The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-18
NewS of Important Happenings in Indiana
UNRWALED EXPORTS
OF AMERICAN COTTON
Aggregate for the Year Made Up
an Average of Over a Mil
lion Dollars Daily.
FIGURES FOR DECEMBER
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Jan. liking Cotton
made his greatest record in the export fig
ures Of the calendar year 1903. From 1888
to 1903 cotton exports averaged a little
more than $4,000 a day. In 1893 they aver
aged more than 81 10000 in value per diem:
in the last three months of 1903 they aver
aged more than 100000 per diem, and in
the closing month of the year nearly $780,
600 per diem. Exports of cotton in Decem-
Der, 1903 show a greater value than in any
preceding month in the history of cotton
expectation. the total being over S72,OOO,0OO.
thus averaging $2,500,OOe for every day of
the month.
The value of cotton exports from the
United States, as shown by the Department
of Commerce and Labor through it's Bureau
of Statistics. was sS7S,OOO,OOO. These are the
preliminary figures, but will not be ma
terially changed by the revised statement
to be issued later in the present month. The
total value of the exports exceeds by $64.-
100000 that of the preceding record year
lDO-wnen the value of the cotton exported
was S3l4OO,0O. The value of cotton ex-
ports never reached the $500. 100000 line ex-
cept in the years 1900 1901 and 1903. In 1900
the total was 3l4000,000; in 1901, 1901 100000,
and in 1903. $37S, 5000 COO
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 $500, 100000 pounds.
which exceeded that OF any preceding year
except 1898, when the total was 4,17SO0O, 900
pounds. The value Of the cotton exports
of 1898. however. was only 1922, 76S 204, or
less than tWO-thirds as much as that of
1903 although the quantity in 1898 was Is
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 1888 to 1903
the value OF cotton exported has aggregated
over five billions of dollars and averaged %
per cent. of the total exports OF domestic
products and &c per cent. Of the agricultural
products exported. In 1903 cotton formed
about Is per cent of the total exports and
about 80 per cent. of the total exports of
agricultural products
The United Kingdom was in 1903 the largest
customer for our cotton. The total value of
cotton exported from the United States to the
United Kingdom in the calendar year 1903 was,
in round terms, 1900, 000 and this total of
$l41OOO,OO0 forms 80 per cent of our total
cotton export in that year. Germany stood
second in the list of our cotton customers.
teh total value of our cotton exported TO
Germany during the year being gill 900, 900
France was third in the list of purchasers.
in 1903 being $47,O00O0O. To Italy, which
stood next I'm the list, the total was So, 0OO.-
600; to Russia, nearly S9000,0O0; to Belgium,
about 100000; 10 British North America,
$5000.0O0; TO Japan, about 81, 500, 600, and to
Mexico a little over 100000. While the
United Kingdom is the largest purchaser of
American cotton, her Increase over the pre-
ceding year is much less than that of Ger
many. The total value Of our cotton ex-
ports to the United Kingdom I'm the year
1908 aggregated but about SoOO0.OOO in
cess of the total for 1900 while that to Ger
many exceeded by $23.000OOO the total for
1900, the former record year. J. L NJ