Show The export trade of the country Is seriouslyfaffected by tho diversion of so many ships to the South African transport service of Great Britain The Springfield Republican says Worcester Worces-ter manufacturers who have an export trade arc already complaining of the difficulty In getting ocean transportation transporta-tion 1 is 3 situation not to bo laughed At says one of them The freight elevators ele-vators at Boston are filled with grain waltnb transportation and the freight yards iliere are said to be badly crowded crowd-ed We Judgethat New York is equally equal-ly affected by the extraordinary tieup fdr exports of merchandise from that port the past week amount to only 4 6C000 against 12IGOSS1 the previous wpc and an average of about 7000 000 for the corresponding week one and two car ago That supplies another reason why American products ought to be carried in American ships A nation Is not perfectly equipped until Si can do all Ms own work Of our products that the United State send abroad a far 160 a proportion of what they bring when exported goes to the coffers of foreign shipowners I |