The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-20
ge aithta Daily ga0Ie gnesdaY Oriug gnue 20. 1893

lines OF our production is stu regulated
to considerable degree by their absolute
demands occasioned 81 their storage In
other lines OF breadst1iks. In wheat the
reduction IN value e exports in the ten
months whose feufes are completed
amounts to S22,oOe, God. there being a slight
falling on in quantits Of cotton exported.
as well as in the Taitis per pound. In
bacon there has beeDa reduction in guam
tity Of exports. but this Is more than
made up by an increase in the expectation
Of hams and fresh pork. due to the inn
proved methods OF transportation OF fresh
meats. One curious feature in the reduc-
ton Of our exporta tons relates to live
cattle, in which the expectations OF the
year are Is per cent below those Of the
corresponding months Of 1895, the total
for the ten months being S24.4s4.s2S.
against So So. s23 last year. Consultation
with collectors Of customs as to the cause
OF this reduction results in the sugges-
ton that the improved business conditions
in the United States and increased wages
are leading to a much greater consump-
zion Of beef by our own people and con-
sequently an increased price and that that
duction in foreign demands upon US for
our beef cattle. In other lines or provis-
ions, however such as sailed beef, tai
low, hams. fresh pork, lard, oleomargar-
inc, poultry and milk, there has been an
increase, the total expectation OF provis-
ions in the ten months whose figures are
completed being about 100000 in excess
of that Of last year. or sufficient to offset
the loss in the expectation OF live cattle.
While the expectation of farm products
for the year will fall perhaps 100000
below the total for last year, 1t does not
follow that the farmer has failed to real
ize as much for his productions during the
past year as in the preceding year. On
the contrary, a study of the export
figures indicates that the prices which he
has received for practically everything
except wheat and cotton are higher than
those Of the preceding year. This is prob
ably due to the increased consumption
among our own people. due to increased
activity and advanced wages.
In nearly all articles Of farm products
aside from breadstuffs and cotton, Of
which there Is a constant production in
excess Of home demands, the prices
offered at home determine those at which
expectation takes place. and a study of
the figures Of the years exports Of agri-
cultural products shows that in nearly
every article aside fro mwheat and cot
ton the export price per unit Of guam
tity has been larger than in the preceding
year. In butter, lard, fresh pork, bacon.
canned beef, corn, corn meal, oats, oat-
meal, rye. hops, sheep, tobacco land other
articles, the export fEEres of the year
show increased prices, thus indicating that
in practically all agricultural products
aside from wheat and cotton the prices
received by the producers have been
higeh than those of last year, while on
the other hand the increased expectation
Of manufactured articles has nearly offset
the loss in exports due to the reduced
prices abroad of the two great articles
of our agricultural exports, wheat and
cotton.