The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-17
OUR AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS.
Highest Records for This Country
Are Now Being Made.

tural products are now making their
highest record in the expectations Of
the United States, and should the
present rate continue during the re-
mainder Of the fiscal year the total
expectation Of such products will in
1906 for the first time cross the bill
lion dollar line. In the eight months
ending with February, for which the
Department Of Commerce, through its
bureau of statistics, furnishes the de-
tailed figures, the value Of agricultur-
al products exported amounted to
$7OO,0OO,OO0, which is a total consid-
erably in excess Of the figures for a
similar period in any preceding year.
| Contrasting the figures Of 1906 with
those Of 1896 and 1901, the growth is
strongly marked. The total value Of
agricultural products exported for
the eight months ending with Feb
ruary, 1906, was $7OO,0OO,OOO; in
1896, the total was but $4O4,OOO,OOO,
and in 1900, $57O,OO0,000, while the
largest total previously shown for
the eight months ending with Febru-
ary was $664,OOO,OO0 in 1902. The to-
tai for the eight months ending with
February, 1905, was but $56S,OO0,OOO.
This growth occurs in all of the
three great groups which form the
bulk of agricultural exports, VIZ,
breadstuffs, cotton and provisions, the
latter term including meats and dairy
products. The largest increase oc-
ours in breadstufs in which the gain
is 7O,OO0,OOO; provisions show gain
! Of $33, 100000, and cotton a gain OF
$3O,OOO,0oO, each compared with the
corresponding months Of the lmmedl-
ately preceding year. The group
"breadstuffs" includes wheat, wheat
-four, corn, oats, barley, and other ee-
reals, cereal preparations for table
food, etc., and in nearly all OF these
articles there is marked growth IN
the eight months ending with Febru-
ary, 1906, compared with the corre-
spending months Of the preceding
wear. Wheat shows an increase from
s3.71O.55O in the eight months ending
with February, 1905, to $22,62l,95S
in the eight months ending with Feb
ruary, 1906; -four, an increase from
s2e, ,723,329 to s42,O9S,942; corn,
from s27.o1O,6O1 to s46, 6,760,572; oats,
from s4o5,2s3 to s11,255,229; barley,
from s3,991,7 to $6,749,364, AMI
corn meal, from $575,350 to $l,O43,-
297. The increase in exports OF
wheat is chiefly due to the shortage
in our own supply which existed In
1905, and return to normal cond1-
ftions in 1906. In the eight months
ending with February, 1905, only
4l96.OOO bushels Of wheat were ex-
ported, while in the same months
ending with February, 1906, the
number of bushels exported was 2|,-
467 ,29S. Of -four the exports for the
corresponding months of 1905 and
1906 were 5,S53,507 barrels and "
795. .399 barrels. Of corn the quanti-
tv exnorted in the eight months end
ing with February, 1905, was 5o'-
93S, ,169 bushels, and in the same
months Of 1906, SS,234,9O3 bushels,
while Of oats the total exports in the
eight months Of 1905 was 959,94l
bushels, and in the same months Oh
1906, 32,714,453 bushels.
These increases in the exports OF
breadstuffs occurred chiefly IN the
movement to European countries. 10
the United Kingdom corn exports IN
creased 14,OOO,OOO bushels; oats, 49,
100000; wheat 6,5OO,OOO, and flour
100000 barrels. To Geramny corn
exports increased lO,0OO,oOO oarrels.
To Germany corn exports Increased
100000 bushels; oats, about o.
900, 1000; wheat about 2,50O,OOO, while
-four shows but small increase.
Cotton shows an increase Of $780,
100000 value in exports during the
eight months ending with February,
1906, compared with the correspond
ing months of last year, but a de-
crease in quantity, the total number
Of bales exported in the eight months
ending with February, 1906, beng
5,399,O55, against 5,s79,327 in the