Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-05-13
going to the West Indies, Central and
south America and Eastern Asia.

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south America and Eastern Asia.
The value of provisions other than
breadstuffs exported was $7S,3l7,Oo7
Bacon and hams, beef, Butter, cheese,
eggs, lard, fish and vegetables are EN-
braced under this head, and were dis
tributed over the whole world. Bacon
and hams lead the list, 347, 405 405 being
the number of pounds, and 49,, 1888 ,9OS
the valuation. The beef was valued at
81, 956,676, and the 4,367,9S3 pounds OF
butter at 81 ,092, 3S1, which is just $780,
900 more than enough to pay Tor the sar-
dimes we imported from Europe last
year. We distributed abroad 9O,6l1 OFT
pounds of cheese, which brought us $l1,-
SyS,995 1t may be stated here, by way
of comparison, that we paid last year for
butter and cheese imported 1884 ,495,
gold England is the largest consumer
of our cheese, nearly 7O,OoO,OO pounds
having been the amount sent her. Ger
many bought over 10000 600 pounds, and
Scotland nearly 100000 China and
Japan each took about 10000 pounds,
and 1400s pounds went TO the Sandwich
Islands. The West Indies consumed the
greater portion of the remainder. Ger
many bought from US "a, 436,920 pounds
of lard England, 1851 107 pounds; Bel
GUM, 2S,l74 1856 pounds; Cuba, %, lS6,412
pounds; France, 9,937, 1897 pounds; Scot
land, 9,4s9,771 pounds. The entire guam.
tity of lard exported was goa, 527 All
pounds, vnlued at $l930S,0l Ireland,
Russia and Turkey are the only Euro
pean countries which did not purchase
lard from the United States. OF pork
we exported 70,4S2,379 pounds, worth
s. ,S0S, 712 About one third of the pork
went to Europe. Of the West India
Islands, Hayti bought 10, 976,705 pounds,
and Porto Rico 2,476,262 pounds. For
onions exported we received S52 goo, and
for potatoes $47l 1882.
For green and dried fruits we received
1904 1853 The dried apples exported
weighed 4,234 736 pounds, the valuation
being 1894 1913. OF tins article Germany
bought 2,Sll.915 pounds, or more than
half of all that was exported. The Meth
erlands bought 4S9, 612 pounds; Australia,
226,332; England. 209,3S9; France, So.
$50; Japan, 2l644; China, 2,371. or
green apples we sent abroad 1873 533 bar
rels, worth $2043l2. OF these England
received 1854 barrels; Scotland 21 ,OS5 /;
Germany, 2,421; Sandwich Islands, 2, 100;
Liberia, ESQ, Australia, 300; Russia
20; Mexico, 6,547, and Cuba, 4,729. For
fruit other than apples we received S2ll, :
30S, and for canned fruits, S2S3 $40.
The coal eXporl ed reached 163, 1O2 tons,
valued at $3, S23, $50, all of which, except
about . 900 tons, went to American coun-
tries For oils of all kinds, including the
products Of our own oilwels, we re-
ceived sal ,12l ,707 For naval stores we
were paid $13S4,s10 Tobacco brought
us S32 ,96S, 52S, a sum about equal to
what we paid for our imported silk
goods. Tobacco was chiefly exported in
lhe leaf, and the number of pounds was
3lS, 097 S0i, and the value $50 1893, lSl.
Over ZOE DOC, 900 pounds of leaf tobacco
went to Germany and about S3 900 900 to
Great Britain We received for distilled
| spirits 81 l646l6, and for beer, ale and
porter, $50 CN2. During the same period
we paid foreigner. for malt liquors over
| 81, 500, 900. For 7,435, 064 pounds OF
starch we received $40, 500. The living
animals exported yielded $3,3l0,3 1888
They were: Hogs, 15S,5Sl, valued a,
| 81 ,6a5 1877; horned cattle, 56,067, valued
at Sl,i50, S57; sheep, le4,24S, valued al
! $3.50, 1885, horses, 1882, valued at $3.50,
30i; mules, 1852, valued at STA, l25; al
other cattle exported, together with
fowls, were valued at $40, 53l.