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416 MARINE from New York to ports in the West Indies and South America. The ships will sail on a regular schedule and will go as far south as Guayaquil, Ecuador. The New York-Sydney Steamship line will start a new general cargo service between New York and Aus- tralia. The Isthmian line has decided to suspend temporarily its New York-Rotterdam freight service. The Matson line and the United American lines have entered an interchange freight-booking agreement. The American line will have its passenger ships call at Cherbourg on their westward passage' from Hamburg to take on passengers for the United States. _ Starting in October the French line will inaugurate a ~-monthly freight service between San Francisco and other Pacific ports and Europe. The boats will make ports of call in Mex- ico and Central America. The Cun- ard liner MaurETANIA has been - geriously damaged by fire and the Emprrss of Cuina has been chartered to take her place temporarily in the run between Southampton and New York. The White Star line has returned Freight Service to - Europe the Batttc to the New York run after making ex- . tensive alterations. -- It is reported a general cargo service from New York to Petrograd will shortly be inaugurated by the Nordensfjeldske Steamship Co. in conjunction with the S. O. Stray Steamship Co. There will be a sailing about every three weeks. Hugo Stinnes' Ham- burg-South American Shipping Co. is going to es- tablish a freight service from Emden to South Ameri- ca. According to reports received in the United States, Herr Stinnes has resigned his directorate on the board of the Hamburg-American line and intends to be independent in the shipping business. The Royal Dutch West India Mail Co. plans to establish a regular steamship service between New York and the port of Venezuela. The service will be fortnightly and the itinerary will include Amsterdam, Paramaribo, Georgetown, Barbados, Port of Spain, Carupano, Porlaban, Cumana, La Guaira, Puerto 'Cabello, Curacao and New York. On the return trip vessels will make regular stops at one of the northern ports of Haiti. It is also reported that in Jugoslavia a company has been formed to establish a line of steamers to operate from Spalato, Ragusa and Cattaro to New York. The transpacific operators have suc- ceeded in maintaining the increased Operators freight on lumber to the Orient which Mol. was advanced from $10 to $12.50 on ake Kate July 1. Lumber continues to move in Adjustments . great volume notwithstanding the higher freight. The northern confer- ence has just made effective a new scale for long timbers which afford poor stowage, this differential ranging from $2.50 for lengths between 30 and 40 feet to $15 for lengths over 60 feet. -No-demand exists for sailers to Australia that busi- ness having been entirely taken over by steam. The going lumber rate is around $20. To Peru and Chile, sailing ships are getting $18 for full cargoes. To United Kingdom, 115 shillings has been offered for a sailing ' Sup 10r. 4 aa) cargo of lumber, To South Africa, shippers are working on a basis of $28 but owners will not consider a rate: under $32.50. In the intercoastal service, continued readjustments are being made on a number of commodities, flour having been cut from $1.45 to $1.30 per hundredweight - flected in New England. REV I E W September, 1921 while copper was reduced from $8 to $6. The lumber rate to New York ostensibly remains firm at $20 but four ships were fixed for full cargoes at $17 to At- lantic ports and a change in the conference rate is in prospect. -- i 3 Japanese tonnage has been active until recently in the grain trade from north Pacific to Europe. The rate declined from 70 shillings until it touched 55 shillings. Then foreign owners withdrew and this fact together with declining sterling exchange, has advanced the grain rate until today it is fairly firm at 65 shillings. Barley fixtures have been done at San Francisco at as high as 67s 6d for two ports of discharge. The westbound transpacific freight conference is not operating as harmoniously as was hoped because Port- land, Oreg., operators are inclined to act independently. British Columbia and Puget sound lines are holding together but the Portland conference is disposed to cut rates on various items. The bright prospects for the port of Boston early in the summer Traffic failed to develop and the movement . Of ireignt through the port has Fails To shown little change during the past Develop month. Exports at Montreal have increased and as Boston interests are now operating lines from the Canadian port the increasing activity there is re- Por tte frost pare' the regular lines out of Boston have maintained their scheduled sailings. The service between Boston and the Pacific coast has been especially well pat- ronized, which clearly indicates the permanent suc- Cese OF tills venture made early.in the year, a [he service to Scandinavian ports has continued on an even level, but' late inquiry seems to assure. an early 'increase in the grain trade in this direction. Movement of cargo for the Mediterranean ports, which dropped to an exceedingly low point during the spring, has slightly revived, and prospects for fall trade are encouraging. The steamship Hoc IstaNp recently sailed for Cairo with 4500 tons of sugar. - Reduced railroad freight rates from the West to Boston on grain, which became effective Aug. 9, are expected to cause a revival in export grain trade from Boston and Portland, Me., although as yet it is too early to see any direct improvement... Some lines report a decrease in the aggregate tonnage handled last month between Boston and the United Kingdom ports, but figures showing the actual de- tails have not yet been compiled. The steamer OtsEGO, sailing recently to Liverpool, carried a cargo of 200,000 bushels of grain and agents of the Cosmopolitan line report Boston is to have a per- manent service direct to Liverpool under the Amer- ican flag some time before the end of the year. Grain boats were reported in mod- erate demand during July from the Gulf to the Antwerp-Hamburg range, the Adriatic, and West Italy, Grain Ships in Fair ; : with Gulf rates much firmer than Demand on the Pacific, where rates have been weakened considerably on ac- _ count of Japanese tonnage offering for grain. Cotton bottoms have been in fair de- mand from the Gulf to Italy, unusual for this time of the year, and rates on this commodity have' strengthened materially to Genoa, Naples, Venice,