Arizona republican., 1899-01-27
OUR EXPORT TRADE
Marvellous Increase in inc
 Volume Last Year.
Farmers inc Leading BenefiCiaries- Great Britain inc Largest Con- Sumer-Germany'S Purchases.

the largest beneficiaries of the marvel ous export trade of the year just ended. More than $50 million dollars worth of the years exports were the products of the farm. Breadstuffs, cotton, pro visions, 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, provisions third, animals fourth, and tobacco fifth. In no earlier year in our history has the eXpOrtation of products of agriculture been as large, the total for the year surpaSSing by more than 100 million dollars 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 bread stuffs alone the exports of the year were sixty-f1ve million dollars greater than those of 1897, and were more than double in value those of 1895. Of pro- visions, the years exports were nearly twenty-five million dollars in excess of those of last year. while cotton exports were considerably in excess of those of 1897, and 1895, but slightly below those of 1896.
 Besides these great classes, the small CT items of fruits and nuts, hay, hops, seeds, vegetables. oil cake and vege- table oils, eggs, feathers, and many other articles of this class added to the receipts for agricultural articles ex- ported, bringing the grand total up to more chan $50 million dollars. against 730 million dollars in 1897, 665 million dollars in 1896, and 546 million dollars in 1895.
 All the articles of great agricultural exportation show marked increase for the year, compared with preceding years. Corn for the first time passes the 200 million bushel line in the cal endar years eXportations. Oatmeal, in which the growth of our eXpOrta- tions has rapidly increased during the past few years, shows a total of eighty five million pounds, an increase of more than 25 per cent over last year. Wheat shows a round total of 150 mil lion bushels in the preceding year, while the value exported in 1898 ex- ceeds 130 million dollars, against less than 100 million dollars in 1897 and less than sixty million dollars in 1896, thus more than double those of 1896.
 Great Britain is the farmers larg 2st foreign customer, despite the fact that our purchases from her in the past year have greatly decreased. Notwithstand- ing the fact that we have reduced our purchases from the United Kingdom nearly one-thiTd during 1898 as com pared with 1897, our sales to that coun- try have increased more than fifty mil lion dollars, and for the full year will exceed 800 million dollars. Of the more than 200 million bushels of corn which the farmers have sent abroad during the year, over seventy-five mil lion bushels have gone to the United Kingdom. Wheat exports to the Unit ed Kingdom increased nearly 20 per cent and formed 50 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 ar tlcle. Cotton exports to the United Kingdom have increased over 40 per cent, and those of provisions and other farm products likewise 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 regu- lations in that country Her pur- chases of corn from us in 1898 increas- ed 70 Der cent and her purchases of wheat and flour from us have more than doubled as compared with 1897. Of cotton, our sales to Germany in creased nearly 25 per cent. Oil cake and meal increased 50 per cent. while even in provisions there was also a marked increase, the sales of bacon in- creasing more than B per cent. and those Of hams more than 100 per cent. Lard experts to Germany increased more than thirty million pounds, while exports of fresh pork to Germany in lS9S are more than five times those of 1897 or 1896.
 The following table shows the exports or agricultural products in each caIen- dar year during the past decade the hsures for December, 1898, being esti- mated.