Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-24
BULK OF LAST YEARS HUGE EX-
PORTS AGRICULTURAL.
ALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN
BREADsTUFFs FIRST, COTTON SEC
OND, PROVISIONS THIRD.
More Than 2OO.OOO.OOO Bushels OF
Corn Exported and 1JO.OOO.OOO
of wheat-Great Britain the
American Farmers Best
Foreign Market.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 23-(Special) The
farmers of the country have been the larg-
est beneficiaries of the marvellous export
trade of the year just ended. More than
$780, 600 worth of the years exports were
the products of the farm. Breadstuffs, cot
ton, provisions, live animals. tobacco ana
fruits supplied the great bulk of the 49,
100000 worth of their products which went
abroad during the year. breadstuffs being
the largest in value, cotton second, profis-
ions third, animals fourth and tobacco
fifth. In no earlier year in our history mas
the expectation of products OF agriculture
been as large, the total fer the year sur
passing by more than SlOO,M0So that
of the great export years. 1881 and lSs2.
Both in quantities and prices received the
expectations of farm productions have been
unusually large. and this relates to nearly
every class of articles exported. OF bread
stuffs alone the exports of the year were
Sc, 10000 greater than those of 1887. ana
were more than double in value those
of 1895. OF provisions, the years exports
were nearly 25.OO0,o1o in excess of those of
last year. while cotton exports were con-
siderably in excess of those of 1881, and
1885. but slightly below those of 1886.
Besides these great classes, smaller items
of fruits and nuts, hay. hops, seeds, vese'
tables, oil cake and vegetable oils, eggs,
class added to the receipts for agricultural
articles exported. bringing the grand total
up to more than $s50.0tO.000. against s'5O.ooo.>
Coo in 1897 $3.50 100000 in 1856, and Soi6.OteOOO
in 1895.
All the articles of great agricultural ex-
portation show marked increase for the
year, compared with preceding years. Corn
for the first time passes the 2C00OO.00O bushel
| line in the calendar years expectations
| Oatmeal. in which the growth OF our ex-
| portations has rapidly increased during the
| past few years, shows a total of eo,Vooeoo
pounds, an increase of more than % per
! cent over last year. Wheat shows round
total of 15o,O0O,O0O bushels, against 1l0.oOOVoo
| bushels last year. and S5,0O0.00O bushels in
| the preceding year, while the value export
| ed in 1898 exceeds sl30.OO0.000, against Jess
than 100000 in 1897 and less than sfo,oOo :
! go in 1886, thus more than double those OF
| 1896
| Great Britain is the farmers largest for
| eign customer. despite the fact that our
purchases from her in the past year have
greatly decreased. Notwithstanding the
fact that we have reduced our purchases
! from the United Kindom nearly one-third
during 1898 as compared with 1887, our
sales to that country have increased more
| exceed $JG1.G00.G0o. OF the more than geo.
| 100000 bushels of corn which the farmers
| have sent abroad during the year. over
| l5COO.0OO bushels have gone to the United
| Kingdom. Wheat exports to the United
| Kingdom increased nearly 20 per cent, and
| formed 80 per cent of the total exports OF
wheat, while flour exports to the United
Kingdom increased in a like proportion
and formed more than 50 per cent of the
| total exports of that article. Cotton ex-
ports to the United Kingdom have in.
creased over 40 per cent, and those of
provisions and other. farm products like
| wise show a marked increase.
Germany has also increased her pur-
chases from the United States. despite the
| frequently expressed belief of the existence
| of adverse desires and regulations in that
| country. Her purchases of corn from US
| in 1898 increased 20 per cent. and her pur-
| chases of wheat and flour from us have
| more than doubled as compared with 1897
OF cotton. our sales to Germany increased
nearly % per cent. Oil cake and meal in
| creased so per cent. while even in provis-
| ions there was also marked increase, the
| sales of bacon increasing more than 80 pei
cent. and those of hams more than 100 pei
| cent. Lard exports to Germany increased
| more than 100000 pounds. while exports
! OF fresh pork to Germany in 1898 are more
| than five times those of 1897 or 1896.
| The following table shows the exports
| of agricultural products in each calendar
! year during the past decade. the figures fol