The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-01
SURPASS
BILLION
DOLLARS
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GREAT INCREASE IN Ex-
PORT OF FARM PRODUCTS
FROM UNITED STATES
GROWING MUCH FASTER
TRAN THE POPULATION
Cotton, Grain and Packing House
Products Chief Articles
Of Export

Washington, D. C. Feb THE
last half century has seen great in
crease in the exports of farm prod
ucts from the United States, From
an average of $50 mi lion dollars II
year in the flve-year period, 1851
1865, the agricultural exports rose to
an ave age of S7o million dollars a
year IN l90l-l905, and in Two subse.
quent Individual years (l907 aud
1909 surpassed a billion dollars
Not only have such exports in
creased, but they have increased
much faster than the population. In
lS5l-lS55 the average value per cap
lta of the agricultural exports Of the
United S,a'As was $5.S5. in 1901
1905 il was $40 SS. and since 1905 II
has been still greater.
Al report on the annual exports oil
farm products from the United States
from 1851 TO 1908. inclusive, is about
to be published as Bulletin Is OF the
bureau of statistics, United States
department of agriculture Averages
are given By ilve-year periods, SO
that II Is possible to perceive The
general drift of The tlade.
The chief agricultural products ex
ported in the past half century have
been d) cotton, CD grain and grain
prolncls, and CD packing house
products
In lS5i-lS55, cotton made nearly
two-thirds of the value Of all agri
cultural exports. but in 190l-l905 be
tween onethird and one-half only
although the average quantity export
ed increased from l,l2G million
pounds in lS5l-lS55 to 3.577 millioI
pounds in 190i-19O5, while In 1907
the highest year, 4,5lS million pounds
were sent out In the period 1861
1865 the quantity Of cotton exports
was only about r per cent Of that fol
| lS56-1S60. Increases occurred after
ward, however, until In lS76-lSS0 III,
average quantity exported was some
what greater than In the period JUS
prior TO the Civil war. In quantity
exported per capita. the liye-gear pc
riod lS5G-lSG0 was highest; there
were then exported iiS pounds o
cotton per capita. The nearest ap
proach to this was Al 3 pounds pc
capita In 1901-io05. Cotton see,
products, such as cotton seed oil
oil cake, and oil cake meal have as
sumed considerable Importance in thu
export trade Of the United States II
recent years. that Is, beginning abou
1876 The value Of cotton seed
/ products exported, averaged durini
the pas several years from 25 mil
,lion 10 30 million dollars year. tn
highest being in 1907, about 81 mil
1 lien dollars.
Grain and its products come sec
ond In der OF value. They in
creased from ,tSrly average OF 2
million dollars in S1S5l-iS55 10 10
million dollars In l90l-19O5, aud II
1908 we're 215 million dollars. TIL
chief Items are wheat (includlnl
wheat -FOUR, corn. and oats. Export
Of these cereals during 1S5i-1S5
were equivalent to about 20 milio
bushels of grain annually, and iift
years latee TO about $50 million busl
els. The period Of largest grain eN
ports was 1S96-19O0. since which tim
there has been a decline. The pc
capita exports of wheat and hou
were largest in lSS1-1SS5, when the
were equivalent TO 2.6 bushes pc
, capita. In i90l-1955 the average Q,
ports per capita were bushels, an
since 1905 have been less than
bushels In co the maximum linn
/. was reached In lS0G-l900, when a
average Of "a bushels per capt.
was exported. Then came dowl
ward tendency. the exports In th
, next five year period being only /.
bushels per capita, and in succeedin
; years falling below bushel. Con
pared with corn and wheat, export
of oats have been small, the largei
average for any FIVE year pc Tod y
. ing 3S million bushels year durln
1S9C-l00O, or something more Ina
nne-flfth the corresponding eypor
OF corn or Of wheat. Including -four
Exporis Of packing house product
a third leading group have inc elas
much more rapidly IN the last ha
1 century than cotton or cereals. III
average value OF packing house pro
/. ucts exnorfcd IN 1s5l-iS55 was
million 10 lars q year, and IN l0C
1905 4 WIS ls3 million dollars, viii
, in 1908 ihe yalne was 1876 milli'
dollars Tho princinal items Of III
group are po k. lard. beef. and oh
oil As In the case Of grain. 4
+. greainat cXporis OF lard and 20
we're IN III" fiye year. 1896 1900 n
exports Of lard have increased near
e'oht ti-rpq as fasf as The populaii'
OF the Tinted states The ayera
per capita In lS5l-iS55 was l
nounds . wear. while iify wears lsf
IN ianl.1a05 he average reached 3
mounts per can''a. Another great
cvrasn occnrred In pcr caplto eyno'
= of norf The average for 1865
y wps I roynds per capiia. IN 1S'
2 reen =" priras r~r ~7r'fs er'
o 19nl-19o5. pounds uer capita.
Tho ioropgf pxnnrfq ~ beef n