The San Francisco call., 1898-06-13
FOREIGN GOLD
 FOR FARMERS Remarkable Exports of
 BreadStuffs. THIS YEAR A RECORD BREAKER REPORTS FROM THE BUREAU
 OF STATISTICS. Notwithstanding the War No Such Advancement Has Been Shown in the History of the
 Country.
THIS YEAR A RECORD BREAKER
REPORTS FROM THE BUREAU
 OF STATISTICS.

WASHINGTON, June 12.-The farm CTS of the United States are drawing upon other parts of the world for more money in the fiscal year which ends this month than in any preceding year in the history of the country. Even the high water mark of 1892, when our ex- ports of agricultural products amount ed to $799, BPS, ,2S2, will be surpassed by the record of the year which closes with this mon I.
 The preliminary reports of May ex- portations which have reached the Blu reau of Statistics make it quite appa- rent that the agricultural exports of the year will be considerably in excess of $500 900, ,000, the total for the year be- ing likely to reach $835, 900, 900. Never before have the exports of agricultural products reached the $500 900, 600 line, and never but twice have they been as much as $700, 900, the two occasions being in 1881 and 1892. Compared with the last fiscal year the increase in eX- ports of agricultural products will be fully $150000,000, and compared with the preceding year, the increase will be over $250 900, 900, while the total will be fully 50 per cent in excess of that of the fiscal year of 1895
 In breadstuffs alone the exports of the year will amount to nearly 900 for each business day, and will be more than $100, 900 in excess of last years exports of breadstuffS. Nearly all ar ticles classed as breadstuffs have par ticipated in this increase. Of wheat the value of the exports of the fiscal year 1898 will be more than double those of the fiscal year 1897, while the increase in flour will be nearly 50 per cent, and of corn nearly 50 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 200,000,000 bushel line, the total in only three preceding years having reached 10O, ,OO0,OO bushels. COrnmeal, oats and oatmeal and rye show a striking increase, the gain in oatmeal being more than 50 per cent over last year, and that of oats 100 per cent, Willie '~ rye the gain Is also phenomenally large.
 Provisions which term are in- cluded beef, hog and dairy products also show a marked increase, the total exports of provisions for the year being likely to reach $160, 900 900 in value. Most of this increase, however, is in hog products-eXportation of bacon, which were $34, ,1S7, ,147 in value last year, being likely to reach $44, 100000 this year, and lard showing a similar in crease, being likely to reach $37 900, 900 this year, or a gain of nearly $S,0OO, 900.
 Live beef seems to be gaining in pop ularfty with our foreign customers, the exports of beef cattle being increased materially, while those of beef, either fresh. canned or salted. have failed to show any increase-in most cases de- cded falling off being noticeable.
 The exports of beef cattle during the first ten months of the fiscal year were 379, ,663, against 31O,47S in the corre- spending month of last year, while fresh beef in the same period fell from PAP, ,16S, ,034 pounds in ten months of 1897 to 227, ASA, ,375 pounds in the correspond ing ten months of 1898; salted beef shows a fall of 37 per cent for the year, and canned beef from AS, ,349 006 pounds in the ten months of 1897 to 34,011, ,129 pounds in the ten months of 1898.