Arizona republican., 1907-01-28
MEAT / .ADE
FOR A YEAR
"A General Increase of Ey-
ports.
"A Falling Off in the Single
Item of Canned Beef is
Noted.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Meat and
dairy products exported in 1906 ex-
ceeded 200 million dollars in value;
and If TO this is added the value of
food animals exported, the total would
aggregate go million dollars. Meat
products exported show in practically
all classes. except canned beef, an in
crease over 1905. while cattle, hogs and
sheep show a slight decrease COM
pared with 1905. Fresh beef shows an
increase of over a million dollars in
value; salted beef, a slight increase;
tallow, a gain of nearly > millions;
bacon, an increase of Z millions; lard,
an increase OF , millions; Oleomargar-
inc, a gain of about millions; while
butter shows an increase Of nearly
million dollars, and cheese a gain of
1ls millions. In a single class, canned
beef, there is a marked decrease, the
value of canned beef exported during
the year having fallen over one-half.
or from about ~ millions in 1905 to
about 31e millions in value in 1906
This decrease in exports OF canned
beef-a decrease amounting to about 40
chiefly in the shipments to Japan and
the United Kingdom. The shipments Of
canned beef to Japan in 1908 We're 14H
million pounds. and in 1906 were less
than One-half million pounds. the loss
being thus more than IA million pounds
in the shipments to that country alone.
This falling Off in the shipments to
Japan is due chiefly TO the fact that
the exports Of 1904 and 1905 to that
country were abnoimally large. due to
war requirements; the shipments to
that country in 1903 were but 4Si63
pounds: i'm 1904. 2,649.419 pounds: in
1905. 14,40i.31S pounds, and i'm 1906 less
than a half million. thus indicating that
the movements Of this article in 1904
and 1908 to Japan were due. almost eN-
clusively. to the temporary require
ments Of the war period. On the other
hand, a marked loss has, for some
other reason, occurred in the shipments
to the United Kingdom. The detailed
figures for December have not yet
reached the bureau Of statistics of the
department Of commerce and labor. but
figures for IL months ending with No
vember show a fan from 3S.14S.16l
pounds to 20.764.S42 pounds in exports
Of canned beef to the United Kingdom.
To many other countries the exports
of canned beef show an increase in
1906 compared with 1905. TO France
the figures for II months of 1906 were
1,1O335S pounds against 73l.57S pounds
in the corresponding months of the pre-
ceding year; and to Germany. 2.065. .Si1
pounds agai.st S69 265 pounds in the
same months of 1905. To Central
America, Cuba South America, the
Philippines. British Africa, and other
sections of Africa the exports Of can
ned beef also show an increase in 1906,
as compared with 1905, the chief falling
off occurring, therefore, in the ship
ments to Japan and the United King
dom. the total reduction in exports of
canned beef amounting to about 40
million pounds, valued at about 4 mill
lion dollars. for the y months. 1906
Canned beef forms, howevtr. a small
of the value of meats ex-
ported from the United States. the to-
tai of meats alone aggregating over
200 million dollars. while that of can
ned beef was. even in its best year.
less than million dollars. Fresh beef.
bacon. hams. salted pork, lard. and
"oleo oil'' for use in making oleomar-
garine are the chief items forming the
200 million dollars worth Of meat pro-
ducts exported, and TO this should be
added about million dollars worth of
butter nearly million dollars worth
Of cheese. and about million dollars
worth of milk exported in the year
1906
. This distribution of this enormous
value of food supplies-Over 200 million !
dollars in the year 19O6-is interesting |
The records of the bureau OF statistics 4
show that of the 221a million dollars +
worth OF fresh beef exported in the IL +.
ending with November. 1906, I
PA millions went to the United King 7
dom. OF the 81 million dollars worth Z
Df bacon exported, 27I5 million dollars /
worth went to the United Kingdom, 4
millions to Belgium. and less than 1
million dollars worth to Germany. OF /
the 10 million dollars worth of hams .
exported 1612 million dollars worth .
went to the United Kingdom half 4
million dollars worth to Belgium. and .
ess than a million dollars worth to
all other Europe. OF the II million ;
iollars' worth of salted or picked pork
Exported. over million dollars worth
vent to the United Kingdom. OF the
8 million dollars worth Of lard eX-
ported in the IL months ending with
November, Is million dollars worth
went TO the United Kingdom. II mil
ions to Germany, 51s millions to Meth