10 those centres. Calves
ton has had n remarkable record and
New Orleans has now for the frs, time
passed Boston and ia the second port
OF prominence In the United States.
with even a moderate growth at
other centres II is inevitable that the
ratio of the total shipments OF the coun-
try which are routed through New York
ibuSt ueSIcdSt constantly uiieS< ~ pTO-
portiOnate gain far greater in actual
amount occurs here. Even with this
growth going on elsewhere. however. the
port OF New York is steadily increasing
its relative and absolute leadership as me
shipping centre of the United states, and
this is not due TO the present large
movement Of emergency supplies.
THE ports on the Atlantic seaboard
have increased in prominence AS export
cantrNS ia "a creator .JplIpn than those IN
other parts OF the country. Altogether
they show an advance of over S+S5 200, =
200 worth OF goods shipped in 1915 over
1914. which is an Increase of more than
"a la per cent. Tn only other group
Of ports showing a gain are those of the
Pacific coast. which together in 1913 had
AN increase OF s31, 900 900 over the pre-
vious year. or about % per cent,
THE chief shipping points on the At
lantic seabOard. and those ut which gains
are accorded during the year, are as
follows:
Inc. 1918
1914 1915 over 1874
York ....., ssGi,3,s, sS> s..iss,5si, SIS ce,osi,7 5O
Maryland :, 100. $50 2Sl lsi.s7s4ss % aes. 20;
Mass -. S5,7l5,lh lO7,aE.G7 n7s 1876
deiphia -. sa,ls2.5H s'sed,m 2'ias47
virginia %, $685. ~.so7.Oss ss,ssi, ss4
District of
Maine. 7,G9.eT nSs.2g7 L. ss, $50
The largest gain made al any of
these ports occurred at New York, This.
measured by value. amounted to more
h five times that of the gain showed
by the records of the Virginia ports,
which are second to New York.
Passing from exports to a considera-
ton OF the imports of the country. the
position of the port of New York il
equally secure. The value of the total
imports OF merchandise into the United
States in 1915 was Sl.G7+,i69,7i0 OF
which $93i,0ll ,05s, or SO per cent. en-
tered at New York in 1910, s935.990 .9hS
worth OF goods. or so per cent. OF the
total imports OF the year. passed through
our harbor and in 1905 S679.629.256 out
Of a total of s1,1i7,5l3,o7l, or Go per
cent. OF the total, also came in tiNrough
this port"