The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-17

bureau of statistics, amounts to rs mil
lion bushels in the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1902, against 176 millions at the
same ports in the preceding year, the
value for 1902 being 16 million dollars
against 50 millions in the preceding
year, q reduction of Sc million dollars;
the complete figures will probably show
the total exports at about n million
bushels against 1S1 millions In the pre-
ceding year.
Expectations of corn meal have also
fallen from million dollars in 1901 to
million in 1902, making the total reduc-
ton in corn exports in round terms. as
shown by the preliminary, figures, 81
million dollars. Compared with the
fiscal year 1900 the reduction is still
greater; the corn exports of the fiscal
year 1900 were the largest in the history
of our export trade, having amounted
to 213, 123, AZ bushels while for the year
just ended the complete figures will
amount to about q million bushels.
But the effect of the drouth upon the
export trade did not stop with corn.
though In this item 1t is most largely
apparent. The reduction In the quanti-
ty of corn available for live stock nat
urally increased the consumption of
oats and, as result, the expectation of
oats fell Off from 81 million bushels in
the fiscal year 1901 to 10 million bushels
in 1902, and the value from about IL
million dollars in 1901 to millions in
1902. In cat meal, expectations fell
from 80 million pounds in 1901 to So
million pounds in 1902 while the value
fell from "a million dollars in 1901 to
a little over 11s million dollars in 1902.
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ports of breadstuffs, clearly traceable to
the drouth, was: Corn and corn meal.
81 million dollars; oats and oat meal,
million dollars; total. rs million dollars.
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 401 thousand In 1901 to $40
in 1902; the expectation of fresh beef
from $50 million pounds in 1901 to 300
million pounds in 1902, and the total
value Of cattle and beef products has
fallen from 80 million dollars in 1901 to
So millions in 1902, loss of IL million
dollars. In cotton the reduction is
wholly due to the reduced prices, the
quantity exported for the year being 100
million pounds greater than in the pre-
ceding year, while the value was "a
million dollars less than the preceding
year.
One other item of exports which will
show a marked reduction during the
last year is iron and steel. While the
total figures of exports have not beer
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 20 million dollars, due
in a large measure to increase in the
home demand upon our manufacturers,
and in part to the decreased demand
abroad.
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 100 million dollars,
while the total reduction in all exports
is about 80 million dollars, thus indi-
eating that the general exports aside
from these four classes, In which con-
ditions were abnormal, will show a sat-
isafctory growth when the complete fig
ures of the fiscal year are presented.