Arizona republican., 1904-12-19
A Falling Off of Exports
 of BFeadStuffS
AMOUNTING TO ONE-HALF
A Loss in Trade of $i00, ,O00. 900 but It Is Nearly Made up by an Increase in the Volume Of Exports of hanu- faCtures.

Washington, Dec. 1s.-Breadstuns exported from the United States In 1904 seem likely to be less than one half in value those exported in Is03- These figures relate to the calendar year and are based upon the eleven months preliminary statement issued by the department of commerce and labor through its bureau of statistics The figures of the November advance statement of exports Cf breadstuffs. provisions, cotton and mineral oils is- sued by the bureau of statistics show that the total value of breadstuffS ex- ported in the eleven months ending with November was. in round terms. $S2, 100000 against S176,OOO.Oo0 in the corresponding eleven months Of last year.
 These figures are preliminary and cover only the more important ports of the country. but sufficiently appVoxi- mate the total to indicate clearly the relative value of the breadstufIs ex- portedsin the present year as compar- ed with those of last year Thus. the preliminary figures indicate that the value of breadstuffs exported during the eleven months period was less than tone-half that of the correspond ing months of 1903. and seem 10 justify the estimate that the complete report for the full calendar year will also show a total of less than one-hah that for the immediately preceding calendar year.
 Despite the fact that the breadstuffs exported will show fall of practically s100 0OO. 900 for the entire calendar year. indications now are that the total eN- ports will differ but little from those of the preceding calendar year This. of course, means that in other articles there has been an advance sufficient 70 nearly offset the great loss in exports of breadstuffs. and the figures Of the bureau of statistics seem to justify this conclusion. For the eleven months ending with November the preliminary figures show an increase Of S10.eoo,Oo9 in value of mineral oils exported and | S14.O0O, 900 in the value of cotton ex- ported, while ten months figures show | an increase of $64. GOO in the value of manufactures exported as cOmparssl with the corresponding mcnths of the preceding year.
 In the single month of October man ufactures showed an increase of Slo.- | 900 over October Of last year. and should the November and December figures show approximately like gains. | the increase in manufactures alone for the calendar year would exceed S75.- | 900, 900. Thus, the figures available at the present time indicate that the loss of approximately $10O. .Oc0.OC0 in the
 value of breadstuffs exported will be nearly or quite offset by an increase in
 manufactures and raw cotton. the bulk of the increase. however, being in
 manufactures, chiefly iron and steel. | copper, mineral oils and cotton goods | This decrease in exports of bread
 stuffs occurs in all the important
 classes grouped under the general title | of bTeadstuffs. but is especially mark ! ed in regard to wheat. Comparing the
 preliminary figures of the present year
 with the preliminary figures of last | year, the total number of bushels Of
 wheat exported in the eleven months
 ending with November. 1904. Is stated | by the bureau of statistics at 12.21s.- l'173, as against 67,7S9. .73I in the core
 spending months of 1908; of flour. To- 6S6, ,467 barrels, as against I5.loe. -5S
 barrels in the same months of last year; of corn. SS.S14.sS4 bushels. as
 against S6.659O13 in the same months
 of last year, and of oats. 1,026.245 bush els, as compared with 1.415.075 bushels
 in the corresponding eleven months Of 1903. This falling off in exports of
 breadstuffs. as has been already and l frequently indicated. is believed 10 be due, first. to slight reduction in the home production; second, 10 a mate rial increase in home consumption. and third, to unusually large wheat cTops
 abroad which reduced the worlds de-
 mands for breadstuffs of the United ! States.