The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-23

for more than a quarter of a century,
and that the value of raw cotton ex-
ported was greater than in any pre-
ceding year. and formed nearly one
half of the total value of agricultural
products exported. The average price
of the cotton exported during the year
was over u cents per pound, the high
est annual average since 1875, and the
total value of the cotton exported was
1916, SIC, 246. a sum greater. than that
representing the value of cotton ex-
ported in any preceding year.
An analysis of the expectations of
agricultural products shows that they
are chiefly composed of three great
groups of articles-raw cotton, provis-
ions and live animals. and breadstuffs.
During the decade ending with 1908
cotton formed 80 per cent of the agri-
cultural exports and 81 per cent of the
total exports; breadstuffs, 20 per cent
of the agricultural exports and 10 per
cent of the total exports; while pro-
visions and live animals formed 2S.5 per
cent of the agricultural exports and Is
per cent of the total exports, and ag-
ricultural products as a whole formed
So per cent of the total exports of do
mestic products. In 1904, however, cot
ton formed 43 per cent of the exports
of agricultural products and % per
cent of the total domestic exports; pro-
visions and live animals formed 26 per
cent of the agricultural and Is per cent
of the total exports; and breadstuffs
formed but Il per cent of the agricul-
tural and 10 per cent of the total do
nestle exports; while agricultural
products as a whole formed 59.4S per
cent of the total domestic exports. Dur
ing the decade ending with 1903 manu-
features formed q per cent of the to-
tai domestic exports; in 1904 they form |
ed Bis per cent.
In a word, breadstuffs, which formed
10 per cent of the domestic exports in
the decade ending with 1908, formed but
10 per cent in 1904; provisions and live
animals. which formed is per cent in
the decade ending with 1903, romed Is
per cent in 1904; cotton, which formed
Il per cent in the decade ending with
1903, romed % per cent in 1904; agri-
cultural products as a whole, which
formed 65 per cent of the total exports
n the decade ending with 1908. formed
out SIS per cent in 1904; and manufac-
ures, which formed q per cent during
he decade ending with 1908, formed S1.5
,er cent in 1904.
The reduction in quantity of agricul-
ural products exported occurs in all
f the three great groups which make
ID the bulk of the agricultural exports
-breadstuffs. provisions and live ami
nails, and cotton; but the chief reduc-
ion is in breadstuffs. The quantity
( cotton exported in 1904 is less than
n any year since 1896. and about 500
Million pounds below 1902 and 1903,
hough the high price has made the to-
al value greater than in any preceding
ear. In provisions and live animals
here is also a slight reduction as com
AIRED with recent years. The chief de-
rease, however, is in breadstuffs,
hitch show in 1904 the smallest total
Ince 1896, although the export prices +
( wheat in 1904 have averaged higher
han those of any year since 1892, with {
he single exception of 1898, and those /
f corn have also been much above the
verage of the past decade. I,