The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
THE GRAINS AND COTTON.
July Exports in the Two Staples
Compared.

Compared.
The advance report of the Bureau of Sta
tistics on the exports of breadstuffs. pro-
visions, cotton, and mineral oils, during
July has been published The total figures
have been given out heretofore. but a more
extended 81 nopsis of the statistics is in
teresting, 1t furnishes a strong common
tary on the small wheat yield of the past
year with the price only moderate and at
the same time on the IA Their small cotton
yield. but with the price very high. On
the whole the figures are most satisfacto-
~, showing total larger than in any
year before except one in the history OF
the country it may be noted, however,
that the figures are not given in this pre-
hminary report, on the exports of manu-
features. 1t is on this class of goods that
the greatest strides have been made.
The total exports OF the four classes
were $50, 22S 232 as compared with S49-
1882 year ago, and $37, 1873, 721 in July,
1898. Tht increase for the year was near
ly S100,Ct0 and the increase since July,
1898 more than $4,000. Geo, The total was
the largest On record for July.
The total exports of the four classes for
the first seven months of the year were
$452 So. 527, far in excess of any total be-
fore except that of the same period in
1898, which was $43e, 402, 263.
The total exports of breadstuffs for the
month was $685. IT'S, a rather heavy fall
ing off being shown from the $2l, 0SI, sos
of July. 1889. During the seven months 10
date the exports of breaGstuffs have been
S133 600. 1892, compared with S142, 053, 790
last year and s1S2, SIS, 4C0 in 1898. falling
off being shown in each case.
The exports of cattle and hogs for July
were s.. 221, 1G5 and Of meats and Other pro
visions were Si4 as, 629. These figures
compare favorably with 81. 941.l 1872 and $14,-
S20,S34 in July, 1893. and with s2,922, 1874
and 1913 COZ in 1898. The changes here
are not important.
For the seven months the exports 81 cat
tie and hogs were ST. 677. 1873. against S11,-
252. 524 in 1899. and $40 939, ALB in 1898. The
figures for 1887 and 1896 also were larger
than those for the present year.
While it viii be seen that grains and
meats have thus not shown any marked
increase recently, and that in fact there
have been decreases In the exports. the
contrary is emphatically the case with re-
gard TO cotton The reasons for this diff
ference is not in the least mysterious The
production OF wheat in this country last
year was small comparatively and the de-
mand has not been SO great as to force the
average price up much The production Of
cotton was smaller, too, but in this case
mand which has forced the price TO the
highest notch III years.
The July exports Of cotton were l56,00S
bales or Il. Sal 800 pounds, the value being
81. ca sos. In July, 1899, the export IL
amount was greater 181,1S3 bales, or So
! 1875. S2T pounds, but the price obtained was
less, only s., 457, $50.
IN 1898 and 1897 the July exports Of cot
ton were much smaller, and the prices
obtained also small, so that the figures
were almost insignificant The total value
of the July. 1897. exports, for instance,
was only 81, 43S, SIG. less than a third OF
the value in July of this year.
The same Is true OF the seven months
of the year TO date. The total exports
for the period were 1926. 600 bales. or l.,
637, 135 SIS pounds. of value Of S142. $751;
/ 647- Last year the total for the same
! months was 2.960,50o bales. OF 1903. OF.
. $50 pounds, Of a vBiue CT $50. 6Sf 49, In
I 1895 The exports were large than they
! have been 50 lar this year, 3. $50 lG bales.
/ or / G57. SCI 292 pounds, bat the value was
only s169 500, $50,
Tits fact IS due entirely TO tie increased
! price, 81 sszEgon, II viii be seen from the
! flguT So the present years exports
/ have sod Far almost exactly 81 cents
pound On The other hand me price il
( the seven u1autbs of 1898 IS shown to have
been only about 90 cents round. 7ae
cotton yield Of that year was re greatest
( On record, bul the price waz the small
/ est
The exports OF mineral oils in July were
of a value OF 6,216, 655, a small increase
over July, 1899, but a decrease as COM
pared with nearly all other recent years.
! The total exports for seven months were
! $43, .054. IN this perrin there has beeu
! a good increase as compared with other
/ recent years The total for the first sever
months Of 1899 was $32. III .507, and for tbs
! same period in 1898 only $29. apt, $50.