The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-08-08
DROuth AND EXPORTS.

n is nov practicable 90 determine
the effect ~ the dfouih ~ 1901 upon the
export trade ~ 1909 The Treasury
Bureau ~ statistics has tus, completed
Ito preliminary figures on the exports II
breadsturs and provisions and, ne they
show about 81 per cent ~ the total
exports. a reasonably accurate meas
urement Of the expectation 81 articles
affected by the drouth Of last year can
now be made. The. tables show the
exports Of quantities and value OF corn
and corn meal oats and oatmeal. wheat
-four and other breadstuns, also live
cattle. fresh beef and other beef prod
ucts AZ well as other provisions. The
direct and most marked reduction OF
course is in corn which was most large
ly affected by the drouth Of 1901. The
expectation of c2rn at the principa!
pofiSf shownfby the, preliminary Tepof
Of the Bureau OF Statistics. arnodnts ~
26, 00O, 900 bushels In the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1902 against l76,000,0 900 at
the same ports in the preceding year,
the value for 1902 being sl6.ooo,oOo
against $50 000, 900 in the preceding
year, "A reduction Of 3es, 900. 900; the com
plete figures will probably show the
total exports at about a. 900 bushels
against ISL, 900 In the preceding
year Expectations OF corn meal have
also fallen from 81, 00o. 900 in 1901 to ST.
1000 in 1902. making the total reduc-
ton in corn exports In round terms, as
shown by the preliminary figures. $751;.
O00,O 900. Compared with the fiscal year
l90Qrthe reduction IL still greater the
corn exports for the fiscal year 1900
were the largest In the history OF our
export trade, having amounted to 21S.
123,412 bushels while for the year just
ended the complete figures Will amount
to about $1,000, 900 bushels.
But the effect of the drouth upon the
export trade did not stop with corn,
though in this item IL is most largely
apparent. The reduction in the guam
tity CT corn available for live stock nat
uraliy increased the consumption of
oats and, az a result. the expectation
OF oats fell off from $4,000, 900 bushels III
the fiscal year 1901 to 10,000000 bushels
In 1902 and the value from about $l2,-
100000 in 1901 to 100000 in 1902 In
oatmeal, expectations fell from O,0O0,-
900 pounds in 1901 to $4,000, 900 pounds
in 1902, while the value fell from So $780,
900 In 1901 to "A little over 81 SOC, 900 in
1902. Thus the reduction in value of
breadstuffs, clearly traceable to the
drouth, was: Corn and corn meal $751;
coo. 900; oats and oatmeal, S., 600, 600; to-
tai, SIS. 900. 900.
| Two other marked reductions in the
! expectation OF products of agriculture
are beef, including live cattle, and cot
ton. The expectation of live cattle has
fallen from 40l, 900 in 1901 to $4,000 in
1902; the expectation of fresh beef from
$50. 000, 900 pounds in 1901 to 800, 900, 900
pounds in 1902, and the total value Of
cattle and beef products has fallen from
$50, geo 900 in 1901 to S69. 900, 900 in 1902,
loss of 81 900, 900. In cotton the reduc
ton is wholly due to the reduced prices,
the quantity exported for the year be-
+ ing 160. 000C00 pounds greater than in
the preceding year, while the value was
S23 900, 900 Less than the preceding year
one other item of exports which will
show marked reduction during the
last year Is iron and steel. While the
total figures of exports have not been
received by the Bureau of Statistics,
sufficient have been received to justify
an estimate that the reduction in ex-
ports of iron and steel will amount. in
round terms, to $2000O,000. due in a
large measure to increase in the home
demand upon our manufacturers. and
in part to the decreased demand
abroad. The principal reduction in the
export trade of the year will then
stand: Corn and corn meal and oats
and oatmeal, $4,000. 900. due chiefly to
the drouth of 1901; beef and beef cattle,
81 100000 due to increased home de-
mand and shortage in material for feed
of stock; cotton, s24 900 due to re-
duction in prices; manufactures of iron
and steel, $40, 600 900, due to increased
home demand and decreased foreign
demand.
Thus in the four items of exports
corn and oats. beef and beef cattle,
raw cotton and manufactures of iron
and steel, the reduction for the fiscal
year Will amount to about $3.50, zoo, 900,
while the total reduction in all exports
Is but about 500, 00O, 900. thus indicating
that the general exports aside from
these four classes. in which conditions
We're abnormal, will show a satisfac-
tory growth when the complete figures
of the fiscal year are presented