Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-28
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS TRADE
Marvellous Development in United
States Commerce,
ENORMOUS EXPORT BUSINESS
Comparison Of Value Of Exports and
Imports During the Century lust
Notwithstanding Figures.

Washington, Jan. 27-Frank II.
Hitchcock, chief Of the section Of for
eign markets in the agricultural de-
partment, in his annual review Of the
trade Of the United States in agricul-
tur3l products, says;
The fiscal year 1900 brought 10 a
close a century Of marvellous develop
ment in the history of the United States
commerce. In 1900, a century ago, the
total value Of the merchandise import
ed and exported In our trade with for
eign countries was considerably less
than a quarter Of a billion dollars. The
value of the goods exchanged during
the past fiscal year reached nearly two
and a quarter billions, far exceeding
all previous records. Since the opening
OF the century our commerce with the
rest OF the world has increased more
than twelye-fOld.
1T was chiefly IN the export trade
that the enormous growth Of the GEN.
fury occurred Our domestic exports
during 1900 with a value of $3.50. 765,-
gu, We're over forty times as large as
in 1900 The total imports for 1900, on
the other hand, amounting in value to
ss49, 94l ,1S4, were less than ten times
as large as in 1900. Compared with the
value OF our imports for 1900. that of
our domestic exports showed an eX-
cess Of $52O,S22,SS7.
"Of the merchandise imported from
foreign countries during the fiscal year
1900 about 40 per cent consisted Of ag-
rcultural products. These products
had an aggregate value Of $500, 1881.
exceeding by almost S65,0OO00O the rec
ord of the year before Hides silk and
wool were the leading factors in the
growth. although vegetable fbers, SUI
gar and tobacco also showed important
gains. The six items mentioned con-
tributed nearly S60000.0O0 70 the in
crease In value.
Products Of United States agricul-
ture were marketed abroad IN the fiscal
year 1900 TO the value OF SSi4 6l6.530,
forming about 81 per cent OF the total
domestic exports. With the single ex-
cepton OF 1895 the past year witnessed
the largest annual export trade IN farm
products on record The value at
tanned came within 100000 Of the
phenomenal figures Of 1898, and sur
passed those Of 1899 by more than $780,
O0O, 900. a considerable portion OF the
Increase over 1899 was accounted for by
the higher price OF cotton. The ex-
ports Of this staple. although smaller
In quantity than during the preceding
year exhibited an advance OF nearly
S33 600 600 in value
"a comparison OF the value Of agri-
cultural exports for 1900 with that Of
our agricultural imports shows the
former exceeds the latter by A24 49,
li9. The export value was slightly
more than double the amount of the
import value.
Among the agricultural imports OF
the United states for the fiscal year
1900, the leading items, named In the
order OF value. were sugar hides and
skins coffee. silk, vegetable fibers,
wool. fruits and nuts. tobacco tea.
wines. vegetable oil and cocoa. These
twelve items omprised IN value nearly
30 per cent OF our entire import trade
In the products Of foreign agriculture
during the year.
In detail the principal items Of our
imports make the following showing.
the figures given being for 1900 and the
comparison OF gain or loss being with
the fiscal year 1893:
Sugar 4OlS0S6.5SO pounds. gain a.
SS5s6l pounds. and total gain in value
s., 2S6, S54.
Hides and skins 3.345. 9l5, rs pounds.
gain 1S,A5,O2S pounds, value gain Sl5.-
9i7655
Coffee 7SL99lsll pounds. loss 1885
l52, value loss S2,S07527.
silk lS013,7lS pounds gain i.S23835
pounds. value gain 81. S50,183
Vegetable iibers. chiefly sisal grass
cotton and hemp, Manila hemp, S34,-
S3i $50 gain s9.02l.5ii.
Wool l5592S455 pounds. gain 1874
2i6 pounds Tor over 100 per cent?, value
gain 81, 93s 039
10. Fruits and nuts sl92ss5s2. gain $780,
Tea ASi5lo7 pounds, gain 10 755.2OS
value gain SsS3,029.
Wines Ni2ll95 gain sS3i. POS
Cocoa H4ls40 pounds gain 800
iol pounds, value gain S6iO72S.
The value changes were In part
caused by az average rise I'm value
during the year of one-tenth Of n cent
{ pound In sugar ! cent a pound In
NOES and skins. one-tenth OF cent In
pohee, 81 cents a pound in silk. SOS. O5
I ton In sisai grass. is cents n pound
N cotton, S5l.b0 a ton I'm Manila hemp. |
'eVen-tenths OF cent pound In tea. |
~ cents pound In wool and seven |
'enths OF a cent a pound In cocoa.
breadstuns. cotton and meat prod |
lcts. with live animals tobacco cu |
AXE, vegetable oils. fruits ana nuts,