Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-14
WHEAT EXPORTED TO GERMANY
In Eleven Months About 5 Per Cent of
Total Shipments Abroad.

The proposition to- increase the rate OF
duty on wheat imported into Germany from
226 cents to A cents per bushel lends in
terest to some figures presented by the
treasury bureau of statistics regarding the
expectations of wheat and -four from the
United States to Germany and to other
parts of the world, ana the share which
Germany takes in our expectations Of that
pl oduct. The November number of the
Monthly Summary of Commerce and FL
nance, issued by the treasury bureau of
statistics shows that the exports of wheat
to Germany from the United States in the
eleven months ending with November, 1900.
amounted to ), 47S,330 bushels out of a total
expectation of IS. 1s2, 452, or 60 per cent of
the total expectations of wheat for the
eleven months. while the -four eXporta tons
to Germany were 631 1876 barrels out of a
total expectation of 11,066, 1S4 barrels, or 3. Z
per cent OF our -four expectations during
the eleven months. Tuning the flour into
wheat at ths accepted rate OF Az bushels
per BARREL tfe total exports of wheat in
We Would Id amount to Sss6' sos, out of total
expectation Of wheat in its natural state or
as flour, of 1874 100000 bushels. or per
cent of the total ia the eleven months end
ing with November, 1900
1t is proper to add that the figures of the
German government covering the lmporta-
tons of wheat and -four differ materially
the flour imported for consumption in 1882,
the latest available year, at but about one
fourth of the expectation from the United
States to Germany in that year, and the
receipts of wheat from the United States
at double those exported direct to Germany
in that year. This disagreement Is pre-
sumably due TO the fact that part of the
wheat originating in the United States
received into Germany reaches it through
other countries, but that part of the -four
originating in the United States and re-
ceived into Germany passes through that
country to the interior of Europe, and Is
not included in the German figures OF i'm
ports for consumption.
A comparison of the wheat and flour eX-
portations to Germany with our total ex-
portations of all articles to that country
shows that they form but $50 per cent Of
the total exports from the United States
to Germany. In the eleven months ending
with November the value OF wheat
and -four exported from the United States
to Germany was Sc, 429, rs, while our total
exports of merchandise to Germany in the
same months amounted in value to $179.-
1874. 400. Thus Germany, In the eleven
months ending with November. 1900.
has taken per cent of our exports OF
wheat and flour. and their value formed
but 3.6 per cent of our total exports 10
Germany during that time.
Exports from the United States to Ger
many include a large number OF articles,
and among these manufactures In various
and value. Agricultural implements formed.
in eleven months of 1900, nearly S30OOGOO.
against only a little more than S5OO,OOO In
the same months of 1893; copper amounted,
in the eleven months Of 1900 to over $40
600, COO against little over $1.0OO,OOO in the
same months of 1895; naval stores and
turpentine amounted. in the eleven months
of 1900. to over $500, 900, against $1,000, 900
in the corresponding months of 1879; Oil
cake and meal to $4.250.000 in the eleven
months of 1900, against s2O00.OO0 In the
eleven months of 1895: mineral oils to over
SO 100000, against So. 100000 in the Same
Months Of 1885; cotton seed oil to more than
81, OOO,0OO, against a little over $5OO,OO0 in
the same months of 1895; builders hard
ware to nearly si 100000 in the eleven na,
months of 1900, against less than $oOO.oOO
in the corresponding period of 1895; sewing
machines to nearly 81 100000 in eleven
months of 1900, as compared with little
over $500, 600 in 1895; and carriages. cars,
etc, to over $500, 600, against $63,57S In the
corresponding months OF 1885
Tine table which follows shows the prin-
cipal articles exported to Germany IN
eleven months ending with December l,
1900. compared With the corresponding
months OF 1885: WI
Principal articles exported ~