Griggs courier., 1898-06-17
Thinks II 0mi.ous.
BEATS ALL RECORDS.
value Of Export. of Product. of tho
United States for the Past Year
Will Exceed $500. 100000.

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 this month than in any
preceding year in the history Of the coun-
try. Even the high-water mark Of 1892.
when our exports of agricultural products
amounted to $7s9.s2s.232. will be surpassed
by the record Of the year which closes
with this month. The preliminary reports
of May expectations which have reached
the bureau of statistics make it quite APP
parent that the agricultural exports OF
the year will be considerably in excess of
$500, ,000,0 600. the total for the year being
likely to reach $685. 100000. Never before have
the exports of agricultural products
reached the $s0000o.000 line. and never but
twice have they been as much as $7OO.OOO.-
600. the two occasions in which they passed
the $70O,000,O00 line being in 1881 and 1892.
Compared with the last fiscal year the in
crease in exports Of agricultural products
will be fully $3.50. .000,0 and compared with
the preceding year the increase will be
over $3.50 000. .000 while the total will be fully
so per cent. in excess of that of the fiscal
year 1895.
In breadstuffs alone the exports Of the
year will amount to nearly $1,000,000 for
each business day and will be more than
100000 in excess Of last years exports
Of breadstuffs. Nearly all articles classed
as breadstuffs have participated in this
ports for the fiscal year 1898 will be more
than double those of the fiscal year 1887;
while the increase In -four 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 his,
tory Of the country. while the total exports
Of corn for the year for the first time will
pass the 200.000,0 600 bushel line, the total in
only three preceding years having reached
10000. 600 bushels. Cornmeal, oats and oat-
meal and rye show a 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.
Provisions" in which term are included
beef, hog and dairy products. there is also
a marked increase. the total exports Of
provisions for the year being likely to reach
S160, 100000 in value. Most Of this increase.
bacon. which were $34.1S7.147 in value last
year. being likely to reach $44.0OO,O0O this
year, and lard showing similar increase,
being likely to reach $500 600 this year, or
a gain of nearly $S,OOO,OOO. Live beef seems
to be gaining In popularity with our for
eign customers, the exports of beef cattle
havine increased materially, while those Of
beef, either fresh. canned or salted, have
failed to show any increase, In most cases
decided falling Off being noticeable The
exports Of beef cattle during the first ten
months of the fiscal year were 37a663.
against 310.47S In the corresponding months
Of last year, while fresh beef in the same
period fell from 242. 6S,034 pounds in ten
months of 1897 to 227.434.373 pounds in the
beef shows q fall of IS per cent for the
year and canned beef from 46.349. .006 pounds
in the ten months Of 1897 to 3401l .129 pounds
in the ten months of 1898.