New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-30
AGRICULTURE AND EXPANSION.
AMERICAN FARMER BENEFITED BY SHARE
IN THE INCREASE OF TRADE

IN THE INCREASE OF TRADE
Washington, April % (SpeciaD.-"The American
farmer, well the American manufac turer. is
reaping the benefits of expansion" said Frank H.
Hitchcock, Chief Of the Section of Foreign Mar
kets In the Department of Agriculture, when dis
cussing the expansion question to-day He con-
tinued:
the last three Years Were over $4,000 900 greater
enormous gain affords idea of the possibilities
that await further development of our agricutu-
Wider markets becoming not only an advan-
like the products of our factories. are increasing
far beyond our own requirements. and the surplus
shall have a constant glut In the home market
before to increase our shipments to foreign coun-
Ifles' we are searching the world over to find
may have a reader and more profitable sale for
Our control of the markets of Cuba and Porto
Rico WI, mean money in the pockets of our farm
purchase annually $50 100000 worth of agricultural
produce. chiefly breadstuffs and provisions, and
United States
In due time the Philippines also will furnish an
important market for the produce of American
farms: This group of islands is particularly i'm
commerce of the Orient All the great Commercial
nations are expectantly looking toward China, with
trade development the world now offers. The
With foothod in a the Phippnes and
q napar oase there to insure the protection OF our
TO reach forth into the coveted markets of China.
Japan and the rest of Eastern Asia.
The foreign trade of China, Japan and the East
lndles, even under the present undeveloped condi-
and OF this vast commerce the United States en-
joys less than 10 per cent. The possibilities of
commercial expansion in this direction simply
enormous. Our exporters are beginning more fully
70 recognize this fact and to take advantage of It,
The results already obtained significant. Five
years ago our exports to China and Japan were
valued at little than $1,000 coo; year they
amounted to nearly $40 100000 Products of the
farm enter extensively into this rapidly growing
trade. The cotton planter of the South and the
wheat grower of the North and West alike
benefited During the last year than 100. Co.,
0o pounds of American cotton were shipped to
Japan, as compared with only 100000 pounds five
years ago Our exports of wheat -four Asia in
100000 barrels to over 100000 Many other agr-
cultural exports of the United States finding
a new and profitable market In the Orient, and all
indications point to the development there of an
The farmers benefit from commercial expansion
however is not measured merely by the larger sale
of his products abroad. He profits nearly as
much from the growing expectation of manufact-
features in the United States to meet the require
ments of a broadening export trade naturally Gre
ates larger home demand for the products of the
farm. Every additional pound of cotton cloth sent
raw cotton; every additional pair of shoes sold
abroad means a better market here for hides of
cattle and so on through the long list of agri-
cultural products that form the materials of
are extended to meet growing export demand re-
quire additional workmen. and these workmen
must be fed from the produce of the farm. Thus
the American farmer finds that the policy of COM
mercial expansion results TO his great advantage
in the home market, as well as in the foreign