Arizona republican., 1906-04-18

of 1896 and 1901. the growth is strong ly marked. The total value of agri- cultural products exported for the 8 months ending with February 1906,
 was TOO million dollars; in 1896. the total was 4O4 mil 'ons and in 1900, 570 millions, while the largest total pre- viously shown for the months ending with February was 664 million dollars l in 1902 The total for the months ending with February, 1905, was but S56S, 900, 900.
 This growth occurs in all the three great groups which form the bulk of agricultural exports, viz, breadstuffs, cotton and provisions, the latter term including meats and dairy products. 1 The largest increase occurs in bread stuffs in which the gain is 70 million dollars; provisions show a gain of 33 millions. and cotton a gain of 30 mIl- i lions, each compared with the corre- spending months of the immediately preceding year. The group of bread . | stuffs" includes wheat. wheat flour,
 corn, oats, barley, and other cereals, cereal preparations for table food, etc, and in nearly all of these articles there
 is a marked growth in the months ending with February, 1906, compared with the corresponding months of the preceding year. Wheat shows an in -
 crease from $3,71O.550 in the months
 ending with February. 1906: flour. an
 increase from s26.723.329 to $42.O98,-
 SAP; corn, from $27.01O.O61 to $46. 76O. . 572; oats, from s4O5.2S3 to S11.255.2 .229;
 barley. from S3,991.711 to S6,749.364 and corn meal from S575, $50 to s1.043.-
 297. The increase in exports of wheat is chiefly due to the shortage in our yth fr, return to normal conditions in 1906. In the 8 months ending with February, 1905, only 4,196.O9O bushels of wheat were exported. while in the same months ending with February, 1906, the number of bushels exported was 271, 467.29S. Of flour the exports for the corresponding months of 1905 and 1906 were 5,S53.5O7 barrels and 9,785, 5,399 barrels. Of corn the quantity exported in the months ending with February, 1905, was 50,93S.169 bushels. and in the same months of 1906. SS234.9O3 bush- els while of oats the total exports in the 8 months of 1905 was 959.941 bush els and in the same months of 1906, 32,714,453 bushels.
 The increases in the exports of breadstuffs occurred chiefly in the movement to European countries. ID the Onlted Kingdom corn exports 1n- creased 14 million bushels: oats, 13 millions; wheat, 1-2 millions, and flour. ? million barrels. To Germany corn exports increased 10 million bush els; oats. about 6 millions; wheat, about 2 1-2 millions. while flour shows but a small increase.
 Cotton shows an increase of 30 mil lion dollars value in exports during the months ending with February. 1906, compared with the corresponding months of last year. but a decrease in quantity, the total number of bales ex- ported in the months ending with February. 1906, being 5,399, ,O55, against 5,SI9,327 in the same months last year The increase in value of exports oc- CUTS in the movements to the United Kingdom, France. Germany. Italy. Rus sia, and Canada, and a decrease in the movements to Belgium, Japan, Meth erlands. and Mexico. Tn quantity. how ever, the figures show decline in the movements to all the principal coun- tries except France and Canada the increase in total value being due to