Rates on tobacco, unmanufactured, in hogsheads, tierces, or cases, any quantity [In cents per 100 pounds; in effect Feb. 20, 1934] Rates on lumber and articles taking same rates, carloads, including logs, poles, piles, and crossties 1 Rates do not apply to shipside, neither do they include any terminal charges. Tariff authority, Agent F. L. Speiden's I.C.C. 1700. Rates on lumber and articles taking same rates (including logs, poles, piles, and crossties), carloads, to Charleston, S.C., from points in South Carolina Tariff authority, Agent F. L. Speiden's (J. H. Glenn series) I.C.C. A-756. Rates on lumber and articles taking same rates, carloads (including logs, poles, piles, and crossties), between Wilmington and other North Carolina points [In cents per 100 pounds or per car, as indicated; in effect Feb. 21, 1934] 1 Rate is in cents per car of 24,000 pounds, excess in proportion. These rates do not apply to shipside nor do they include any terminal charges. Tariff authority, Atlantic Coast Line R.R., I.C.C. B-2512. Import rates on bananas and cocoanuts, carloads, from Charleston, S.C. (shipside), to points in southern and southeastern territories 1 Rates include all terminal charges, and apply on traffic imported from all foreign countries, including Cuba, Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, Hawaiian Islands, and Canal Zone of Panama. Tariff authority, Agent F. L. Speiden's I.C.C. 1674. STEAMSHIP RATES The intercoastal rates given in this chapter are confined to those commodities received and shipped in this trade at both Charleston, S.C. and Wilmington, N.C. The table which follows shows that the rates quoted to or from either port on scheduled commodities are the same, whether from or to a port in lower California or the most northern port in Washington. Intercoastal rates between Charleston and Wilmington and Pacific Coast ports [In cents per 100 pounds unless otherwise stated] COMMERCE OF THE PORT OF CHARLESTON The commerce of the port of Charleston increased considerably in volume during the 10-year period 1924-33, as compared with the previous 10 years. For the period 1924-33, which is discussed in detail in this chapter, there was an average annual movement of 2,477,198 short tons, of which 35 percent consisted of foreign trade and 65 percent domestic trade; while the annual average for the period 1914-23 was 1,245,958 short tons, 41.6 percent of which was foreign trade and 58.4 percent domestic trade. The total commerce of Charleston increased from 2,082,222 tons in 1924 to 3,246,174 tons in 1926, while in 1927 a decline to 2,780,215 tons was recorded. An increase of approximately two hundred thousand tons occurred in the following year, after which there was a steady decline until 1932, when only 1,646,924 tons were moved through the port. In 1933 the total movement amounted to 1,724,386 short tons. Coastwise receipts and shipments accounted for 50.7 percent of the total traffic, while foreign trade ranked second with 35 percent. Internal and local traffic accounted for the remainder of the port's tonnage, with respective percentages of 11.8 and 2.5. IMPORTS The import trade through the port of Charleston averaged 573,939 short tons annually over the 10-year period discussed. Movements during the first half of the period greatly exceeded those of the latter half, the average for the first 5 years being 735,604 tons and for the last 5 years 412,275 tons. In 1924 the import traffic amounted to 647,847 tons and during the two succeeding years substantial gains were recorded. Beginning in 1927 and continuing throughout the remainder of the period the import trade declined steadily until 1933 when it amounted to only 272,235 tons. Petroleum and petroleum products were the principal commodities imported with an annual average of 296,047 tons or 51.6 percent of the total imports. Crude oil receipts exceeded all other imports, with an annual average movement of 294,036 tons. Fuel oil, and gasoline and naphtha were the only other petroleum products imported, and each of these moved only in a single year. Imports of fertilizer ingredients ranked second in importance, with an annual average movement of 180,385 tons or 31.4 percent of the total import h traffic. Commodities included under this heading were nitrate of soda, with an average movement of 83,390 tons; manure salts, with 39,556 tons; kainit, 19,765 tons; and potash compounds, 12,565 tons. Other commodities included consisted of calcium cyanimid, calcium nitrate, guano, nitrogenous materials, phosphates, tankage, and miscellaneous fertilizer ingredients. Bananas, with an annual average movement of 19,099 short tons, ranked third in the import trade and accounted for 3.3 percent of the total imports; while ammonium sulphate accounted for 2.7 percent. Cement was the only other commodity of importance, with an annual average movement of 14,618 tons, or 2.6 percent of the total. EXPORTS The export trade of the port of Charleston, while considerably less than the import trade in amount of tonnage, comprised 11.8 percent of the total commerce during the period, averaging 292,447 tons per year. As with the import traffic, the movement was greater during the first half of the period and declined steadily during the latter half. The average annual movement for the period 1924 to 1928, inclusive, was 406,484 tons, while the average for the years 1929 to 1933, inclusive, amounted to only 178,410 short tons. Coal, as the principal export commodity, accounted for 54.1 percent of the total export traffic, with an annual average shipment of 158,171 short tons, the principal shipments occurring during the early years of the period. Cotton exports ranked second in importance, with an annual average of 45,490 tons or 15.6 percent of the total. Movements of this commodity increased from a total of 31,267 tons in 1924 to 78,618 tons in 1927, fluctuating thereafter from the low of 29,303 tons to the high of 50,335 tons. Lumber shipments, with an average movement of 29,646 tons, increased in amount from 1924 through 1930, but during the last 3 years of the period the shipments of lumber declined annually. Petroleum and products, which include both gas and fuel oil, ranked fourth in importance, with an average movement of 20,946 tons or 7.2 percent of the total exports. Cotton waste, the fifth ranking commodity, had an average movement of 12,084 tons or 4.1 percent; and piling, ties, and logs, combined, held sixth place with an annual average movement of 8,232 tons or 2.8 percent. COASTWISE RECEIPTS In point of tonnage, coastwise receipts were the most important class of traffic, with an annual average movement of 931,252 short tons or 37.6 percent of the total port traffic. The coastwise receipts of 1,070,210 short tons in 1925 were more than double those in 1924, after which the totals fluctuated between the high of 1,213,007 tons |