The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-25

quantity now imported, however, Is
much smaller than formerly, the last
few years showing a marked falling or.
Cotton and Tobacco.
form more than 80 per cent Of all the
agricultural products we send to the
Spanish market. The only other agri-
cultural exports of any considerable
Importance are wheat, wheat flour and
corn among the breadstuffs; lard and
tallQW smo9ng the meat products, and
sausage skins. ~. sy--
Cotton is the main stay of our export
trade with Spain. Measured in value
it constitutes over so per cent Of our
agriculture! exports to that country,
and about 20 per cent Of all the mer-
chandlse we market there.
During the past twenty years the
shipments have more than doubled in
size, and mucn of this growth has oc-
CURED within a decade. The average
quantity exported per annum during
the five years 1S93-1S97 amounted to
1l1,652,032 pounds, as compared with
93,249,7S3 pounds during 1SSS-1S92. After
cotton, our most important agricultural
export to Spain is leaf tobacco. The
annual shipments average about
20,000000 pounds, and their value about
$1,0OOOOO.
Our exports Of breadstuffs to Spain
vary greatly from year 10 year. The
largest shipments of the decade We're
made In 1893, amounting in value to
$1,941 ,206, while the smallest-those OF
1S95-were valued only at $4,432. The
average yearly value for 1SSS-1Ss2
amounted to 1913, 1856, and that for 1893
1897 to $67S 453.
The shipments of wheat, which is the
leading item in this group, have been
extremely spasmodic In 1893 they as
gregated as high as 2,443,105 bushels,
While in 1895 there appear to have been
no shipments whatever.
Meat Products.
OF the various meat products shipped
from the United States to Spain, lard
is the only item of any considerable i'm
portance. In 1880 there was an excep-
tionally heavy shipment, aggregatins
over 100000 pounds. The average
shipments per annum fell from 456, 147
pounds. worth $34,119, in 1SSS-1S92, to
1898 pounds, worth $13,9S9, in 1893
1897.
Another meat product in our export
trade with Spain that shows a decided
falling off is tallow
Meat products other than lard and
tallow are exported to the extent of
only few thousand dollars per annum.
The average yearly value Of all meat
products shipped was $55,797 for 1888
1892 and s17,769. for 1S93-1S97. OF the
various agricultural commodities
shipped from the United States to
Spain, the most conspicuous are wood and
its manufacturers and crude mineral
oil. The sum We receive for these two
items constitutes more than IS per cent
of the entire amount the Spanish pay
for our non agricultural exports The
only other items of any considerable
importance among this class of exports
are bituminous coal, chemicals, drugs,
dyes and medicines, merchandise in
Guided under iron and steel and their
manufactures, and resin.
While the expectation of mineral oil
from the United States to Spain has
declined, that of bituminous coal has
increased. In 1885, the first year of the
decade, the amount shipped was only
600 tons, with a total value Of $1,S50.
A comparison of the five-year periods,
1SSS-1S92 and e593-1S97, shows an in
crease in the average annual export
from 3,742 tons, worth SIT $780, for the
former period, to 5,679 tons, worth $751;
57S for the latter