The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-14
THE AMERICAN WHEAT.
Statistics Showing Expectations 10
Germany for Eleven Months.

The proposition TO increase the rate OF
duty on wheat imported into Germany
from 22.6 cents to "A cents per busheI.
lends interest to some figures presented
by the Treasury Bureau Of Statistics re-
garding the expectations of wheat and
-four from the United States to Germany
and to other parts Of the world, and the
share which Germany takes in our ex-
portations of that product The Noyem-
Der number of the monthly summary of
commerce and finance, issued by the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics. shows that
the exports of wheat to Germany from
the United States in the eleven months
ended with November, 1900. amounted to
5,47S. $50 bushels out OF a total exporta-
ton of IS, 1872, 462, or So per cent of the
total expectations of wheat for the
eleven months. while The flour exporta-
lions to Germany were 631. $50 barrels cut
of a total expectation Of Il, 066,7 84 barrels,
or 81 per cent of our flour expectations
during the eleven months. Turning the
-four into wheat at the accepted rate of
four and one-half bushels per barrel, the
total exports Of wheat in its natural
state. or as flour TO Germany, would
amount to $3.50. 562. out of a total expor-
tation of wheat in its natural state CT as
flour. of 1e4 zoo. COO bushels, or per cent
of the total in the eleven months ended
with November. 1890.
The figures Of the German Government
covering the importations of wheat and
flour differ materially from those of the
United States, putting the -four imported
for consumption in 1899, the iatest avail
able year, at but about one-fourth the
carr .fr.fT
Germany in that year. and the receipts
of wheat from the Urited States at dou-
bic these exported direct 10 Germany in
that year This disagreement is presum-
ably due to the fact that a part Of the
wheat originating la the United States re
ceived into Germany reaches il through
other countries, but that a part of the
-four originating in the United States and
received into Germany passes On through
that country to the interior Of Europe,
and is not included in the German figures
Of imports for consumption.
A comparison of the wheat and -four
expectations TO Germany. with our total
expectations of all articles TO that country
shows that they form but Sc per cent Of
the total exports from the United States
10 Germany In the eleven months ended
with November the value of wb2at and
-four exported from the United States TO
Germany was $6,429, T25, while our total
exports of merchandise TO Germany in the
same months amounted in value TO $1I9,-
134 100 Thus Germany in the eleven
months ended with November. 1900 has
taken per cent Of our exports Of wheat
and -four, and their value formed but 36
per cent Of our total exports to Germany
during that time
Exports from the United States TO Ger
many include large number CT articles
and among these manufactures in yari-
Gus forms are steadily increasing in num-
her and value. Agricultural Implements
formed in eleven months of 1860 nearly
s., Geo. eco against only q little more than
half a million in the same months Of 1898.
copper amounted IN the eleven months Of
1860 10 over SO. eco coo. against q little
over 81, Gee 0o0 in the same months of 1885;
naval stores and tuTpentine amounted in
the eleven months Of 1860 TO over g, &c.,
600. against 81. coo in the corresponding
months of 1885; Gil cake and meal to
81 25o. geo in the eleven months of 1866.
against s2,oe0, eco in the eleven months Of
1895: mineral oils to over So 006. GEO,
against $500 9G0 in the same months Of
1895; cottonseed oil to more than 81, G00-
COO against a little over $500 600 IN
tie same months Of 1885; builders hard
ware 20 nearly $1,000 goo IN the eleven
months Of 1900 against less than 500, coo
in the corresponding period CT 1895. sew
ing machines to nearly 81 eco 600 in eleven
months Of 1900, as compared with a little
over $500, 000 in 1895. and carriages. cars,
etc, to over SEQ. coo. against $3.50 in the
corresponding months of 1887