Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-31
VAST INCOME FROM EXPORTS
Amount Of American Products Sent to
Europe Grows Steadily.
VALUE OVER BILLION A YEAR
Cotton and Grain Products sent Out
of Country shown by Five-Year
PeriOds--Meat Products i'm
Big Demand.

in the exports OF farm products from the
United States. From an average OF $780,
100000 a year In the five-year period, 1851
1855, the agricultural exports rose to an av-
erage Of SS75, 100000 a year In 19O1-1905, and
in two subsequent individual years ue07
and 1909 surpassed 1900 100000.
Not only have such exports increased.
but they have increased much faster than
the population. In 1s51-1S55 the average
value per capita OF the agricultural ex-
ports OF the United States was 1885, in
1sO1-19O5 1t was S1OSS, and since 1906 it has
been still greater.
A report on the annual exports of farm
products from the United States from 1851
to 1908, inclusive, is about to be published
as Bulletin rs of the bureau Of statistics
United States Department Of Agriculture.
Averages are given by five-year periods, so
that 1t Is possible to perceive the general
drift OF the trade
Cotton Big in Export Value.
The chief agricultural products exported
in the last half century have been % cot
ton, (0 grain and grain products, and (S)
Packing house products.
In 1s51-1S55 cotton made nearly two-thirds
OF the value OF all agricultural exports
but In 1901-19O5 between one-thlrd and one
half only, although the average quantity
exported increased from 1,02s, 900, 600 pounds
In 1s51-1s55 to S5T7, 100000 pounds in 1901
1905, while in 1907, the highest year, 45ls,-
100000 pounds were sent out In the period
lS6l-1S65 the quantity Of cotton exports was
only about per cent OF that for 1856 1850
Increases occurred afterward, however, un-
I'll in 1s76-1sso the average quantity ex-
ported was somewhat greater than in the
period Just prior to the civil war. In guam
ttty exported per capita, the flve-year
period 1S56-1SeO was highest; there were
then exported AS pounds of cotton per
capita. The nearest approach to this was
AS pounds per capita in 19Ol-19O5. Cotton
seed products, such as cottonseed oil, OIL
cake and oilcake meal, have assumed con-
siderable Importance In the export trade
Of the United States in recent years. that
is beginning about 1876. The value Of cot
tonseek products exported averaged during
the last several years from s25, 100000 to
$500 1900 year, the highest being In 1907,
about $S4O0O,OCO
Grain Goes in Vast Quantities.
Grain and it's products come second in
order of value. They increased from a
yearly average Of SIS, 100000 in 1s51-1S55 to
940OO,O0O in 1901-19O6 and in 1908 were
s2l5,O00,oOO The chief items are wheat Qn-
cluding wheat flour) corn and oats. Ex-
ports Of these cereals during 1S51-1S55 were
equivalent to about 2O,OOOOOO bushels Of
grain annually, and fifty years later to
25o,oO0OO0 bushels. The period of largest
grain exports was 1s96-19OO since which
time there has been decline. The per
capita exports Of wheat and flour were
largest in 1SS1-lss55 when they were equiva-
lent to rs bushels per CAPITA in 1s01-19O6
the average exports per capita were two
bushels and since 1905 have been less than
TWO bushels, In corn the maximum limit
was reached I'm 1S96-I9O0, when an average
OF "a bushels per capita was exported
fhen came a downward tendency, the ex-
ports In the next five-year period being
only IL bushels per capita, and In sucz-
ceeding years falling below one bushel.
compares with corn and wheat exports
OF oats have been small, the largest aver
age for any five-year period being Ss, 600 600
bushels year during 1S96-1sOO, or some
thlhg more than one-fifth the correspond
ing exports of corn or of wheat, including
flour.
Our Meat Products in Demand,
Exports Of packing house products a
third leading group have increased much
more rapidly in the last half century than
cotton or cereals. The average value of
packing house products exported In 1851
1886 was ao0Oo0Oo a year. and in 1s0I-1sOS
II was |lSOOoVO0 while in 1908 the value
was SlsSOOO,OOO, The principal items of this
sroup are pork, lard, beef and oleo oil.
AS IN the case OF grain, the greatest ex-
Ports OF lard and pork were In the five
year period, lSss-l9O0. The exports of lard
nave increased nearly eight times as fast
as the population of the United States
me average per capita in 1s61-1S55 was IL
POUNDS year, while fifty years later. in
l9Vl-lSVo' the average reached s.6 pounds
per capita. Another great Increase oc-
CURED IN per capita exports Of pork The
average for 1S66-lS70 was Is pounds mar
capita; In 1Se-lsSO, 1873 pounds per cantta
and in 19O1-i9o5. S4 pounds per capits
The largest exports Of beef and ohao op
Cthose In l901-l005) amounted to o8OOo OOo
pounds year for beef and I4s. COO OOo Mounds
for oleo oil. Since 1905 there has been a
marked decline in exports OF beef the
average for 19O6-1sO6 being only 40 600 oOo
pounds year, OF less than for anv five
year period since 1sss-1ssO. On the other
hand. the average exports Of oleo oil dur.
Ing the three years ending with 1908 ex-
ceeded the average for lsOl-lSO6 by nearly
70 000,ooO pounds.
American Tobacco Popular,
Tobacco, which century ago was among
the most important of our exports. stiu
holds prominent place, Exports of un-
manufactured tobacco have averaged since
lS9l-1Ss5 more than sOO,OOooO pounds a year
with an average yearly valuation of about
'So'eCoOOO. The per capita exports OF this
product declined from 5s pounds in 1851
1855 TO Al pounds In 19oi-lsC5. while during
lso0-lsOS the average was less than four
pc cuhds.
Exports Of fruits Increased from s71 COO
In 1851 to s2OOOOOOo in 1904, and subsequently,
they ranged from S14. 10000 to $l7 ,OOn 600
Exports Of hops have been irregular. In
lSol nOO0 pounds were exported: I'm ISs5
l,o2S COO; In 1859. 27S,OoO; in 1861 ssSs,OOO; IN
1870 lsSS6,0eo in 1887. 2S1, OOO, and. beginning
with lS"' amounts ranging from 1000, 900 10
% 10000 pounds.
exports OF vegetables. which were con-
s'derably less than 100000 in the years