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the 1909, 1910 or 1911, a, remarkable gain, it will not seem - "A Marine Business Statistics Condensed ~ North Pacific Traffic Based on, the business of the first cuarter, the net tonnage entering and clearing the state of Washington cus- toms district during 1920 will equal if SEATTLE PORT TRAFFIC 1920 Deep Sea Arrivals Deep Sea Departures No. ; No. _Ships Net Tonnage Month Ships Net Tonnage 220 284,587 January 2387 320,212 © 220 302,158 February 236 306,467 290 341,705 March 299 325,164 328 331,921 April 348 334,540 not exceed that of the previous record year, 1918, when the total reached 6,682,498 net tons. It is also significant, as shown by accompanying: figures, that the value of the business passing through WATER COMMERCE AT SEATTLE BY YEARS No. Ships Net Tonnage Year No. Ships Net Tonnage Vay 8,184,111 1911 1696 3,168,629 1913 3,558,640 1912 1901 3,542,010 2149 4,036,110 1913 2071 3,963,939 1927 3,893,104 1914 1892 3,765,358 2895 3,985,675 1915 2858 3,989,512 3174 3,685,635 1916 3217 8,743,757 3254 3,396,276 1917 3259 3,524,946 3151 4,008,314 1918 3141 4,192,785 3514 3,619,260 1919 3533- 3,785,407 the Washington customs. district in March, 1920, exceeded in value that of either of the entire calendar years - DOMESTIC COMMERCE OF SEATTLE BY YEARS Year Imports Exports Total 1912 $ 36,554,344 $38,000,316 $ 74,554,660 A913; -38:382,283 39,392,788 78,315,071 1914 49,174,727 48,758,494 97,933,221 1915 77,971,684 56,974,456 134,146,140 1916 98,229,317 56,763,599 154,992,916 1917 = 109,097,093 69,543,458 178,640,151 1918 128,101,794 83,211,058 211,312,852 1919 124,261,720 80,068,572 204,330,292 While this seems so phenomenal when the increase in the cost cf all goods since the war is considered. While both Seattle and this customs district broke all previous commerce records in 1918, business dropped somewhat in 1919 as was expected. However, the volume of exports and imports is now maintaining its own. Seattle leads all Pacific coast ports and is the fifth port of the country WASHINGTON CUSTOMS DISTRICT --Entrances-- --Clearantes-- 1920 NO. Tonnage No. Tonnage Jan.--American 61 87,385 196 128,962 Foreign 185. 155,268 187 151,865 846 =: 242,653 38a 280, 8e0 Feb.--American 147 88,528 173 98,347 Foreign 183 ~-- 188,174 176 168,526 ¢ el --ae 330-7 276,102 349 266,873 Mar.--American 185 118,794 174 107,134 Foreign 161 183,884 155 175,560 846 302,678 329 282,694 both as to imports and exports ac- cording to ratings based on March, 1920, figures. New York Traffic Clearances at the port of New York curing May were smaller than the average for the first five months of the current. year. Furthermore the shortage of cargoes and the difficulties of obtaining bunker, . resulting labor difficulties and the railroad strike, held a number of ships in port. The entrances during the month set a record for the year, conclusively prov- ing that despite the port troubles the importance of New York as a shipping center' has not yet been jeopardized. NEW YORK PORT TRAFFIC 1920 (Exclusive of domestic) Entrances Clearances No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage manuary 52, 872-1 148,196 410 1,450,778 Webruary: 5... Blk 12174, 9913 = 2399 1,054,269 March Ce ae 440 1,322,013 410 1,369,829 April 3, 431 1,302,177 386 1,243,000 May Ce 444 1,343,052 390 1,258,996 Inability of inland shippers to make deliveries at the seaboard, however, has resulted in serious congestion. The excess of entrances during May was 84,056 net tons. The excess of en- trances during the previous month was 59,177 net tons. In five months of 1920, FOREIGN IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND TONNAGE Passing Through Washington Customs District for 11 Years Imports Exports Total Entered Tons Cleared ' Tons Total 19007 3 $ 26,959,891 $ 25,788,475 $ 52,748,366 1.990.167. « , , , > , e > 2,068, 1910 Po. 28,010,491 80,121,004 59,081,495 1,806,467 9 pak age Ol oe, 654, ,361,; 76,015,987 2105,599 9.979'5 378. 