Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-06-21

Millions Of Dollars Paid Annually to
Foreign Countries.


high record importation OF $20,O0O,-
900 worth Of haxsccd in the fiscal
year 1914 Is indicated by the records
OF the bureau of statistics, depart
ment OF commerce and labor, now
completed for the ten months ending
with April, 1911. During that period
the imports Of fiaxsecd or linseed ag-
gregated S,250,000 bushels, COM
pared with a little over 100000
bushels last year and 5000 bushels
IN the corresponding period of 1909.
The growth in value Is even greater
the ten months figures Of the cur
rent fiscal year being $16,75O,OOO,
against $5,000,000 in 1910 and but
>S73,625 in 1909. The estimated inn
purtation Of $20,0O0.00O worth Of
haXseed in the fiscal year which ends
frith the present month exceeds by
riaore than $l0,000,000 the value Of
hhat imported in 1909, is nearly $1S,-
100000 above the record of 1901,
and is by far greater than that Of
any other year. During the ten years
.---190l to 1910, ihc!uSivc--a total Of
$ 100000. or an average annual
Evaporation OF $l,300.OC0, is shown,
:ns against $50, 1000, 900 for he single
wear 1911, now drawing to Il close
FlaNSeed furnishes the bulk OF the
SaS, 100000 worth OF seeds Of vari-
'1ns kinds imported during the year
'Nhe other leading classes include the
sugar beet, clover and castor beans.
Of these the imports Of clover seed
during the year will be about So
oo0,O0o, and those OF sugar beet and
castor bean seed each about $780,
o0O. The remaining $3,75O,00G
worth Of seeds imported includes
grass, mustard, beet. cabbage, poppy
ana Hover seeds, also large num-
her OF seeds valued by reason of the
'r%satilc oils and perfumes contained.
2;,nch as anise, caraway, coriander and
fcnncl
The price Of imported naXseed
tends to increase from year to year.
IN 1897 the average price per bushcl
.
$3.50, in 1909 $i.i0. in 1910 S1.7O,
and in 1911 $2.04, for the high-rcc-
ord importation OF S.25O,0O0 bushels !
9n the ten month ending with April !
Argentina is the chief source of !
Ehe flaxseed imported into the United |
states, about GO per cent Of the i'm
ports during 1910 having been from
Ehat country, compared with about
% per cent from Canada and about |
! per cent from the British East In
dies and Belgium. Nearly all the
ia gar beet seed imported is from
Germany, while clover seed is i'm
N"'Nted chiefly from Germany, Canada
and France
The very large increase in mpor-
cations Of faXseed during 1911 is due
10 the partial failure of the crop last
year The naxsced crop of the Uni
esd States is, according to figures Of
E!'A bureau Of statistics, chiefly pro-
Inr@d in Minnesota and North and |
south Dakota. The crop in North |
Dakota last year was to a large ex-
cent failure, reducing the domestic |
production by nearly one-half, and |
the amount available for market pur-
E*ss"s, aside from seed. fully one
%@Alf, hence the large importations in
Nhe current year from foreign coun-
tries
me shortage in the domestic crop
'oi iaXsecd, and presumably in the !
promotion Of linSrcd OIL is reflected |
IA me large imports of oil OF that |
3t@rhctcr during the current fiscal |
Ne!"r. During the nine months end |
}n& H;3n March. i9ll the imports for
cGhSC I0ptiOn OF iinSccd oil aggrcpotcd |
|,20rA25 gallons. valued t So |
f93,Gi9, compared with l67,6G4 gal |
3uns, valued at $25S,390, in the on !
arc fiscal year 1910, and but 2SlO2
gallons, valued at 1920, in the
Dscal year 1909.