The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
BRITAIN OUR BEST CUSTOMER.


WASHINGTON. Jan. H-Mr. Frank III.
Hitchcock. chief of the foreign markets
division Of the Agricultural Department.
has prepared an interesting collation. OF
figures showing for the first time the re-
spective amounts of our agricultural ex-
ports which go to the several countries OF
Europe and of the other continents. The
period covered is 1894 to 1885, The state
ment shows that the agricultural products
exported from the United States during
the five years had an average annual value
of s66S, $50 Dol. or these enormous exports
about co per cent. found a market in the
United Kingdom and it's various Dependent
cies. The sum paid by the British people
for the American farm product purchased
during the period mentioned reached as
high as 4Os95s.S5i a year. Great Britain
alone took more than one-half of all our
agricultural exports. the ccnsignments
credited to that country forming about IS
per cent. of the total shipments and hav-
ing an average annual value of $685.. 407, 701.
Germany, which ranks next to the United
Kingdom a market for the products OF
American agriculture. received about 13 per
cent. OF the exports for 1S9i-1S9S, the ay-
erage yearly value amounting to $780,
ia
France. with purchases that averaged
S4S.9SS, $50 year. or about sc per cent. OF
the total, was the third country in inn
portance. These three countries-the
United Kingdom. Germany and France-re-
ceived together nearly IS per cent. of the
total agricultural exports. After the three
countries just mentioned the Netherlands.
Belgium, Canada, Italy and Spain afforded
the most important markets. The Neither
lands bought AZ per cent. of the total: Bel
GUM, SO per cent; Canada, 3.5 per cent:
Italy, % per cent, and Spain, Is per cent.
The average annual values OF the exports
TO these countries We're: Netherlands. $2S,-
500, 156; Belgium, s-o,731, $50; Canada, $23--S,-
5l7; Italy, $14,264, 424, and Spain. 81 76l. so.
Brazil took 81, 25S, 729; Cuba, Sc. 099 SPA: Dem
mark, s., 990. 1852 exports to that country
doubling during the fye.year period; the
636.4s6; British Africa, Al3 800, and Eu-
ropean Russia, 5000. 2S6. The average year.
~ exports TO Hong-Kong were valued at
$3,555 SIS, and those to Japan at s.. 407, 500
For Portugal the average annual record
was s., 709,6 94; for Sweden and Norway, s.
6S5.549; for Haiti. s2.2sl,966. and for Brit-
ish Australasia, s2.030.sq
The other countries TO which the United
States sent agricultural products during
1S94-1S9S. having an average yearly value I'm
excess of 100000, were Austria hungary.
Venezuela British Guiana. Puerto Rico.
the Hawaiian islands. and the French West
Indies.
These figures show that, with very few ex-
ceptions. the leading foreign countries ma
terially increased their purchases OF Amer
lean agricultural products during lsS4-1ss8.
In the total value OF the agricultural ex-
ports there was an advance from $685.. &C.,
7i7 I'm 1894 to ss5s.507,942 in 1898. making a
gain of SD, S74.1 1876. The countries of des-
tination that contributed most to this In
crease were the United Kingdom, Germany.
France, Belgium. Canada, the Netherlands.
Japan, Italy, Denmark and British Africa.
Our exports of farm produce 10 the United
Kingdom increased ss2,5ss.S4 during the
five years to Germany, s46. 33s and to
France, $33, ALE, 20s.
The summary brings out the fact that
about so per cent. of all the farm produce
shipped from the United States during the
five years mentioned was marketed I'm Eu-
rope. the annual average being s5ss. 954. 907.
In 1898 il reached as high as $761. SO. zs2.
showing an increase OF $50 over the
value Cor 1894 OF the remaining II per
cent. the chief part went to Canada ana
the other North American countries, aver
aging annually $4S. 724 257, or slightly more
than per cent OF the total. The records
for the five years show only slight gain
South America took only LIZ per cent. OF
the total. the average yearly value being
Asia there was a marked increase during
the five years. the value advancing from
g. S01.99s in 1894 to s14,67. $40 in 1898. They
formed lie per cent. Of the total for the
five years.
The shipments OF agricultural produce to
Africa. although constituting less IAN I
per cent. of the total. also showed a notice.
able increase. In 1898 the value amounted
to 50, 79559s as compared with only s1.7l6.-
$50 in 1894 This was a gain OF ss.07S.77s. To
Oceania there were agricultural exports
averaging 81. 394. Sos a year The Value for
1898 was $s5i0.46l, while that for 1894 was
only 81 ,96314S.