Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-04-03 | Page 3 | Exports of Foods in February No Lower

EXPORTS OF FOODS I FEBPiUMJO LOWER Schedule of Shipments Is Maintained, Despite Tie-up of Railroads and Boats. WASHINGTON, April 2. Exports of foodstuffs in February showed no decline de-cline in value as compared with the same month last year, despite the shipping tie-up tie-up due to paralysis of railroad transportation, transpor-tation, it was announced today. The exports ex-ports amounted to $;i0, 000,000 and the total for the first eight months of the fiscal year was $503,466. 73S. In February, Febru-ary, 1917, foodstuffs sent abroad were worth $S9,000,000 and for the first eight montiis of the fiscal year were worth $7 h 9, 9 00, 000. Every port on the Atlantic and gulf coasts now is being used to load ships carrving grain, meat a'nd other staples to the allies. Elevators and warehouses at Mobile, New Orleans and Galveston, which formerly were used to only a small percentage of "their capacity, now are being be-ing used to relieve congestion at New York and other eastern ports. Corn especially es-pecially has been shipped through the gulf ports because of their proximity to tho great growing areas of the west. Imports of foodstuffs for the first eight months of the fiscal year amounted to $11(17,000.000, as compared with S1S0.0O0,-000 S1S0.0O0,-000 last year. trome of the large in-c in-c re a se was said to be due to t li e entrance en-trance of Canadian wheat for shipment abroad through eastern ports. Kxports of manufactures declined from 'l t'.Gi.OOO.Ono in the first eight months of last year to $2,3;"9.0nO,O(K) this year. Crude materials sent abroad increased from S54C.000.000 to S5,"3.OOO.0OO.