The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-03-16
FOOD FOR THE BoERs
Vast Quantities OF Supplies Have
Been surreptitious1y Shipped
to the Transvaal.

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Intimations and stateme nts have not
been wanting to show how thoroughly
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 ob-
tanning of munitions of war. There
is, no doubt that the burghers of the
1ransyaal and the Orange Free State
were just as thorough in providing
supplies of food. Some data on the
subject are contained in pamphlet
just issued from the United States de-
partment of agriculture. This publ
cation only brings the matter down
to June 30, 1898, but >..e 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 representative ar
ticle. These figures, in pounds, shipped
to British Africa, for five years, are as
follows: 1894, S67, 193; 1896, 1871, 761;
1896, 3,019, 493; 1897, $4,000, and 1898,
4,122.457.
The shipments of the same staple
to Portuguese Africa show even great
err disparity between the earlier and
the later shipments, thus: 1894, 90;
1895, none; 1896, 457,570; 1897, 79l,-
230, and 1898, s3s,797.
Ten sailed, or pickled,. beef may be
considered. To Portuguese Africa the
shipments were small, but from moth
ing in 1894 they increased to $4,000
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 1894
90, respectively: 2o2.226, 1885, 49,
$50. 371 800. and 579,S 800.
Bacon to British Africa jumped
from nothing in 1894 to 81, 477 pounds in
1897, and hams from 1876 in 1894 to
135, 1859 pounds in 1898. Shipments to
Portuguese Africa of hams jumped
from nothing during the first four
years to 53,666 pounds in 1898.
Sailed or picked pork sent to Brit
ish Africa ranged from as low as 4s,-
565 in 1895 up to 113.3o0 pounds in
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by way of, Portuguese Africa.
The figures for lard are much larger,
thus: British Africa. for five years.
respectively: 2s9,024. 291.209. 446,663,
1892 06. and 1,700,293. Portuguese Al
'rica: 1000, -. 64,917. 1850, and
1892
Lard oil is another large item for
British Africa. 1t increased from 1861
143 gallons in 1894, to 3oO.744 gallons
in 1897.
These are the significant figures for
corn in bushels: British Africa flor
five years respectively)-1. 900. $40.
1881 900, 1,4s5,897, 233.274. Portuguese
Africa-62, 3, 154,O52, 3O7, 595, 9O.9s2.
Cornmeal sent to British Africa
jumped from 25 barrels in 1895 to IT,
941 in 1898.
No oatmeal was sent to British Al
RIGA in 1894 and 1895. The following
years. 1896. 1897 and 1898. show the
following figures in pounds respect
lively: 29.S50, 403,952, and 667.79S.
Rye sent to the ports of British AZ
tn n
1896. The next year the figures were
95.264.
Then follow amazing figures for
wheat. British Africa took only A.
1914 bushels in 1895, but the following
year she took 2.296,374, and the two
succeeding years, respectively, 1854
o94 and 2,S23,s63. For Portuguese AT.
RIGA there were no shipments in 1s94-5,
and only 1911 in 1896. But in 1897
they amounted to s37,665, and in 1898
to 2.35S.515 bushels.
Wheat -four to British Africa jumped
from 1854 barrels in 1895 to 1915. 16;
barrels in 1896 and 259, 3O5 barrels in
1898.
British Africa took 22O bushels of
beans and peas in 1895. The next wear
1926 bushels were shipped, and in
1897 36'173, the quantity the following
year being 24.631.
Portuguese Africa, which had taken
none the previous years, took 1896
bushels in 1897.
There was an increase also in dried
apples. TO British African ports there
were sent in 1894 40 pounds. In 1897
the quantity was $4,000, 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.
Loved All Anlmala
Charles Kingsley seemed to have