Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-12
INCREASE OF EXPORTS
Interesting Facts From Bureau of Stats.
tics Bulletin.
Greater Value for Last Month and
for the Seven Months ct the
Present Year.

A bulletin issued by the hureau Of sta
tistics of the Treasury Department today
concerning the principal articles of domes-
tic exports for July. 1897 shows thai the
total value OF the months exports amounts
to S'o.?io.21s. as against ssasil5 80 for the
same month of 1876 and s2a 44a.S4o for The
same month Of lsa5 Exports for the seven
months ending July. 1857. We're valued mt
$S2oass.os5. as against Ss1a. sli .2,I for the
same period of 1886 and s2IS .675.ass for the
first seven months of ls,5
The value of breadstuffs exported during
the month was sl3.al4. AZ: cotton. s.. As.
SIG: mineral oils. SIZE. SIS: provisions. in
Guiding cattle and hogs. sl5.459 iGp. A
heavy increase in the export of corn is
shown. Il. 405. i66 bushels for last month.
an increase OF almost seven millions of
bushels over July. 1885, while the Increase
for the seven months ending July is from
ii.o6,6l2 bushels In 1S6 to ll5 600. lJ9
bushels for the same period I'm IT, Ar
other heavy increase Is shown in eN
portation of rye. which fc- the seven
months period ending July. iss6. amounted
to 1,231.l5s bushels. and for the same pc
riod this year. 4S1.sf9 bushels.
The Cns- of wheat.
There has been a decrease In the number
Of bushels of wheat exported during the
first seven months of 1897. compared with
Inc same Oh lN", lToui at.to-.btf
bushels to p. I26. s95 bushels. This decrease
is more than offset. however. by the in
creased value of wheat exports for this
year, it appearing from the treasury re-
ports that the value of the lesser export
of 1897 exceeded the greater export Of the
same period of 1886 by Sia.S19. all OF which
is due to the rise i'm the price OF wheat.
the effect OF which has been to temporarily
check the expectation of that grain dur
ing the month of July. Reports from al
most every section indicate. however. that
the falling on of wheat exports during the
last month was but temporary, and that
the new crops now being engaged for eN-
portation will raise the item OF wheat ex-
ports beyond any figures heretofore re-
ported by the bureau OF statistics. The
expectation of wheat during July. ls6.
amounted to 6.062Uy6 bushels, of the value
of *. 03I. and during July. 1SI. TO
1885,. ar bushels. of the value OF SS,l".soS.
IL will be noted that the value oil the same
quantity of wheat exported during July
of this year Is almost 80 per cent greater
than that of July. 1876.
Philadelphia has become a port of consid-
cradle export for corn, the increase IN the
number of bushels exported from that port
having been from 4.US2, 100 bushels. in July,
1896 to 1506o.25S bushels. In July. 1877
Other ports have also greatly Increased In
the expectation of corn, but none to such
a large degree as Philadelphia.
Hcavy Increase I'm Cotton.
The cotton year is regarded as beginning
September 1. The figures given by the bu-
reau of statistics for the eleven months
ending July, 1896. show the expectation OF
2:i34 610.us1 pounds. and for the same pc
rod Of this year. 3.031 .G16.29l pounds. The
Increase in the value of the export is from
$50. AZ $3.50 to S22G o24.6i1. Heavy Increases
In the export of cotton have been made al
all the southern ports. notably Galveston.
Texas, from which was exported during
the period of eleven months ending July,
1886 cotton to the value of 81, and
during the same period of this year si1. l13.-
ga. The average price per pound of cotton
during July as cents, against "a
cents for July. 1896. The rise in cotton,
however. is comparatively recent. the aver
age price for the eleven-month period of
1886 having beer is of a cent higher than
for the same period of this year. The aver
age price of cotton per pound during the
cotton year ending August 1886, was 81
cents. and of 1895, 81 cents Ii may not be
that the average price per pound for the
year 1896 will be exceeded, but the total
value of the product will be many millions
more than that of last year. Exports of
cotton have increased to all countries ex-
cept Spain and Mexico, i'm which a small
decrease is noted. There is a growing de-
mand for the product in Japan, the in
crease for that country having been from
13.S53.232 pounds in 1896. eleven months
ending July, to 3l.62isIG pounds in 1897.