STEAMSHIP RATES AND RATE CONFERENCES Foreign rates. Owing to frequent fluctuations in ocean freights, tables showing current rates have not been included in this volume. Information concerning rates may be procured upon application to the United States Shipping Board Bureau, Department of Commerce, or to the secretaries of the various rate conferences of which steamship lines serving Jacksonville are members. A list of these conferences segregated by trade areas is given below: FREIGHT CONFERENCES UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENTAL EUROPE South Atlantic Steamship Conference (outbound), A. C. Nichols, Jr., secretary 1306 Savannah Bank & Trust Building, Savannah, Ga. South Atlantic Mail Line, Strachan Line. FAR EAST Japan-Atlantic Coast Freight Conference (inbound), Tadasu Itoh, secretary, care of Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Kobe, Japan. Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. DUTCH EAST INDIES AND STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Atlantic and Gulf-Dutch East Indies Conference (outbound), care of JavaNew York Line, 25 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Java-New York Line. SOUTH AMERICA United States-River Plate and Brazil Conference (outbound), George F. Foley, chairman, 8 Bridge Street, New York, N. Y. American Republics Line, Booth Line, Lamport & Holt Line, Gardiaz Line (Linea Sud Americana, Inc.). Brazil-United States Freight Conference (in-bound), A. Z. Gardiner, chairman, 8-10 Bridge Street, New York, N. Y. American Republics Line, Booth Line. Bahia-Ilheus-United States Atlantic Coast Ports Conference (in-bound), care of American Republics Line, 44 Whitehall Street, New York, N. Y. American Republics Line, Booth Line, Lamport and Holt Line. North Brazil-United States Atlantic Ports Conference (in-bound), care of American Republics Line, 44 Whitehall Street, New York, N. Y. American Republics Line, Booth Line, Lamport & Holt Line. INTERCOASTAL Intercoastal Rate Agreement (in-bound and out-bound), care of R. C. Thackara, 44 Whitehall Street, New York, N. Y. Arrow Line, Nelson Line, California Eastern Line (Quaker Line), Williams Line. COASTWISE Baltimore, Jacksonville & Miami Conference (inbound and outbound), care of Merchants & Miners Transportation Co., Baltimore, Md. Baltimore & Carolina Line (Bull Line), Merchants & Miners Transportation Co. Coastwise rates.-The following tables show class and commodity rates, as published by the Merchants & Miners Transportation Co., applicable between Jacksonville and Miami and North Atlantic ports. The rates apply only on traffic received from or delivered to connecting lines. For comparative purposes the Savannah rates are also shown. Class rates between Jacksonville and Miami and North Atlantic ports [In cents per 100 pounds; governed by official classification; and including marine insurance. In effect June 16, 1936] 1 Rates apply only on traffic originating at or destined to points in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, District of Columbia, and Canada. Rates apply only on traffic originating at or destined to all points except as shown above under foot. note 1. Tariff authority: Merchants & Miners Transportation Co. I. C. C. 1395. Commodity rates between Jacksonville and Miami and North Atlantic ports [In cents per 100 pounds and include marine insurance. In effect June 16, 1936] NOTE. The rate on cotton and linters in compressed bales from Jacksonville to Baltimore, Norfolk and Philadelphia is 30 cents per 100 pounds, and to Boston 35 cents per 100 pounds. These rates do not include insurance. Tariff authority: Merchants & Miners Transportation Co., I. C. C. 1395. COMMERCE AT JACKSONVILLE, FLA. From statistics compiled by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and published as Part 2 of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, tables have been prepared showing by commodities and classes of traffic the waterborne commerce at the port of Jacksonville during the 10-year period 1926-35. During this period the average annual commerce of the port amounted to 3,152,796 short tons. Traffic entering the port by water averaged 1,688,244 tons, of which imports comprised 367,170 tons, coastwise receipts 1,191,337 tons, internal receipts from above Jacksonville 60,439 tons, and internal receipts from below Jacksonville 69,298 tons. Traffic leaving the port by water averaged 1,034,370 short tons, of which 227,951 tons consisted of exports, 625,210 tons were coastwise shipments, 100,438 tons were internal shipments to points below Jacksonville, and 80,771 tons were internal shipments to