Rail commodity movements

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Creator

Royer, M. D.

Language

English

Source

The American Chamber of Commerce Journal Volume XIII (Issue No.1) January 1933

Year

1933

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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26 THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL January. 1933 Luzon Stevedoring Co., Inc. Lightering, Marine Contractors Towboats, Launches, Waterboats Shipbuilders and Provisions SIMMIE & GRILK Phone 2-16-61 Port Area Quality Printing is as essential to your business as welltailored clothes are to the successful salesman. Attractive letterheads, bill heads, cards, envelopes, labels, etc., are silent but powerful salesman. Why not let them carry your message in the most effective way? The M.cCullou^h Imprint ensures quality printing and all that it implies. McCullough service means expert supervision and the intelligent handling of your printing problems. Whatever your printing needs may be, you are assured the utmost satisfaction when McCullough does the job. May we serve you? McCullough printing co. Division of Philippine Education Co., Inc. 101 ESCOLTA Phone 21801 MANILA, P. I. President of the United States and the Chief Executive of the Common wealth of the Philippine Island.*, respectively, for the purprw of formulating re commendation* as to future trade relation.* between the Government of the United States and the independent government of the Philippine Island*, the time, place, and manner of holding such conference to be determined by the President of the United States; but nothing in this proviso shall lie construed to modify or affect in any way any provision of this Act relating to the procedure leading up to Philippine independence or the date upon which the Philippine Islands shall Income independent. Sec. 14. Upon the final and complete withdrawal of .American sover eignty over the Philippine Islands the immigration laws of the United States (including all the provisions thereof relating to persons ineligible to citizenship) shall apply to persons who were bom in the Philippine Islands to the same extent as in the case of other foreign countries. CERTAIN STATUTES CONTINUED IN FORCE Sec. 15. Except as in this Act otherwise provided, the laws now or hereafter in force in the Philippine Islands shall continue in force in the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands until altered, amended, orrepealrd by the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands or by the Congress of the United States, and all references in such laws to tlie Philippines or Philippine Islands shall be construed to mean the govern ment of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands. The government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands shall be deegned successor to the present government of the Philippine Islands and of all the rights and obligations thereof. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all laws or parts of laws relating to the present government of the Philippine Islands and its administration are hereby repealed as of the date of the inauguration of the government of the Commonwealth of the Phil ippine Islands. Sec. 16. If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of tne Act and the applicability of such pn> visions to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. EFFECTIVE DATE Sec. 17. The foregoing provisions of this Act shall not take effect until accepted by concurrent resolution of the Philippine Legislature or by a convention called for the purpose of passing upon that question as may be provided by the Philippine Legislature. RAIL COMMODITY MOVEMENTS By M. D. Royer Trcffic Manager, Manila Railroad Company The volume of Commodities received in Manila during the month of December, 1932, via the Manila Railroad are as follows: Rice, cavans.................................. 71,263 Sugar, piculs................................. 760,664 Coprax, piculs............................... 158,371 Coconuts....................................... 295,900 Desiccated Coconuts in cases... 1,625 Tobacco, bales.............................. 1,328 Lumber and Timber B. F......... 393,671 The freight revenue car loading statistics for four weeks ending December 10, 1932, as com pared with the same period for the year 1931 are given below: FREIGHT REVENUE CAR LOADINGB COMMODITIES NUMBER OF FREIGHT CARS FREIGHT TONNAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE 1932 1931 1932 1931 Cars Tonnage Rice................................. 132 354 1,232 3,770 (222) (2,538) Palay.............................. 53 56 458 565 (3) (107) Sugar.............................. 1,065 761 29,551 22,131 304 7,420 Sugar cane..................... 7,667 5,556 135,492 94,232 2,111 41,260 Coprax............................ 863 790 6,410 6,265 73 145 Coconuts......................... 64 227 637 2,487 (163) Molasses ... las 76 3,043 2 J 23 29 92(P Hemp.............................. 5 8 ’ 52 ’ 63 (3) (ID Tobacco.......................... 3 . 8 15 46 (5) (31) Livestock. . 19 42 96 196 (23) Mineral Products......... 238 210 3,067 2,391 28 Lumber and Timlicr. 137 141 3,613 3,225 (4) 388 Other Forest Products . 2 6 33 43 (4) (10) Manufactures............... 63 81 982 916 (18) 66 .All others includingLCL 2,282 2,078 17,621 15,733 -204 1,888 Total..................... 12,698 10,394 •202,302 154,186 2.304 48.116 SUMMARY Wwk ending Nov. 26. 1032.. Week ending Dec. 3. 1932... Week ending Dec. 10, 1032.. 4,043 4,131 4,524 3,312 3,421 3,661 65,148 65,034 72,120 49,421 51,079 53,686 731 710 863 15,727 13,955 18,434 Total......... ............... 12,6418 10,394 202.302 154,186 2,304 48.116 Note:—Figures in parenthesis indicate decrease. IN RESPONDING TO ADVERTISEMENTS PLEASE MENTION THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL

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