Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1920 — GALVESTON PORT NEAR TOP [ARTICLE]

GALVESTON PORT NEAR TOP

Exports From Texas City Second Only to New York. Washington, Sept. 3. —Galveston, Tex., took second rank among ports of the United States in the value of exports during the fiscal year ended last June 30. The total value of its foreign shipments as given by the department of commerce was $598,239,227, or nearly double those of 1919, and greater by three times than those of 1918. Nearly ha'ff of all the exports from the whole country were sent ont of New York, the value being $3,383,638,588, or $180,000,000 greater than the exports th«> year before and nearly sl,000,000,000 more thar- those ip 1918.