The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-07

yer cent OF the total exports OF agricultural
p-oduee during 1899. Breadstufs. cotton.
a'ld meat products constituted alone more
than so per cent.
Wien contrasted with the average of
earlier years The value of the breadstuffs
| exported in 1899. amounting to S273. SS9 699.
arYears unusually high. The exports for
1883, however, reached the enormous value
| OF 1898. S97 .II9, exceeding all previous rec
ords, and in comparison with these figures
the 1893 returns show a decline OF S59.-
/ S97. 420.
Wheat was the principal factor in this
decline although in the case of wheat -four
there was a considerable increase. Indian
corn, oats, rye. and barley exhibited a
marked falling off
Cotton n Large Factor.
THE exports of cotton for 1899 were re-
corded at S,7SL7l9,l22 pounds. worth SEE
6S9,576, as against 1852 7S5, S69 pJ Inds,
worth 23O.s5s 219. for 1898 The falling OF
shown by these figures was a decided one,
amounting to 10 e66.747 pounds in quantity
and 500. sea, 543 in value. Owing to a de-
cline from 6 cents to 5.5 cents per pound
in the average annual export price, the de-
crease in value was more marked than that
in quantity.
"In the exUortation of meat products
there was a considerable increase dur
ing 1929, the value Of the shipments for
that year amounting TO S1S6,679. IC6, or
s.. 552 624 IN excess Of the record for 1885,
which was $I5T. lz6 $40. The largest gains
occurred in the case Of hog products ard
especially pork and lard. The total value
of the hog products exported advanced
from $11O.S01.15 in 1888 to $lI5. 1898 IA
1899, an increase OF $4.37S.192 In beef
products there was a gain OF s., ISL 230.
The shipments of live animals in 1899
were considerab bly, smaller than in 1885
the total value Of the 1899 eCnsignmelts
amounting to only $50. SSC.916 DIS against
S46,243.4G6 for the year before.
Our exports OF tobacco in its unmanu-
featured forms during 1899 we're valued
at S25,467,GlS, an increase of 1928, 6SS
over the 1888 value which amounted to
$22.l7I.5S0. These figures include stems
and trimmings as well as leaf tobacco. al
though the latter was the principal item.
IN the expectation Of fruits and nuts
there was a decrease during 1899. The
value for that year amounted to only
s., S97 ass. as against $9.013,3lO for 1888.
falling OF Of sl.l15,S25. Fruits formed the
principal part Of the shipments. having a
value of $S.S51.S7S in 1895 and SI,757, 2S5
in 1883.
during 1899 in the expectation Of dairy
products. The year before, products of the
dairy worth 9.O95. 759 were marketed
abroad but in 1899 the value OF the ship
ments fell to $7.629. 2ll, a decline of ST.
466, ass. Cheese and butter both contrib
uted TO this decline.
The exports CT cheese for 1893 amount
ed 10 only IS 1876 pounds. worth 81
SIC. 049. as compared with So 167. ESQ pounds
worth $4.559. 1924 for the previous year
There was a decrease OF IA 1865, 527 pounds
in quantity and .275 in yslue. The
average export price per pound was sc
cents for 1888 and 81 cents FOR 1899.
In the shipments OF butter there was
falling off from q. .O25 pounds. valued
at 1854. T65, during 1895 10 %, IA 99T
pounds, valued al 81 263 .S51, during 1893.
The decline in quantity amounted 20 5.442.-
02S pounds. and that in value TO $500 81.
The average export price rose in the two
years from - cents TO l6-I cents per pound.
The value Of the seed exports Of 1888
amounted 20 $5.079. $50, showing a gain Of
s.. l24 613 over the figures for 1885. which
We're recorded at 81 S54.723 The increase
was due chiefly 20 larger shipments of flax
seed In the expectation Of grass seed
there was a slight falling of. 90