The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

Farmers Products Form Great Bulk
of Enormous Exports.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The farmers of
the country have been the largest benefi-
Charles of the mervelous export trade of the
year Just ended. More than $50 million dol
lars worth of the years exports were the
products of the farm. Breadstuffs, cotton,
provisions, live animals, tobacco and fruits
supplied the great bulk of the $50 million
dollars worth of their products which went
abroad during the year. breadstuffs being
the largest in value, cotton second, provi-
sions third, animals fourth, and tobacco
fifth. In earlier year in our history has
the expectation of products of agriculture
been as large, the total for the year sur
passing by more than hundred million dol
lars that of the great export years, 1891 and
1892 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
breadstuffs alone the exports of the year
were sixty-five million dollars greater than
those of 1897, and were more than double
in value those of 1895. OF provisions the
years exports were nearly twenty-five mil
lion dollars in excess of those of last year,
while cotton exports were considerably in
excess of those of 1887 and 1885, but slight
ly below those of 1895.
Besides these great classes, the smaller
items of fruits and nuts, hay, hops, seeds,
vegetables, oil cake and vegetable oils, eggs,
feathers, and many other articles of this
class added to the receipts for agricultural
articles exported, bringing the grand total
up TO more than $50 million dollars,
against 730 million dollars in 1897, 665 million
dollars in 1895 and 546 million dollars in 1895.
All the articles of great agricultural ex-
DOrtatlCn show q, marked increase for the
year compared with preceding years. Corn
for the first time passes the two hundred
million bushel line in the calendar years
expectations. Dat meal, in which the growth
Of expectation has rapidly increased during
the past few years, shows a total OF eighty
five million POUNDS, an increase of more
than Is per cent. over last year. Wheat
shows round total of 150,C0O000 bushels,
against 100000 bushels last year. and So
0G0000 bushels in the preceding year, while
the value exported in 1898 exceeds $3.50, O00,000
against less than $100G00,9G0 in 1897 and less
than $50, 900 in 1896, thus more than double
those of 1896.
Great Britain is the farmers largest for
eign customer. despite the fact that pur-
chases from her in the past year have great
ly decreased. Notwithstanding the fact that
we have reduced our purchases from the
as compared with 1897, our sales to that
country have increased more than $50,000,CJ0
and for the full year will exceed $500,000,O CO.
OF the more than 200, coo 600 bushels of corn
which the farmers have sent abroad during
the year, over 75.D00,OC0 bushels have gone
TO the CIlIGQ hlnBuOHl. WHEAT exports 10
the United Kingdom increased nearly 20 per
cent. and formed so per cent. of the total
exports of wheat, while flour exports to the
United Kingdom increased in a like proper
ton and formed more than 80 per cent. of
the total exports of that article Cotton ex-
ports to the United Kingdom have increased
over 20 per cent. and those of provisions and
other farm products likewise show marked
increase.
Germany has also increased her purchases
from the United States, despite the fire.
Quently 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 purchases
Of wheat and flour from us have more than
doubled as compared with 1897. OF cotton
sales to Germany increased nearly %
per cent. Oil cake and meal increased 80
per cent, while even in provisions there was
also a marked increase, the sales of bacon
increasing more than 80 per cent, and those
of hams more than 100 per cent. Lard ex-
ports to Germany increased more than go
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 for De-
cember, 1898, being estimated