Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-12
BOERS' FOOD SUPPLY.
Official Export Figures of 1893 and
What They Show.
Many Shipments to other Points
Thought to Have Been Surrep-
titiouSly Taken to the Trans
vRaI and Stored.

the Beers in South Africa went to
work to prepare for the war with
Great Britain. Most Of these accounts.
however, have had reference to the OBJ
tanning of munitions of war There
is no doubt that the burghers of the
1ransvaal and the Orange Free State
were just as thorough in providing
supplies of food. Some data on the
subject are contained in a pamphlet
just issued from the United States de-
partment of agriculture. This publ
cation only brings the matter down
! to June 30, 1898, but ne figures con
tanned in it show that the Beers began
their preparations as far back as 1896,
In the figures given showing the
distribution of agricultural exports
from this country, nothing is reported
| relating directly to the Transvaal.
The exports are credited to British
Africa and Portuguese Africa, these
containing the seapOrts trough which
the stuff for the Transvaal and the
| Orange Free State passes,
Canned beef is a representative ar
ticle. These figures, in pounds, shipped
to British Africa for five years. are as
! follows: 1894, S67193; 1896, 1,371,761;
1896, 3,019, 403; 1897, 5,319,302, and 1898,
4122,457
The shipments of the same staple
to Portuguese Africa show even great
er disparity between the earlier and
the later shipments, thus: 1894. 90;
1895, none; 1896, 457,570; 1897, 791,-
300 and 1898, S38, 1877
Ten sailed, or picked, beef may be
considered To Portuguese Africa the
shipments were small, but from moth
ing in 1894 they increased to 26,2oO
| pounds in 1897, and over 10000 in 1898.
| British Africa, however, took from us
the following quantities, in pounds,
during the five years inclusive of 1891
9S, respectively: 202 226, 1875, 49,
$50 371,S00. and SIS, 500.
Bacon to British Africa Jumped
from nothing in 1894 to 80, AT pounds in
1897, and hams from 1916 in 1894 to
135,169 pounds in 1S9S. Shipments to
Portuguese Africa of hams jumped
from nothing during the first four
years to 1866 pounds in 1898.
Sailed or picked pork sent to Brit
ish Africa ranged from as low as 49,
565 in 1895 up to 1890 pounds in
1897. Little of the article went to, or
/ by way of, Portuguese Africa.
1 The figures for lard are much larger.
thus: British Africa. for five years,
respectively; 2S9,024, 291 ,200, 446, SOB,
1902, BOG, and LOO, 293. Portuguese At
RIGA: 1,6O0, -, 64,917, 116, $50, and
l89,912.
Lard oil is another large item for
British Africa. 1t increased from 1861
143 gallons in 1894, to 3O0,744 gallons
in 1897.
These are the significant figures for
corn in bushels: British Africa (for
five years respectively)-100 $40
2,331,069 1,4S5, 897, 233,274 Portuguese
Africa-62, 3, 154O52, 3O7,595, 90,982.
Cornmeal sent to British Africa
| jumped from 25 barrels in 1895 to ~
941 in 1898.
No oatmeal was sent to British At
RIGA in 1894 and 1895 The following
years, 1896, 1897 and 1898 show the
following figures in pounds respect
lively: 29,850, 400, 952, and 667,79S.
Rye sent to the ports of British At
RIGA amounted to only 1929 bushels in
1896. The next year the figures were
95.264
Then follow amazing figures for
wheat. British Africa took ONLY AZ
1874 bushels in 1895, but the following
year she took 2,296,374 and the two
succeeding years, respectively, 2,524,-
094 and 2,S23, S63. For Portuguese At
rica there were no shipments in 1894-5,
and only 1871 in 1896. But in 1897
they amounted to 837,665, and in 1898
to 2,358,515 bushels
Wheat flour to British Africa jumped
from 1914 barrels in 1895 to 1875. 163
barrels in 1896 and 259,305 barrels in
1898.
British Africa took 220 bushels Of
beans and peas in 1895. The next year
1926 bushels were shipped, and in
1897 sc, 173, the quantity the following
year being 24,631.
Portuguese Africa, which had taken
none the previous years. took 1906
bushels in 1897
There was an increase also in dried
apples. To British African ports there
were sent in 1894 479 pounds. In 1897
the quantity was 10000, and in 1898
27,177.
Other items show minor increases.
and many kinds of exports remain
about stationary, the large increases
in every case being of nonperishable
foods.-N y. Times