The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

Frank r. Hitchcock Chief Of the Sec
tion of Foreign Markets Of the AgricuI-
tuTaI Department I'm a statistical report
showing the distribution of tho aEriCul-
turaI exports Of the United States during
the five fiscal years l>gj-lg0o, speaking OF
agricultural exports ny countries says.
There were a dozen countries In 1880 10
each of which the United States exported
over 100000 worth Of domestic farm
produce. Chief among these countries
were the United Kingdom and Germany.
the former purchasing to the value Of
S40S. o00. 900 and the latter 10 the value of
l34,COO0JO.
"Our agricultural exports TO the United
Kingdom were the largest on record. eN-
cepting those of the extraordinary year
1895. when a value of Siss.UJUco0 was at
tanned. In our trade vivian Germany, the
exports for 1890 were decidedly i'm excess
Of any previously reported. Compared
with the shipments for 1880. five years ago.
which were valued ut less than S52.'Hocl1,
they show an increase of nearly 100 per
cent
After the United Kingdom and Ger
many. the principal foreign market for
American farm produce in 1900 was that
afforded by the Netherlands to which
country exports valued at S52u11U00 were
sent These figures were exceeded only in
1893. and then by less than $1,000.oo0. As
contrasted with the record for 1895,
amounting TO S-IGJlUo0, they exhibit
striking gain
France ranked fourth in Importance.
and Belgium NTH. among our foreign
markets in 1890. the former country re-
ceivinE agricultural exports TO the value
Of S45.'l9,Co0 and the latter to the value Of
S33OoO.olD. In comparison with the trade
of 1896 our expectations to each Of these
destinations displayed an important
growth. the shipments To France during
the year having "a value Of only 100000
and those to Belgium a value of little
more than SlS.000O00 Our exports, both
TO France and to Belgium however. at
tanned a higher value in 1895 than i'm either
Of the succeeding years. the record for the
former country being S75.0o0J50 and that
for the Later SS7 10000
Italy was the sixth country in rank.
the products Of United States agriculture
marketed there during 1890 having value
Of 1000 Each Of the past four years
has witnessed a considerable gain in our
exports TO that country. In 1896 they were
valued at less than S15.O00oO0-
After these six European countries
Canada was our principal customer. pur-
chasing to the extent of $2l.o00oJU- The
agricultural exports 10 Canada advanced
in value from S2)Oo0GJ0 during 1896 20
100000 in lSgS; and then declined 20 the
figures just quoted for 1919. Japan fur
nIshed market in 1850 for over $1,000
900 worth OF American farm produce The
exports 10 that country afford one Of the
most interesting examples Of growth in
our recent export trade. During 1886 the
shipments barely exceeded 100000 in
value. Subsequent years have shown in
every instance a decided gain. Agricul-
tural exports worth nearly Sl5O0J.OO0 were
also marketed in Denmark during 1900
that country furnishing another striking
instance Of trade development IN 1885
the exports TO Denmark were valued at
about S5.o90,O00, or little more than a third
of the value recorded for 1890.
Cuba was the tenth I'm importance
among the destinations under considera-
ton. The amount of United States farm
produce sent to that island has greatly in
creased during the past five years. In
1875 the exports were at low ebb. having
a value Of less than 100000. Since
then impC giant gains have been made
each year eliminating in a value Of
about 100000 for 1880. Products Of
American agriculture were marketed in
Spain during 1900 10 the value of SO 5J0. 600.
these figures showing a slight increase
over the exports for 1885 which amounted
TO trife less than 100000 Ia the
three years following 1896 a considerable
decline occurred. but the lost trade was
more than recovered during 1880 Another
country that in 1850 purchased over So
OJeVJ worth Of American farm products
was British Africa, the exports 10 that
destination having a value of SO. 800 0Jg. or
nearly double the value reported in 1886.
which was only S5,300.oJJ Although there
was continuous increase throughout the
nve-year period Is95-lSlJ the largest gain
took place in the last Of these years.
After the twelve leading countries
mentioned, the most important d,stiua-
lions in our agricultural export trade for
1900, with the value recorded in each
case, were: Sweden and Norway. S5.5I5.-
600; Hongkong, S5.f0f,0gO. the British West
Indies. $5.Zl4O0J; Portugal, S4g5.gyJ:
Mexico, A,572, go; Brazil, 1896. 900; Aus
tria-Hungary, $3.50. 90: European Rus
STA, S3,2l5.00O; Hawaii, S2S46.OOO; Porto
Rico. S2,5l1.00O; British Australasia. s.
Os6,ooo, and the Philippine Islands. 81 3d.
co.
Our total exports Of domestic farm
produce 10 Cuba, Porto Rico. Hawaii and
the Philippine Islands IN 1900 had an ag-
gregate value Of over S20OOJ.O0O as com
pared with only s.. 2Gg 90 in 1895. The gain
in these exports during the past fve
years exceeded 20 per cent Other dcstf-
nations 20 which the United States sent
agricultural exports in 1870. having a val
Ne In excess Of 100000 were British
Guiana, Haiti, Venezuela, the French
West Indies. Newfoundland and I.abra-
dor, and the Chinese Empire.
1t appears that South America was
the only continent 10 which our agr!cul-
tural exports for the past five years
show a decline. The shipments TO South
American countries during 1890 had a
value Of only $4,000, as against ST, 49,
90 in 1896.
THE most striking gain disclosed by
The figures Of ltJ5-lg0J was that exhibited
In our exports 70 Asia The value Of tho
agricultural produce sent 10 Asiatic cOun-
tries rose from $4,000 in 1896 10 nearly
-, 60 in 1890. the latter amount fan
exceeding any previous record. Since IS,
the exports have advanced almost four
fold in value. The increase Of 1870 over
1888 Was particularly marked amounting
90 more than 100000. There was also an
interesting gain in our agricultural *.
port trade with Oceanic. our shiumruts
90 the various islands comprised under
that term amounting in 1900 70 $3.50 900
as compared with only s. $4,000 in 1895
The figures returned for 1900 were the
highest ever recorded.
THE principal part Of our agricultu-
raj exports during 800, as in previous
years, found a market iu Europe. GU,
sales TO European countries for that yeal
had an aggrs gate value Of $4,000 Ort
With the exception OF the phenomenal
year 1898 when our agricultural cxports
70 Europe reached q value OF $1,000 go
these figures are the largest on record
Compared with the value FOR 1896. amount
Ing 10 SJQ8.GuO.D) they show an enormous
gain To tho various countries Of North
America the United States exported az
rrs. TrH.