points above Jacksonville. Local traffic, or movements within the confines of the port area, averaged 430,182 tons. Petroleum and its products accounted for 38.1 percent of the annual traffic of Jacksonville, with an average movement of 1,201,043 short tons. The greater portion of the petroleum and its products consisted of coastwise receipts, although movements were recorded in each of the other classes of traffic. Traffic in lumber and logs accounted for 15.4 percent of the average tonnage at the port, with an average movement of 487,580 tons. Lumber and logs also moved in each kind of trade, but the greater movements occurred in the coastwise shipments and local traffic. Oyster shell, the greater portion of which was moved locally within the port, averaged 217,253 tons and comprised approximately 6.9 percent of the total port tonnage. Naval stores, comprised chiefly of exports and coastwise shipments, accounted for 5.8 percent with an average movement of 182,574 tons; while fertilizer and fertilizer materials, most of which was imported or received coastwise, accounted for about 5 percent with an average tonnage of 157,739. Fruits and vegetables, including both fresh and canned goods, moved in an average amount of 143,113 tons, comprising 4.2 percent of the total port traffic. IMPORTS As already stated, imports at the port of Jacksonville averaged 367,170 short tons, comprising 11.7 percent of the total traffic. The 91710-37- -8 103 graph on this page shows that petroleum and its products accounted for 51.4 percent with an average movement of 188,613 tons; fertilizer and fertilizer materials for 27.7 percent with 101,702 tons; creosote oil for 4.8 percent with 17,748 tons; paper for 2.5 percent with 9,288 tons; coffee for 2.1 percent with 7,602 tons; and cement for 1.5 AVERAGE ANNUAL COMMERCE OF JACKSONVILLE, FLA.,1926-1935 percent with 5,325 tons. A total of 719,518 tons of cargo was imported in 1926, which was the peak year of the period. EXPORTS The average annual export traffic amounted to 227,951 short tons, accounting for 7.2 percent of the entire traffic of the port. Naval stores ranked first in volume, averaging 93,941 tons per year and comprising 41.2 percent of all exports; lumber and logs were second with 48,555 tons or 21.3 percent; iron, steel, and manufactures ranked third with 26,216 tons or 11.5 percent; oyster shells, fourth with 16,708 tons or 7.3 percent; followed by petroleum products with 8,716 tons or 3.8 percent and other items in smaller tonnages. More traffic was exported in 1933 than in any other year of the period, the total for that year being 310,630 tons. COASTWISE RECEIPTS The inbound coastwise movement at the port of Jacksonville has been quite regular during the period under discussion. The total of this class of traffic in 1926 was 1,301,911 short tons, but by 1931 it had decreased to 909,424 tons. Since that time, however, there has been a steady increase, and the total in 1935 was 1,379,510 tons, the highest for any year in the period. During the period coastwise receipts averaged 1,191,337 short tons and accounted for 37.8 percent of the total port traffic. Receipts of petroleum and its products averaged 832,284 tons or 69.9 percent of all coastwise receipts; fertilizer and fertilizer materials were received coastwise in an average amount of 36,145 tons per year or 3 percent of the total; iron and steel in an average of 26,455 tons or 2.2 percent; canned foods, including canned fruit and vegetables, 25,693 tons or 2.1 percent; fruits and vegetables 23,695 tons or 2.0 percent; and lumber and logs, 18,245 tons or 1.5 percent. COASTWISE SHIPMENTS The outbound coastwise movement from Jacksonville, while not so large as the inbound movement, is an important factor in the trade of the port, constituting 19.8 percent of the total traffic during the period 1926-35 and averaging 625,210 short tons per year. Lumber and logs were shipped to other coastwise ports in an average amount of 278,073 tons or 44.5 percent of this class of traffic; fruits and vegetables were shipped in an average of 117,251 tons or 18.8 percent; naval stores shipments averaged 56,513 tons or 9 percent; petroleum products, 54,708 tons or 8.8 percent; and clay and fullers earth 16,511 tons or 2.6 percent. INTERNAL RECEIPTS The port of Jacksonville receives traffic from points on the St. Johns River both below and above Jacksonville. This traffic is designated "internal receipts", and during the period 1926-35 it averaged 129,738 short tons and comprised 4.1 percent of the total port traffic. Oyster shell, from points above Jacksonville, was received in an average |