The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-13
CHEERING To FARMERS.
They Are Drawing More Money From Abroad
Than Ever Before in the His
tory of the Nation,

Washington. June 13.--The farmers OF
the United States are drawing upon
other parts of the world for more money
in the fiscal year which ends with this
month than any preceding year in the
history of the country. The high water
mark of 1892, when our exports of agri.
cultural products amounted to $799. .32S..
232. will be surpassed by the record OF
the year which closes with this month.
The preliminary reports of May ex.
porations which have reached the
bureau Of statistics make it quite ap-
parent that the agricultural exports OF
the year will be considerably in excess
Of $S0O,OOO.OC0, the total for the year be.
ing Likely to reach $S35, ,00O. 900. Never.
before have the exports of agricultural
products reached the sSOO.OO 900 line,
and never but twice have they been as
much as $500. 100000, the two occasions
in which they passed the 100000, 900
line being in 1881 and 1892. Compared
with last fiscal year the increase OF
agricultural products will be fully $780,
100000, and compared with the pre-
ceding year the increase will be over
$3.50, 900, 000 while the total will be fully
80 per cent in excess of that of the fiscal
year of 1895.
In breadstuffs alone the exports of
the year will amount to nearly 81 900. .0O0
for each business day, and will be more
than Sl0O. 600, 900 in excess of last years
exports of breadstuffs. Nearly all arti-
cles classed as breadstuffs have partici-
pated in this increase. OF wheat. the
value of the exports for the fiscal year
1898 will be more than double those OF
the finance year 1897; while the in
crease in flour will be nearly so per
cent and Of corn nearly so per cent in
value. May exports of corn were larger
than those of any other month in the
history of the country. while the total
exports of corn for the year, for the
first time, will pass the 200. 900, 900 bushel
line, the total in only three preceding
years having reached 100000. 900 bushels
Cornmoal. oats and oatmeal and rye
show striking increase. the gain in
oatmeal being more than 60 per cent
over last year, and that of oats 100 per
cent, while in rye the gain Is also
phenomenally large.
In provisions. in which term are in
cluded dairy products, there is also a
marked increase. the total exports Of
provisions for he year being likely to
reach $3.50, 900 in value. Most of this
increase. however. is in hog products,
expectations Of bacon, which We're $34,-
1S7,147 in value last year. being likely
to reach Si4OCo.000 this year, and lard
showing a similar increase. being likely
to reach 600 this year, or a gain
of nearly SS.0OO,OO0.
Live beef seems to be gaining in pop
uIarity with our foreign customers, the
exports CT beef cattle having increased
materially, while these of beaf, either
fresh, canned or saited, have failed to
show any increage. in mCst cases a de-
cided falling off being noticeable. The
exports of beef cattle during the first
ten months of the fiscal year were
SI9663 against SlO,i7S in the CORE
spending months of last year, while
fresh heef in The same period fell from
.t2, 6SC34 pounds in ten months CT 1887
to 227,t3i,Sl3 pounds in the correspond
ing ten months of 1925 Sailed beef
shows a fall Of 70 per cent for the year,
and canned beef from 46.2i9,C COS pounds
in the ten months Cf 1897 to 34,Gll,12J
pounds in the ten months of 1898.