New-York tribune., 1901-01-28
GROWTH OF EXPORT TRADE
.ory TINES AS LARGE IL 1900 AS IN
IMPORTS ONLY INCREASE TEN
FOLD TRADE IN AGRICULTU-
RAL PRODUCTS LAST YEAR.

RAL PRODUCTS LAST YEAR.
,,..,ington. Jan 27-Frank H. Hitchcock. chief
re section Of Foreign Markets of the Agri-
-rsl Department. has just issued his annual
'' '- n the trade Of the United States in sgri-
.1ral products. HIS report says:
=, s,cal year 1900 brought TO a close century
-. 1srvellous Development in the history of United
q Israfss commerce IN 800 century ago, the total
ssue Of the merchandise imported and exported in
-. frsde with foreign countries was considerably
- - than q quarter Of billion dollars. The value
@,ebeG nearly S2250000oo far exceeding all pre-
s-gs records Since the opening OF the century
an commerce win the resi- OF the world has in
.-sssed more than twelvefold.
LIS growth Of the century occurred Our ef91 Dor
,1ssflc exports in 1900, with recorded value of
;ss The total imports for 1900, on the other hand
mounting IN value to Ssis.sillSS, were less than
fompared with the value of our imports for 1900
,hst Of our aomesuc exports showed an excess of
agr countries il the iscal 1900. about 49 per
,oSucts had an aggregate value of 500 1876 Isl ex
sedng hy almost S65,00.0(o the record of the wear
Ssfore Hides. silk and wool were the leading
serrors in The growth. although vegetable fbres
snear ard tobacco also showed important gains
m six items mentioned contributed nearly $50 900
M 10 the increase in value.
PRODUCTS OF United States agriculture were mar
keted abroad in the nscal year 1900 to the value OF
5isl652o forming about C per cent Of the total
aomesUc exports With the single exception OF
1s9 The last year witnessed the largest annual
nort trade in farm produce on record. The value
iued came within Al5ttJD00 of the phenomenal
figures for lNN. ana surpassed those for 1879 by
more than $4,000 A considerable portion Of the
p-ice o. cotton lhe exports OF this great staple,
although smaller ia quantity than in the preceding
vsue ASIDE from cotton the largest gains in
value were those afforded by the exports Of meat
Tegetable oils, oil cake and oil cake meal dairy
products and seeds also furnished examples of in
crease
EXPORTS DOUBLE THE VALUE OF IMPORTS.
% ,r,a
exports for 1903 with that of our agricultural I'm
oorts shows that the former exceeded the latter
r. si24 sS0 1t9. The export value was slightly more
nan double the amount Of the import value
Among the agricultural imports Of the United
named in the order Of value. We're sugar hides and
SKINS coffee, silk, vegetable fbres. wool. fruits
and nuts tobacco, tea, wines. vegetable oils and
rocoa These twelve items comprised In value
products Of foreign agriculture in the year.
IN detail these principal Items Of our imports
make The following showing the figures given
Sugar, 4Ols 0S6580 pounds, gain 1855 s6l pounds,
total gain value Of these imports. s. 2S s54 hides
value Of gain SIS 947 S5; coffee Isl s9i aI pounds
loss l52 pounds value OF loss 81 S07 527: silk,
l8G7SS pounds. gain lS23,3S5 pounds. value Of gain
SD SOiSS vegetable fbres chiefly sisal grass cot
IONS and manila hemp. Ss4 334 75O gain s9O2l 5ll:
wool l55.98 455 pounds gain 1872. 246 pounds COR
SDs S1sT n9s I PSI So So ean .sisss to6acSo is a
pounds gain 55S.1Ss pounds value of gain .396970.
gain s5 5s wines, &i2i AS gain sS2s9 vegetable
ols Is go III gain 81 020 Of7: cocoa - 2s0 pounds
The value changes were in part caused by
average rise in value in the year of onetenth of
cent pound in sugar, one cent pound in hides
and skins, one-tenth Of cent pound in coffee,
IS cents pound in silk. SIS 05 ton in sisal grass.
Q tor IN manila hemp two and two-tenths cents
pound in wool and loss Of two and seven-tenths
cents In tooacco, seyen-tenths OF cent pound
in tea and seven-tenths of cent pound in cocoa
Our principal agricultural exports in 1900, as in
products these with live animals tobacco oil
cake vegetable oils. fruits and nuts dairy products
and seeds comprise over 95 per cent or our total
exports Of farm produce in 1900
exceeding In value the average for preceding years.
show slight falling of when compared with the
exceptionally heavy shipments Of 1855 and 1888.
The exports for 1898, amounting in value to s3S3.
&e were by far the largest 20 on I record; @ In iS's @
being in excess of any previously reported. except
thar just mentioned for 1883 and a record Of S2S9,
SSlT attained in 1882. The shipments in 1890 were
urss returned for 1899.
recorded for 1900 was trscesble chiefly to falling
N in the shipments of wheat Accompanying the
marked increase in the exports Of corn, and for
export value Of corn eN- eeded that % wheat.
GREAT QUANTITY OF CORN
IN both quantity and value our exports OF Indian
corn for 1901 were the largest ever reported
amounting to 2o3S4s2Si bushels. worth SIS 2os,4oo
IN value by Sl6 22S $50 than in 1893 The average an
nusl export price bushel for 1893 was i07 cents,
The amount of American cotton supplied for
egn countries in 1900 was somewhat less than in
The preceding year. the export record being 3,lS.-
2S5& pounds fal ing off OF Col. i93. .53i pounds
from l893. Owing advance in the average
yearly export price from % cents pound 10 IS
cents pound, however the total value Of the
shipments showed an Increase from S2l0Os9.515 n
1883 TO S2f2 9S5 ,97s in 1909.
In the expectation Of meat products in the last
year there was an increase OF s7072.305 over the
exceptionally high figures Of 1899. the total value
f the oonsienments sent 10 foreign markets In
400 reaching high Sl73.75l Al. and thus sur
passing all previous records. The value for 1889
which was the highest previously reported
CURED in the group OF articles classed as beef
products .he increaF, amounting TO H.25S.3a
pounds in quantity and ss,0S2, 793 in value Fresh
nee contributed the chief part of this gain
In The exports of hog products on the other hand
there was falling of OF 1402sll79 pounds as re-
bacon and lard were the Principal factors in This
oecine: The exports Of hams showed a rather
marked falling of in quantity. but owing 10 an ad-
small. The shipments OF salted or picked pork ex-
anteo 2 cecline in quantity. while in Value there
ASIDE from the various hog and beef products.
geo Oh formed the most important item under the
.sys showed a noticeable increase in both quantity
owing showing: Live stock. s4S5S5 03l, gain over
iass OF S.10s 1l5. of which gain S2.l6S2H in
ao5ses tobacco, SO l22S1L gain SS955lo3; OIL cake
ano OF cake meal l6 7233 300 pounds. gain 81 2630l67
lannos snd s2257.5S7 in value over the exception
~ sg g9oo Previous year; vegetable oils SIC 1886
zsD5eOlf was cottonseed oil fruits and nuts, ST.
fruits; dairy products So 2265 $50 gain 81 597 309 Of
which gain 81 .627 $50 was in cheese the exports Of
EtHch gained in the single year l0220.e00 pounds,
ts nutter shipments declined ,sSl 626 pounds in
quantity and s20442 in value: seeds S7.02e $50 gain
ssss'98. chiefly due TO larger exports Of clover
seed and haxseed.
TRENCH ABSINTHE MADE ~ GERHANT.