Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-05-13
What the United States Sends to For.
eign Countries.

exported from the United States for the
fiscal year 1874 amounted to $693, 039,-
O54 in currency value. The gold valua-
ton of the same was 1862, 913, AS, which
is greater than the valuation of our for
eIgn imports for the same period by over
357 900 600 and the balance Of trade is
consequently in our favor by that
amount
AS the United States furnish the prin.
cipa market for the sale of British mer
Chandise, 50 Great Britain and her de-
Tendencies offer the principal markets
for our exported productions. We sent
t. the markets of that nation during the
last fiscal year agricultural products to
the value of $40, 945,S $40 in greenbacks,
not gold, which is nearly two.thirds Of
the entire value of all our exports for
that period OF that amount we shipped
direct to England $30s S75, s92, and to
Ireland and Scotland $64 ,690,2l6. The
value ofproducts received last year from
Great Britain was $3.50 1S0,597, gold
Next TO Great Britain, Germany is our
best customer, So, 344 622 being our re-
ceiprs for her purchases. To France and
her depe ences we shipped $50, ,045
worth of Products, of which France re-
ceiycd directly over $500e0 900 worth
Spain and her colonies paid us $33 $685.
$40, of which there was from the mother
country $ll,Gi3,7l5 and from cuba
$l050. ,9Sl. TO Belgium we sent prod
ucts valued al $50, 1877 to the Meth
g lands, si5, 1876 3D0 Russia $l0,2S4,
1903, Italy, S., 1873 ,666; Turkey, 81, 549, 493;
Denmark, 81 430, 791 Norway and Swc-
den, 81 ,3S5,0SS; China, 81 ,620, 1855; Japan,
$l,SUS, lO7; Brazil, 81, 552S52; United
States OF Colombia, 1923 ,S4S, Mexico,
S4,073 ,679; lIayti, 1926, $50; Chilli, SO,
730,6l7; Peru, $2,5lS 49i; Argentine Re.
public, $2,47S,5l3; Venezuela, $2,3S4, 139.
The countries which purchased least
from MS are Greece, $22 .66S; Liberia,
$l23, 463 San Domingo, 1914 ,633, and
Che Sandwich Islands, S623, 2S0.
If cotton Is no longer called King, it is
still the largest and most valuable article
Of export, and brought 10 this country
last year sci ,223, $50 In exchange for
that large SUN Of money we exported
1908, 075 bales, or I,3jS,692 ,303 pounds.
Of that quantity England alone received
over SI3,u0000O pounds, and paid us
$l36 ,952, 1877. From France we received
for the same staple $27, 1877 ,232 from
Germany $l1 ,250hOO; Russia SS,479, 4Sl
Spain 81 266, rs; Ireland, $3.50 1903
the Netherlands, S2,779, 265, Italy, ST..
U4,l In cotton fabrics we exported
1GS12,322 yards, valued at 81 $50, 900.
at VIII surprise many readers to learn
that England received of these fabrics
Las, 7S6 yards valued ut 1882, S)7. Bra
Ill, however bought most of our export
ed cotton fabrics, the yards numbering
2,236 $50, OF which the value was 1921 GA.
France, which taxes us SO heavily for
fabrics OF her own manufacture bought
only $4,000 Of our own cotton fabrics,
while Germany patronized us in that
line of goods To the value of SAG 900.
The Chinese consumed Of our cotton
fabrics / ,iis,I45 yards, paying MS fully
$2Oi,354. Chill took !, $50 $50 yards and
son US to pay for them S2l0,070; while
Mexico bought 2,363,9l5 yards for 1913,
366 The remainder of that class OF
fabrics went to Asiatic and South Amer.
t,t,n countries, the British East Indies
receiving nearly $4,000 worth. The
.-other exported articles manufactured
&om cotton and not enumerated above ar,
~ alued at S1i5 $50. Our total receipt.
Cor exported cotton foot up S2l5, 0S9, 0Sl
our imported manufactures of cottc,
for the year were valued at less thar
x25 900, 900
Br,adstutls are next to cotton in valu
alton OF exports, amounting to Sl6l 1913
sol, These were consigned to nearl
every nation on the globe, the only Euro
OCEAN countries not receiving them hcin
Ausua, Denmark, Greece, Norway an
Sweden and Furkey. OF wheat we eN
porto 7la3o09S bushels, valued a
SI0l 42l ,45a; wheat flour, 1904 ,09I ba'
res, valued AT S29, Pos, ool, Indian corr
"a 4S4 COG bushels, valued at 2i,769 80
Lng)uud receives most of our brcat
stulls; 3,l2S, 552 bushels of wheat, |
}e1 9S6 barrels of wheat flour, and 10
800 1873 bushels ot Indian corn went {
her markets last year Scotland receive
3,9O3 $50 bushels OF wheat, 343 1876 barrel
flour, and ., 235,02 bushels corn, Will
Ireland received 1902, s31 bushe'
wheat, 80, 203 barrels flour, and u, 764
Sii bushels corn, which was more thu
one-tnird of the entire quantity of cor
exported during the year. France too
2,2233 66 bushels wheat. 1260 barrel
-Four, and A629il bushels corn; and Gr,
many bought $50, iS5 bushels wheat, u
$50 barrels flour, and So, $40 bushel
corn.
France bought three times as niue
flour as Germany, while Germany hougl
three times a. much wheat rs Frame
and twice rs much corn In the slr
time Ireland consumed six times ,
much OF our wheat as both France nm
Germany, thirteen times as much cots
both theSe countries, six shines as niue
flour - France and twice rs much ;
Gemasy. Belgium received 3 te9 "
bushels wheat r. l0l barrels flour AN
~ ,9S bushels corn NpfIs,rlanl. 2 fEN
400 bushels wheat, %, $50 barrels Hon
aHd Oils Bushels corn. OF barley "
exported 3e0,3g9 bushels, valued
S2lo,@S; oats, Sl2SI3 bushels, valued
u.s. ,6e; rye, l.56l ISL bushels, valued