Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-23
KING OF vvN LAr0RTS
Cotton Average OF Two and . Hall
Millions Per Day.
GREATEST RECORD DURING YEAR 1908.
Value OF Cotton Exported During That Year
Was 37S Mi!iiaus of Dollars and During
Last Month Over q, Millioas-Rapid
Growth Of Raw Cotton Exp,rts at Same
Time Domest Consumption Increasing.

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Cotton inside his greatest record III
the export figures oi the calendar year
1908 From 1888 10 1903 cotton exports
averaged little more than $4,000
day. in 1908 they averaged more than
100000 per day. in the last three
months oil 1908 they averaged more
than s, 600 600 per day, and in the clos
ing month OF the year, nearly s.. 100000
per day Exports oi cotton ran S72,-
100000 and thus averaging S2,5oo.ooo,o 600
per day. Exports OF cotton i'll Dccem
Der, 1903. show 4 greater value than III
any preceding month in the history OF
cotton expectation. the total being
over S72ooo.ooo and thus averaging
$25oooo.oo for every day OF the month.
The value OF cotton exports from
the United States. as shown by the De
partment OF Commerce and Labor
through its Bureau OF Statistics, was
S57S 600 900. These are the preliminary
figures, but will not be materially
changed BY the revised statement To be
issued later i'll the present month The
total value oi the exports exceeds by
S64 100000 that OF the preceding rec
ord year, 1900. when the value OF the
cotton exported was S3I4.ooooco. The
value OF cotton exports never reached
the 100000 COO line except i'll the years
1000. 1901 and 1908 In 1900 the to-
tai was S;I4.ooo.o 600 i'll 1901. S3oI. ooo,-
ooo and in 1908. S37S.ooo.ooo.
While the total value oi the year
exports OF cotton was the highest on
record. the quantity exported did not
reach so high figure as III 1893, when
the value was much below that oil 1908.
The total quantity exported i'll 1908 was
.,.6eo. oco ooopounds which exceeded that
oi any preceding year except 1903.
when the total was 4.I7S 600 900 pounds.
The value OF the cotton exports OF 1903,
however. was only S232.76S.2ol, or less
than two thirds as much rs that OF 1908.
although the quantity in 1893 was -
per cent. greater.
Cotton forms constantly a very large
share OF the exports. and especially OF tile
agricultural exports of the United States.
During the entire period from 1888 to
100, the value of cotton exported has
aggregated over Ssooooooooo and aver
aged IS per cent OF the total exports OF
domestic products and 80 per cent. OF
the agricultural products exported. In
1904 cotton formed about % per cent. OF
the total exports and about % per cent
Of the total exports OF agricultural prod
ucts.
The United Kingdom was i'll 1908 the
largest customer Tor our cotton. u he
total value OF cotton exported from the
United States TO the United Kingdom IN
the calendar year 1903 WAS. III round
terms. SI4z. and tins total o;
SII7 100000 forms 80 per cent. ct our
total cotton exports III that year. Ter
many stood second III the lis, OF o"r cot
ton customers. the total value oil our
cotton exported 30 Germany during the
wear heing SIII.ooo.oCc. France was
third in he list OF purchasers. our total
exports oi cotton IN tina; country III 1908
being S47 100000. To Italy. which stood
next i'll the list. the total was S2I 100000:
to Russia. nearly 100000: TO Belgium.
about 100000: TO British North Amer
lea, Sscooooo; to Japan, about S4.5oo.-
600. and 80 Mexico. little over $4,000
600. While the United Kingdom IS the
largest purchaser of American cotton.
her increase over preceding years is much
less than tina, OF Germany. The total
value OF our cotton exports to the United
Kingdom i'll the year 1908 aggregated but
about S5.ooo.coo i'll excess OF the total tor
1000. while that to Germany exceeded by
S2,ooo.ooo the total for 1900. the former
record wear