The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
COTTON MAKES AN
 EXPORT RECORD
Exportation for 1903 Greatest
 in History
MILLION DOLLARS A DAY
United Kingdom Is the Largest Gus toner and During the Past Year That Country Bought 147
 Million Dollars Worth.

Washington. January 17-"King Cot ton" made his greatest record in the export figures of the calendar year 1sOS From 1883 to 1903 cotton exports av- eraged little more than three-fourths of million dollars a day In 1903 they averaged more than one million dollars in value per day, In the last three months of 1903 they averaged more than two million dollars per day, and in the closing month of the year, nearly two and a half million dollars per day. Exports of cotton in De- cember, 1903, show a greater value than in any preceding month in the history of cotton exportation, the total being over $72.000,0oo and thus averaging two and one half million dollars for every day of the month.
 The value of cotton exports from the United States, as shown by the depart ment of commerce and labor through It's bureau of statistics, was $37S,000 GOO. These are the preliminary figures, but will not be materially changed by the revised statement to be issued later in the present month. The total value of the exports ex- ceeds by $64.Oo00O0 that of the preceding record year. 1900, when the value of the cotton exported was $S14. GOO. The value of cotton exports never reached the $S0O, 100000 line except in the years 1900, 1901 and 1903. In 1900 the total was s314.000,000 in 1901 $301 100000, and in 1903 $37S000, 600.
 Highest on Record.
 While the total value of the years ex- ports of cotton was the highest on record, the quantity exported did not reach so high a figure as in 1898, when the value was much below that of 1903. The total quantity exported in 1903 was 3,620 000,000 pounds, which exceeded that of any pre- ceding year except 1898, when the total was 4,17S.000,000 pounds. The value of the cotton exports of 1898. however, was only $232 76S, ,204, or less than two-thirds as much as that of 1903, although the quantity or 1898 was 13 per cent greater
 Cotton forms constantly a very large share of the exports and especially Of the agricultural exports of the United States. During the entire period from 1883 to 1903 the value of cotton exported has aggre- gated over five billions of dollars and av- eraged 25 per cent of the total exports of domestic products and 36 per cent of the agricultural products exported. In 1903 cotton formed about 28 per cent of the total exports and about 3S per cents of the total exports of agricultural products.
 The United Kingdom was in 1908 the largest customer for our cotton The to- tai value of cotton exported from the United States to the United Kingdom in the calendar year 1903 was. in round terms $147 100000, and this total of s147000. coo forms 39 per cent of our total cotton exports in that year. Germany stood sec end in tho list of our cotton customers. the total value of our cotton exported to Germany during the year being $111, ,000, 900. France was third in the list of purchasers, our total exports of cotton to that coun- try in 1903 being 47.O0O,000. To Italy, which stood next in the list the total was $21. 900 GOO; to Russia, nearly 5000. GOO: to Belgium. about $s.O00,OO0; to British North America, $5000,000; to Japan, about s4. 500- GOO, and to Mexico. little over 5. 5.0000O0 While the United Kingdom is the largest purchaser of American cotton, her in crease over preceding years is much less than that of Germany. The total value of our cotton exports to the United King dom in the year 1908 aggregated but about $5 GOO. GOO in excess of the total of 1900 while that to Germany exceeded by $2a- 100000 the total for 1900, the former re- cord year.