The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-02
.lSpecIal to rhe Times.Dlsnntcl1

washington. November l-I:ncle
sam ~ Dig trader. lie never oper-
a'es ON small scale. bnt. on the con
trary. he buys and sells billions of
dollars worth OF stun every year
when he closes his books the nrst OF
July each year and begins bushes.
over again. IL is generally shown tina,
ne has put every else in the back.
ground.
The exports OF domestic farm pro.
ducts in 1910. valued at ss5l.O00. 600.
were smaller than in any fiscal yea,
since 1905. The average yearly ex.
ports of domestic farm products dur
ing the hve-year period OF is06-'lv
were greater in value than during
each preceding five year period. ana
amounted TO ss6i,00O.0o0, an increa 81"
OF >sc.ooo,ooo over the preceding ttve-
year average The percentage domes-
tic farm products formed of total do
mest!c merchandise exported decreased
from so.4 per cent. for the period of
lS5i'55 TO SOL per cent. for the period
ls06-'1Q
The average exports of domestic
forest products in lso6'io exceeded
those for each previous hve-ycGr
period. and with one exception, 1861
'65, show a gradual increase from
SG.Co0,o0o In the average for ls5i-'55
Exports Of domestic farm products
consigned to europe in 1910 were
valued at $7il.0oO,000, a decrease Oh
s4i 10000. compared with the preceu-
ing year. and slii00O.O0O compareu
with 1905. These decreases were most
ly due to falling on In copsignments
OF cattle. wheat. wheat Hour. fresh
beef. bacon. hams and picked pork
10 the United Kingdom; and in exports
ry-l, = n
and the Netherlands. also decline In
consignments of lard to Germany.
Exports of domestic farm products TO
North American countries In i9lu In
creased about Sl6.0Qo.Uuu over the pre-
ccding year, due Principally TO an III
crease IN consignments OF cotton ana
wheat TO Canada. corn and wheat 10
Mexico. ana lara TO CUBA. In isIv. 80
per cent. of the exports of domestic
farm products were consigned 10
Europe, and 81 per cent. In 1915 anu
1909 and this same grand oivislun
received 81 per cent. OF In. domestic
forest products exported in l9lU and
co per cent. in 1908 and 1909.
Exports of domestic cotton increased
in value from sil1.uUu.UUU in l9vs to
si5V.UUU,u0U in 1917. que TO an Increase
in the average export value of upland
cotton from 81 per cents per pound
in 1909 to 40 cents in 1910, while
the quantity decreased more than one
fourth in 1910 as compared with lsU5
Fruits increased from Sl4.uuu.OOU In
1908 10 sl6.000.000 i'll 1909. and TO near
" sl9. 1000 in 1910. Uli cake ana oil
cakemeal and vegetable oils each de-
creased about sIo00.000 In 1910. as
compared with 1903: these two de-
creases were caused principally by a
falling on in consignments OF cotton
seed oil to France. Germany, Italy and
the Netherlands. The most important
decreases were exports of food pro-
ducts.
The trade of the United States with
its non-contiguous possessions in 1910
exceeded that of any former year. The
shipments of domestic farm products
to these possessions was valued at
more than s25.oo0.oOO; while the ship
ments in the opposite direction aggre-
gateI nearly sSS.000,000. The ship
ments to and from the non contiguous
possessions consisted mainly of prepar-
ed food products. such meats, grain
and grain products, rice and sugar. and
showed an increase in 1910 compared
/ with 1908. The shipments of domestic
farm products from the United States
to its non contiguous possessions in
1910 formed 30.6 per cent. of the total
, outward shipments Of all domestic
merchandise to them. AS the destina