The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-30
L. S. Business Men Face Loss
10 Million Daily, Tho.
Is Value of Merchandise Being
Shipped to Britain.
FARMERS WILL Be HARD HIT
Complete StOppage This Week
Unless Strike Ends.
More American Goods to Eng
land Than Ever Before.

Washington, Sept 3O.-American
business men today are facing losses
that may total $4,000. 900 daily from
the strike Of British railway men and
the threat Of transport workers to tie
UP all operations in the ports of the
United Kingdom.
This is the value OF merchandise
now being manufactured and shipped
daily from United States ports Part
OF these shipments already have been
cut off by the order OF the United
States shipping board cancelling all
sauings to ports in England, Ireland.
and Scotland.
Complete Stoppagc This Week.
Complete stoppage Of all but a small
portion Of American exports is ex-
pected to come before the end of this
week, II British transport workers
strike in sympathy with the railway
workers.
American commodities now ara be-
ing sold and shipped to the United
kingdom ports at rate of nearly
30O,000.000 a month or more than
ever before. according 10 commerce
department reports.
American manufacturers. farmers,
cotton raisers. shippers and exporters.
stream Of gold and dollars that have
been pouring into American pockets
since January l. when war exports
came to an end. officials say.
Reduce II. l.. G. Here?
on the other hand, closing Of the
British markets may have tendency,
officials believed, to reduce costs here
OF foodstuffs.
Farm products form the great bulk
to ha
Kingdom. American farmers are now
selling for export TO the United King
dom in these quantities: Wheat, $13,-
100000; wheat flour, S20,0O0,000;
corn. 100000, and eggs, 100000
monthly.
Farmers it is pointed out, also pro-
duce livestock which packers are turn
ing into dressed meats and other prod
ucts to ship in these quantities: Hog
products. S37.0OO,0OO monthly; canned
beef nearly, $4,000 hams and shoul-
ders S25.0OO.00O; condensed milk
nearly. 100000. and lard and lard
compounds nearly. s14.00O.O00.
The tie up will also halt the ship
ments OF raw cotton at the rate Of
$4,000. 900 q month or S1.S0O,OOO
daily. while other southern farmers
will lose n market for tobacco leaf,
worth $4,000 n month.
Hit Sugar Rcfincrics.
Sugar rcfinerieS should feel the
strike effects since they are shipping
az the rate of nearly s9,000,0O0 worth
of products monthly. oil shipments
to the United KINGDOM are being made
at the rate per month of S1.50O.0OO
worth Of lubricatinE oil. 100000 in
gas and fuel oils. $3.50O. 900 in illum-
mating oils and $500. 900 worth of
gasoline. Cotton seed leads in vegeta-
BILE oil shipments at the rate of ST.
100000 "a month.
Tanners will lose n market for So
500. 600 worth OF sole leather monthly
and S5.5OO.0O0 worth Of goat and kid
uppers.
Some other principal shipments are
S2.2O0.OOO worth OF preserved fruits
monthly 100000 worth Of steel
biuets and inEots. $1.OOO.OOO in knit
goods and s7O3.OOO worth OF canned
salmon.
shipping board officials said today
a strike OF the British transport work.
ers may also tie up practically all the
shipping In the world because ii would
halt huukcrinE of ships.
World consumption Of bunker coal
totals SO.OOO,OOO tons annually and
Great Britain supplies 60,00O.0O0.