Evening journal., 1921-11-18
WHAT THE TRADE FLEETS ARE SHOWING

LLUOREICN lines are slowly increasing their hold upon
II our import trade" declares the Department OF
Commerce Foreign ships carried Sc per cent. OF the
total imports compared with "a per cent IN july the
highest previous percentage in the fourteenth months Tor
which records are available" the Department says The
,,al inward and outward volume OF trade 53O2OOO
ong tons August, compared with 52sSOoo tons IN
July.
The figures given out by the Department show to Della
wareans that the volume OF our imports, excluding OIL
from July 1870 10 August 1921 twelve months, toaled
2i $4,000 long tons OF which foreign vessels oarrleu
loSi2OO United states independent vessels lsSoO anu
United states Shipping Board vessels 100000 tons
The volume Of our exports for the same period toalea
GO $1,000 long TONS Of which foreign vessels carried %
l2iqOOO United states Independent vessels i2SSn anu
United states shipping Board vessels 100000 TONS
OH imports for this period toaled iss25ooO long tons
OF which foreign vessels carried i@Slo0 Independents
235OOO and shipping Board boats 45S3OoO tons OF me
99 GOO long TONS Of oil exports foreign vessels carried
900 independents $4,000 and Shipping Board YES
sells 6s5OOO tons This was the tanker trade
When the value OF the cargoes carried is consoered II
n no found that of the 81 i2eOOOOO0O worth OF water
borne imports and exports during the eight mons enuu
August last foreign vessels carried about 63 per cent? by
value and American boats carried 81 per cent lhese per
ceniaees held good both ways OF the trade'
f The A 10000 net tons entered during the nrst eight
months o this year 40 per cent American and 'i
per cent were foreign OF the HS2OOO net tons ceae"
6 ner cent were American and 81 per cent were iores
This does not compare well with the 1920 period ior
American vessels.
our consul at London reports mat the net tonnage OF
foreign vessels entering British ports during the hrst
eight months OF 1921 increased over that OF the same
period in 1920 being per cent OF the total tonnage in
1921 and 2s per cent 1920 Entries OF foreign tonnage
in the FIRST eight months OF 1924 were 765S0OO net TONS
and Of British vessels i655OO TONS The greatest abso-
lutte increase occurred in the Of Holland and the
United States the former registering $4,000 and he latter
10000 tons increase the 1920 period As for clear
ances from British ports there decrease in British
vessels and an Increase vessels OF Holland, Japan and
Germany.
sidellght on the manner In which the American nag
is being shown to the world is found in the fact that ii5
American vessels entered Egyptian ports in 1920 with
total tonnage Of $4,000 while i46 American vessels passed
through the Suez that year. with total tonnage
Of 100000 During the first months OF he current year
50 American vessels passed through the Suez Canal
Another interesting fact Is that during the FIRST seven
months OF 1921 Germany added co Vessels to its merchant
marine aggregalng 100000 gross tons and these do moi
include chartered vessels More than twenty OF these YES
sells are fitted with submarine Diesa engines and twenty
motor ships are under construction. The producing ca
pacly OF German shpyards estimated at 90 per cent
more than before the Germany is still factor t.
consider in the carrying trade.