1912 Cee 0,011 abt 63,745,572 102,756,822 2,498,150 Aen aie ask BMS ashes 473, 1548, 021,792 2,887,822 3.058504 --_--53'943'8: tot, 55,391,656 55,012,215 110,403,871 3.171.745 246 oe. 4 : 165 012, ,403, 171,745 = 8 246,475 ~~ 6.418 99 1016 68,446,576 67,887,784 135,354,351 298 oss oea te ; 387, ,354,; 20,622 3,046,123 5.966 74% ih 135,580,910 163,089,863 298,670,773 3.95 : ere ,089, ,670, 8,251,586 3,303,689 6554 905 ig 290,098,276 196,837,722 486,935,998 310 : ee : 7 837,722 86,935, 100,497 3,164.750 6.965 le 300,954,076 296,195,720 597,180,914 39 "3R3°38 Bieta. ,195, 97,180, 99,110 338338; 10 195,918,779 292,274,345 488,193,124 2,793,879 oc eas i BY MONTHS DURING 1920 oe 29,964,055 15,883,758 45,847,813 964, ,883, 847, 242,653 280,8 5 Bes aard oe 40,708,126 15 989,197 56,697,923 276,702 266 78 543 Ts March 22... .. 392,720 32,780,040 79,172.760 302,678 282,694 585.379 386 {rom the port of New York records a total of 6,286,281 net tons of entrances and a total of 6,376,872 net tons of clear- ances. At this rate the traffic: of the port for the calendar year will show a decided increase over the traffic recorded for 1919, : Philadelphia Traffic Philadelphia recorded an appreciable increase in port traffic during May due largely to the overflow from New York. The longshoremen's" strike did not begin to tie up shipping at Philadelphia until the last of May. During the month, about one-third of the tonnage enter- ing the port of Philadelphia came in ballast, and about one-fourth of the PHILADELPHIA PORT TRAFFIC 1920 (Exclusive of domestic) --Entrances-- --Clearances-- No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage __ ships tonnage JAMAL con ce ee 59 139,941 67 199,396 Pepeuary.. si sce 67 184,753 72 230,766 WMarehx< 2.5655. 91 223,082 65 171,724 SUN ee es cc cae 88 205,694 89 237,730 Maye eee 116 284,315 119 338,366 clearances were in ballast. The large percentage of clearances in ballast was due to the rush of shipping men to send to Cuba for sugar. For this cargo small ships are used. The overseas tonnage using Philadelphia as a port during May was about one-half American. Lake Michigan Receipts Receipts of ore at Lake Michigan ' 'ports for May were 1,517,702 gross tons as shown in the following record by ports: Port Gross Tons euon: @nicago, IE. Gi. ee 894,038 Hast Jordan: Mich: <-) 5 0.3 eet ee ee Poubes City Micn. ste es 7,983 IIRC GO Ge os Gi a ee nneiana Harbor: Ind: i655 5. os kas eee 253,920 Cover Inds. oo i eo ee 361,761 MOU ee a 1,517,702 Lake Erie Receipts Out of a total of 6,976,085 tons shipped from upper lake ports in May, Lake Erie ports received 4,150,442 tons, as shown by the figures com- piled by Marine Review. The balance on dock June 1 was 6,312,575 against 5,- 944,994 tons on June 1, 1919. Detailed figures are: Port Gross Tons Budalo .and= Port. Colboraé.......5..2e. 722.380 Pe ak 256,762 COMMER ect eke nc ues oss eee 311,872 OWUADU A 28 ee ce cate as eae 1,072,076 TRAIN gee a Ok eo eee ee 115,594 Clevelandan ci) oe ie ek 754,817 WOT a ee 381,926 UUEON a eee oe i ee 143,719 ROLCUO. ee ee ea ce eee es 262,214 CWO oer ses ee eee ae ae ee 129,086 Total 4,150,442