The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-08
OUR FARM EXPORTS
WE SUPPLY FOOD To MANY FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES.
BRITAIN OUR BEST CUSTOMER.
THE UNITED KINGDOM TOOK $685.
OOO,OO0 WORTH.

The Greatest on Record with the
Exception of 1S0S-Germany
Growing CustOmer-The Nether-
lands, France, Belgium, Italy, Cam
ada and Japan All Good Custom-
ers-Our Trade with Cuba shows
Large Gains-SOuth Africa shows
the Only DecIine--A Heavy Gain In
Asia.
Washington, July 7-Mr Frank II.
Hitchcock, chief of the foreign market
section of the Agricultural Department
has COMPLIED statistics showing the dis
trbuton of the agricultural exports of
the United States for the years 1S96-19OO
He shows that there were a dozen coun-
tries in 1900 to each of which the United
States exported over $1O,O00.OO0 worth of
domestic farm produce. The United King
dom purchased $4oS 900 worth. and Ger
many 1884, OOO, 600 worth.
our agricultural exports to the United
Kingdom were the largest on record, ex-
cepting those of the extraordinary year
1898, when a value of $439, ,000, 900 was at
tained. In our trade with Germany the
exports for 1900 were in excess of any
previously reported, and show an increase
of nearly 100 per cent in the fve-year
period. Next IN order to the above named
countries in 1900 were the following:
The Netherlands. $4,000 600, these fig
ures being exceeded only in 1899 by less
than $l0O0OOO; France, $45, 100000; Bel
gum, $S3, 900, as against $31, 900, 600 in
1896 to France and $4,000. COO to Belgium,
during the same year; Italy, $24.OOO,O00;
Canada, $2i,OOo,oOO; Japan over $l5,OO0,OO0:
Denmark nearly $4,000, OOO Cuba, $4,-
1900, as against 100000 N 1896. Spain,
$lO,5000OO, as against a trine less than
SlO,OOoOO0 in 1896; British Africa, $10SOo,-
900.
Exports ranging in value from $55l5,-
900 down went to more than a dozen other
different countries.
Our total exports of domestic farm
produce to Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and
the Philippine Islands in 1900 has an ag-
gregate value of over $40 600, Co., as COM
pared with only s6,269.O00 in 1896. South
Africa was the only continent to which
our agricultural exports for the past
five years snow decline from 81, ,236 900
In 1896 to s9,452, 900 I'm 1900.
big Gain I'm Asin.
The most striking gain was in our ex-
ports to Asia. rising from s., 600 in
1885, to nearly 1913, 100000 in 1900 The prin-
cipal part of our agricultural exports in
1900 found market in Europe, sales to
European countries having an aggregate
value of $739, 10000. With the exception
OF the phenomenal year 1898, when they
reached $7e2, 100000. these figures are the
largest on record.
The ten principal items in our agricul-
tural products for export were in 1900:
Breadstuffs, 1862. LOIS; cotton, $242, $685.
TS; meat products, $l73,751, ,471 live ami
mails, 49.5S5,O3i; tobacco, $29,422.371; oil
cake and oil cake meal, SIG, ,s06, 302; vege-
table oils, $l6.S45O56; fruits and nuts, s11,-
642, 662; dairy products s9,226520; seeds.
H,OS6,9S2; others. $Sl.O67,079 Total $s4.-
GIG. $50
The total in 1896 was $57439S,2s4. About
half of the trade in breadstuffs in 1900
went to the United Kingdom with Ger
many next, at $32 1923, 600. OF the new cot
ton, 800, 900 went to the United King
dom, S., 1896, 600 to Germany, and 81. 776 go
to France. or meat products $1O7. .621 900
went to the United Kingdom and $50, ,7OS.-
900 Of live animals to the same country.