The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-01-05
BO Rs FOOD SUPPL Z.
Official Export Figures Of 1903 and
What They Show.
Many Shipments to Other Points
rhought to Have Been surrep.
titionsly Taken TO the Trans-
vnal and Stored.

limitations and statements have not
been wanting to show how thoroughly
the Beers in South Africa went to
work to prepare for the war with
Great Britain. Most of these accounts,
however, have had reference to the OBJ
tanning Of munitions Of war. There
is no doubt that the burghers Off the
Transvaal and the Orange Free State
were just as thorough in providing
supplies of food. Some data on the
subject are contained in pamphlet
just issued from the United States de-
partment of agriculture. This publ
cation only: brings the matter down
to June 80, 1898, but we figures con-
9 tanned in it show that the Beers began
their preparations as far back as 1885,
In the figures given showing the
distribution of agricultural exports
from this country, nothing is reported
relating directly to the Transvaal.
The exports are credited to British
Africa and Portuguese Africa, these
containing the seaports through which
the stuff for the Transvaal and the
Orange Free State passes. -,
Canned beef is a representative ar
ticle. These figures, in pounds. shipped
to Britt sh Africa, for five years, are as
follows: 1894, 867,193; 1896, 1 ,571, 7e1;
1896, 3,019s493 1897, 5,319, 1902, and 1898.
4,122.457.
The shipments of the same staple
to Portuguese Africa show even great
er disparity between the earlier. and
the later shipments, thus: 1894. 90;
1895, none; 1896, 457,57o; 1897, 791,-
230, and 1898, 83s,7e7.
Ten sailed, or picked. beef may De
considered. To Portuguese Africa tbs
shipments were small, but from moth
ing in 1894 they increased to $4,000
pounds in 1897, and over 10000 in 1898,
British Africa, however, took from US
the following quantities, in pounds,
during the five years inclusive Of 1894
50, respectively: 2o2,226, 17s,1e5, 49,
$50, 371 300. and 579,50O.
Bacon to British Africa Jumped
from nothing in 1894 to IS, ATT pounds in
1897, and hama from 1856 in 1894 to
135,169 pounds in 1898. Shipments to
Portuguese Africa of hams Jumped
from nothing during the first four
years to 1866 pounds in 1898.
Sailed or picked pork sent to Brit
ish Africa ranged from as low as 49,
SOS in 1895 up to 113,30o pounds in
1897. Little of the article went to, or
by way of, Portuguese,Africa.
The figures for lard are much larger,
thus: British Africa. for five years,
respectively: 2s9,o24, POI, 200, .44e, 663,
1884, o6, and 1,7oo,2e3. Portuguese Al
RIGA: 1900, -, 64,e17, 11e,75o, and
1902. = l.. n LII -:
IS Lard oil ]. is another large item { for
British Africa. It increased from 1861
143 gallons in 1894, to 30O,744 gallons
in 1897.
These are the significant figures for
corn in bushels: British Africa (for
five years respectiyely)-1,00o, $40,
1881 ,o69, 1,4s5, 1877, 233, 274. Portuguese
Africa-62, 3, 154,o52, 3O7, 5e5, 9o,9s2.
Cornmeal sent to British Africa
jumped from rs barrels in 1895 to IT,
941 in 1898.
No oatmeal was sent to British Al
RIGA in 1894 and 1895. The following
years, 1896, 1897 and 1898, show the
following figures in pounds respect
lively: 29,850, 403, 952,. and 667,798.
Rye sent to the ports of British At
RIGA amounted to only 9,329 bushels in
1896. The next year the figures were
95,264
Then follow amazing figures for
wheat British Africa, took only H.
1914 bushels in 1895, but the following
year she took 2,2se,374, and the two
succeeding fears, respectively, 2,524,-
oe4 and 2,S23Is63. For Portuguese At
RIGA there were no shipments in 1S94-5,
and only 1871 in 1896. But in 1897
they amounted to S37,665, and in 1895
to 2,35S,515 bushels.
Wheat flour to British Africa Jumped
from 1874 barrels in 1895 to 1875, 1853
barrels in 1896 and 259,3o5 barrels in
1898.
British Africa took 22O bushels OF
beans and peas in 1895. The next wear
1926 bushels were shipped, and in
1897 36,173, the quantity the following
year being 24,631.
Portuguese Africa, which had taken
none the previous years. took 1896
bushels in 1897.
There was an increase also in dried
apples To British African. ports there
were sent in 1894 47e pounds. In 1879,
the quantity was 10000, and in 1895
| R7,177. ::
Other items show minor increases
! and many kinds of expol IS remain
about stationary, the large increases
IN every case being Of nonperishahle
Roods.-N. Y Times.
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