Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-30
A VALUABLE REPORT,
showing the Standing OF the United states
i'm the Netherlands Trade.


Washington. ID. c.. September %
Ihe Department of Agriculture will
hortiy issue number five of the issue
o1 bulletins ON the worlds market fc~
American products. This number
treats of the Netherlands. and con-
t2lus q complete statement of the char
acJer and extent of that cOunUy's i'm
port trade of agricultural products.
be relative rank of each country on
tne total import and import trade is
iully set forth in this bulletin. In 1898
That year furnishing the latest avail
able Official data. the imports (tOtaO
amounted 20 S566 SOC. $40. OF that sum
Great Brtains share was S1O6.O63. .672,
Russia SlO4041 .952. Java's S77.5S4.-
o.o Belgium's S706o3635, and the
United States $62333. .542. the last
named country thUs holding among
twenty countries the fifth place. OF
wheat out of $4,000. 600 worth. the
United States supplied S1430000 Of
rye, the total import was S10.305. 900,
Russia holding the first place having
supplied S3.S00000. of barley, S10000.-
600. Russia supplying more than one
half. of oats more th8n $4,000 and
of maize $S2o0000 R0umania supply
ing S230o.000 and St000O0O respective
ly. Similar quantities We're supplied
by Belgium and the United States.
The United States supplied $4,000 0O0
worth of wheat flour out of a total of
S131u0.o0Q or rice valued at $4,000. =
600, the largest portion, Sl1,IO0O00,
came from British India. The total
importation of cereals to the Neither
lands is figured at SlO9 100000 Among
seeds f3Nseed takes first place. Out
of Sl0.9O000l worth almost half came
from British India the United States
supplying SlS00000 and Russia S2400.-
600 worth. Imports OF Peruvian bark
attain the astonishing figures of $6S,-
/ 100000 of which S5S.000,000 came from
the Dutch East Indies and the rest from
British India.
f According TO this report. the United
States. i'm 1898, exported merchandise
90 tle Netherlands 10 the value of
S6233}.3t2. and imported from that
country S>.1-5611. Labels are present
+ cd showing the several countries from
T whence the Netherlands import agri-
I cultural products. Statements as to
raw margarine and butter substitutes
Gre presented. OF the former they
+ took from the United States in 1891
twenty-five million pounds. in 1892
| seven,y-eight million pounds. and in
/ 1898 eighty-fve million pounds. The
/ demand for the edible product has fall
/ EN- steadily. being i'm 1891 eight million
| pounds. i'm 1892 nine hundred thOus-
/ and pounds. and i'm 1898 f0rty-fve thou
/ sand pounds This decrease is due to
/ tho increased manufacture Of finished
edible oleomargarine ia the Neither
/ lands.
The total amount of tobacco import
/ ed into The country In 1898. amounted
/ ro 5S0o0o9o pounds. valued at $780,
600; the United States supplied $780,
600 pounds, or about twenty-five per
cent Tile consumption Of tobacco per
capita I'm the Netherlands IS far fin ex-
/ cess Of amy country from which reliable
/ statistics are available
Ae bulletin contains q full report Of
Nr. Lars Repue, United States consul
at Rotterdam, ON the importation OF
/ Horticultural products into that port.