The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-13
MARCH EXPORT STATISTICS
Preliminary Figures for Bread
stuifs. Provisions. Cotton, and Oil.

SIN nTaeng- fer the No5sth the Great
ct Ever 7EHde. ST2.G,52,s 4G-The
Cation Record for Nine Months IN
Excess OF Any Previous Full Year
The total exports OF breadSuns. prOyIs-
ions cotton. and mineral oils from the
United States during the month of March
We're So. e5s SD. They were larger than IN
any previous March in the countrE's his
tory, according t. IL preliminary figures
Just issued by The Treasury Bureau OF
Statistics SO, too, the exports OF these
four great groups for the hrst nine
months of the fiscal year l9."-l9ol were
much larger than III any previous SINH
lar period. the total being <671.5I2.S0 The
best previous March record IN these four
groups was S72.7Z4.700 III the year $3.50. and
the best previous record Tor nine months
was S612. &c. - in the similar period end
Cd with March ISgT.
The figures now issued by the bureau
are the regular preliminary statistics on
these four exports which it has been the
custom 20 Eivc out for several years past
The bulletin gives nothing Of the exports
Of manufactured articles. ds these have
not as yet been compiled in full When
the bureau began the issue of these pre-
urinary figures the exports in these four
groups comprised a much larger proper
ton of the total exports OF the country
than they do now. Since then the great
strides in exports have been in manuiac-
tured articles. so that the actual Increase
IN the export total Is not very well inGi-
Gated by the bulletin. and II has 10 a Ger
tain extent lost its value as an index To
the fun later figures. 1t viii be found
when the complete statistics for March
ed in far greater proportion than the eX-
ports in these four groups have
The exports of breadstUffs for March
were S2l-1.S-I39- as compared with Sz44H'--
gtg5 in March. 1898. and with lesser figures
in 1893 and 800. The shipments of bread
stufTs in the nine months indicated were
. SI95. I50.1S4 a less total than that in re
cent years Apparently the exports OF
bTeadStuffs are not increasing or have
not at least during the past three years
The showing in provision exports IS bet
ter than that in bTeadstufIs- In these sta
tIStics provisions are subdIYlded INTO
cattle and hogs anC provisions The
shipments of cattle and hogs for March
/ ware S2,g1S.6l5. as compared with S. 4e4 4:,5
I IN Mach, 1SsS the only recent March
! which was larger The nine months fig
ureS on cattle and hogs are S26. lp1 -GJS. the
/ same period in 1895 having shown total
! of S2S.7lS,ta 4.
The March shipments of provisions were
Sit. 81. the largest March figures
recorded So too thu nine months figures,
.thLB- are the largest recorded. the
best previous record OF Sl25.Z33-SS9. having
( been made last year.
The cotton statistics make the finest
showing of any OF these four groups
While the March exports of cotton alone
were exceeded last year the total for the
( past nine months Is actually larger thar
that for any previous twelve months and
! Il Is far in excess OF any previous nine
: months The March exports Of cottor
were 5S4 90 bales or 900. 15J. I'll pounds
valued at S2E-Sll,. aS- n March of laS
year there was the enormous total of 1el.
3S6 bales or 25i.6tS 81 pounds, valued a
81. 5lEt, 5S3. No previous March record near
" euU2Ied this
The total cotton shipments for the nine
months Just ended We're 5.3iSG22 bales ol
2.540. .IJI pounds, valued at $50 .21I -l95
This was greater than The cotton export.
for the entire fiscal year IES&-I9l1, com
pTisiUg twelve months. ana that yea
broke all previous records The CoJJoI
shipments TO Its credit were 6.t'S6-nl2 bales
or 3-ts5S. sos pounds, valued al S24l So IS
+ II VIII De seen that The actual amount o
. cotton shipped in fSy9-190J was create
than in The past nine months but tn
f STedt advance in the price OF cotton i
the past year makes the total money val
( eTal millions Of dollars. The best previOu.
/ record for nine months was made in 1S9S
1877, when there were SHIPPED 5,49I.gl5 bales
or 2.12gS $50 ,CiS pounds, valued at S2f2.5H- -
/ The March exports of mineral oils weT,
I .f,47g.2E5 gallons, valued at s.. 1910. ThSss
I figures were exceeded last year. but ar
( greater than the March record Of an,
I months were 155-sll III gallons, valued q
S51. S26.s24. as compared with 1850 .092 gal
ions. valued at S55,S5l.Il3 II the preViOU
I nine months