The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-14

a clerk in the old Census Office Prior to
his army i'fe he spent his time in Cali
fornia in cd mining and fruit raising.
Mr. James Campbell. Of the superin-
teuGont's Office Of the State. War. and
Navy Department Building. who mas
sAarEe OF the Iaboring force at that build
ms, has had an unusual career. Re en-
tered the United States Navy in 1869 and
was honorably discharged in 1855. after
having served on various stations and
ships Re was a member Of the Greedy
Relief Expedition. which in 1854
started ont. under command Of Rear Ad-
miTal Winfield Scott Schley on board the
H. s s. Bear. to Iccate General Greedy
and his party in the Arctic region. and
which was rewarded by finding the Amcri-
can explorers near Cape Sabine with
seven out twenty-five persons alive Mr..
Campbell is about tie only living member
OF the party wl,;ch brought the Peace
Monument" located at the front Of the
Capitol from Lel5horn, near Rome. Italy.
TO this country on the sailing ship Sup
ply. He is the pOsessOr Of many interest
ing stories Of the trip which ne tells
among his friends
Al the Office OF the Division OF Chem
istry OF the Department of Agriculture
are hundreds of samples OF sorghum gath
cred from every part Of the United states
and Territories. Speaking Of this Mr.. A.
A. Denton. who was charged by Secretary
Wilson with making an exhaustive inves-
tigation into the subject said: Sorghum
syrup is produced in forty-four States
and Territories So far as can be judged
from numerous samples. the States which
border on the Gulf. where the annual
rainfall is seventy inches, often produce
inferior sorghum syrup. The States Of
the plains. the semi-arid region. where
the annual rainfall is twenty 10 thirty
inches. generally produce inferior syrup.
The best syrup is produced where the
growing seasons are more uniformly IA
vorable. neither too wet nor too dry and
on soils Of moderate fertility A good
growing season followed by a moderately
dry ripening season, seems best in any
section For various reasons syrup made
IN the far North is usually Of a better
color. OF milder flavor and more paIatable
than syrup made in the South Nebraska.
Kansas Oklahoma and the part Of Texas
south OF these States. produce the largest
acreage Of sorghum and the cheapest
/ cane; the canes produce deuseT richer.
Z but often less pure. and consequently in
/ ferior syrup TO that Of States less subject
I TO extremes OF drought and food The
/ annual production OF sorghum syrup IN
the United States is about - 900 coo gal
/ Ions, Of a value Of at least SIC. 900 000-'
There were a dozen countries at the
time the last statistics were received, "
said Mr. Frank H Hitchcock, Of the
/ Treasury Department. ito each Of which
{ the United States during the year eK-
ported over $4,000 900 worth c semestic
I farm produce. Chief among these coun-
| tries were Great Britain and Germany
, he former purchasing to the value OF
$40S, 900 600 and the latter 60 the value OF
Sl34 900, 900. Our agricultural exports 10
/ the United Kingdom were the largest on
/ record. excepting those OF the eXtraOrdi-
/ nary year 1898, when a value Of S439 .00O, 600
was attained In our trade with Ger
many the exports for 1900 were decidedly
4 in excess of any previousIy reported.
! Compared with the shipments for 1896,
which were valued At less than So 900 900
/ they show an increase Of nearly 100 per
cent. After the United Kingdom and
I Germany, the principal foreign market
/ for American farm produce during the
I year 1900 was that afforded by the Meth
cTlands. 20 which country exports valued
at 81 600. 900 were sent. These figures
+ were exceeded only in 1893 and then By
less than 81 600 900. As cOntrasted with
I the record Tor 1886 which was 81 600 900.
they show a decided gain France ranked
fourth in importance. and Belgium fifth.
Among our foreign markets in 1890 the
former country received agricultural eX-
ports 10 the value OF $4,000 600 and the
/ latter TO the value OF $4,000 900. In CON-
parisOn with the trade OF 1896, our ex-
. pOrtatiOns 20 each OF these destinations
displayed an important growth. the ship
. ments to France during that year having
value OF only S3L 00O 600. and those to
Belgium a value Of LITTLE more than S18.-
. C0G,009. Our exports. however. both u
. France and Belgium, attained a higher
value in 1898 than in either OF the sue
[ ceeding years, the record for the former
| country being 1900 900 and that for the
latter 337 900 600. Our total exports oil
/ domestic farm products TO Cuba, Porto
/ Rico. Hawaii. and the Philippine Island.
IN 1900 had an aggregate value OF over
I $50 900 900. as compared with only So
26g.00O in 1886. The gain in these ex
ports during the succeeding FIVE years ex-
. ceeded 200 per cent"