The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-15

these articles The figures for February.
lsSS, are S62.el95s about $ aao.el9 greater
than those 81 the month jus, ended. Ths
sight reduction in February. ISe9. as
compared with the CORES ouding month
OF 1SsS does not Indicate an actual re-
dnction in exports. but merely a slightly
lower price fog some OF the leading arts-
cles exported. Wheat exports. for In
stance. in February. 1889. are nearly zen
million bushels. against seven million
bushels in the corresponding month ~ lSsS.
While TIE value IS given az s7.&g. 500
against Se.tS4.0cS in the corresponding
month o. last year. The exports OF wheat
IN the eight months ending with February.
Nss amount 10 LIS -. 500 bushtls. against
lol.45 So bushes in the corresponding
eight months oc last year. The exports OF
corn in the eight months ending with Feb
Tusry. 1893, amount 10 II. ST.. rs bushels
against II. So 96S bushels in the CORES
pondi1g eight months OF last year. a slight
reduction In quantity though the value u
the corn exports for the eight months end
ing with February. 1889 Is S425I6.77o
against 81 0s6 $50 for the slightly larger
quantity exported IN the corresponding
eight months Of 1895 Il Is therefore ap-
parent that while export prices OF corn
are slightly higher than those OF year
ago. those Of wheat are materially less.
and that it IS this reduction IN the export
price OF wheat which is making the an-
parent falling of in our exports In other
words. IL Is not reduction in volume -
exports. but in the price obtained for this
largest article Of our export trade
While the wheat producers are no, OBJ
tanning as satisfactory prices FOR their
products as they did at this time last wear.
the cotton growers are more fortunate.
The February exports o. cotton. which
amount 10 2S3.4le.7o6 pounds. We're valued
at Sl'226.4s3. while 2sS SIS so pounds ex-
ported in February OF last year were val
ued at but 81 761 .l67. che average export
price last being below G. per pound. whne
this year IL Is considerably above g.. In
quantity the February exports OF cotton
IN 1899 are larger than those of Februarv.
1897 or 1885. but considerably below those
Of February Of last year. In practically
all articles aside from wheat February
exports seem likely 10 be more satlsfac-
tory than usual those u provisions IN
February. l,99 being larger than I'm ne
corresponding month Of fses. 1891 or 1895.
while manufactures continue the steady
growth over last year and over any pre-
ceding year.
The reduction IN prices ~ agricultural
products IS plainly apparent in the relative
proportion Of the total exports which they
form IN tho seven months ending With
January. During THAT period they formed
but 6sE per cent % the total exports.
while in the corresponding months u last
year they were IT'S per cent OF The total
exports aMuufactures make a very SAT-
isfactory showing. their percentage o. ths
total exports being PAS per cent. agains,
p Is per cent iG the corresponding months
~ .ast year. ON only two occ3sious have
the exports n manufacture shown in Tho
fun fiscal year as large percoutazc p
the total exports az in the seven months
just ended. although The vaiue - The ev-
porta'ions Of other articles has been uu-
usually large. II seems probable that The
expectation - tho fiscal year Whlcs ends
June 3 Isas vii be- the largast lu the hfr-
tory ~ the country. the revised fF7irea f7r
the seven months showing q total % f-,a.
5fa.3fS against 37Is ~. ~ tn the o,rrez-
ponding months ~ 1sae. enc year making
the largest export record in the history =
our commerce