Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-18
UNPRECEDENTED EXPORTS.
Foreign Money for American Farmers
over Eight Hundred Million for
the Current Year.

'hShiNHGON, June lj.-1ne 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 in any preced-
ing year in the history of the country
Even the highwater mark of 1892,
when our exports of agricultural prod
ucts amounted to S799, ,32s,2 ,233, will be
surpassed by the record Of the year,
which closes with this month. The
preliminary reports of May exporta-
tions which have reached the bureau
OF statistics make it quite apparent
that the agricultural exports of the
year will be considerably in excess of
$500 600 900, the total for the year be-
ing likely to reach $685. 100000. Never
before have the exports of agricultural
nrndsiets reached the $50, ,00o 900 line,
anu never but twice have they been as
much as $4,000 900, the two occasions
in which they passed the 500, 900, 900
line being in 1881 and 1892
Compared with the last fiscal year,
the increase in exports of agricultural
products will be fully $3.50, 1000, 900, and
compared with the preceding year the
increase will be over $3.50, 600 900, while
the total will be fully SO 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 ,O0O,-
600 for each business day, and will be
more than $l00,00p,000 in excess of last
years exports of breadstutfs. Nearly
all articles classed as breadstutfs have
participated in this increase. OF wheat
the value of the exports for the fiscal
year 1898 will be more than double
those of the fiscal year 1897,
while the increase in -four will be
nearly 80 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 tof the
country, while the total exports of
corn for the year for the first time will
pass the POO, 100000 bushels line, the to.
tai in only three preceding years having
reached 100, 100000 bushels. Cornmeal,
oats and oatmeal and rye show strik-
ing increase, the gain in oatmeal being
more than go per cent. over last year,
and that of oats 100 per cent, while in
rye the gain is also ually
large.
"Provisions, in which term are in
cluded beef, hog and dairy products,
also show a marked increase, the total
exports of provisions for the year be-
ing likely to reach Sl6O, 900, 900 in value.
Most of this increase, however, is in hog
products, expectations Of bacon which
were S3i, 1877, li7 in value last year, be-
ing likely to reach sal 100000 this year
and lard showing a similar increase,
being likely to recach S370o0,oO0 this
year, or gain of nearly $500, 0Jo.
Live beef seems to be gaining in
popularity with our foreign customers,
the exports of beef cattle having in
creased materially, while those of beef,
either fresh, canned or salted have
failed to show any increase, in most
cases a decided falling off being no.
tlceable.
The exports Of beef cattle during the
first ten months of the fiscal year were
$40, G63, against 80, AIS in the CORE.
spending month of last year; while
fresh beef in the same period fell from
2i2, l6S,03i pounds in ten months of
1897, to 227, 434 1873 pounds in the COR
responding ten months of 1898. Sailed
beef shows a fall of 81 per cent, for the
year, and canned beef from 46,349, 00d
pounds in the ten months of 1897, to
34.oll, .29 pounds in the ten months of
1905