Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-07-05
WAIIHAI,iAA, s. O.:
WEDNESDAY,, JULY 5, 1911.
EXPORTS OF FARM PRODUCTS
Will Rcuch tho Billion Dollar Mark
For tho Fiscal Year.

washington, June 3O.-SpeClal:
Exports Of farm products will aggre-
gate a billion dollars In the fiscal
year which ends to-day. The gov-
ernment's fiscal year has for many
years ended at the middle Of the cal
endar year, the purpose being to give
opportunity to classify and arrange
the years figures in time for consid-
GRAFTON by Congress, whose regular
In December. Thus the l .reau of
statistics presents its detailed yearly
report Of commerce for the year end
ing June 30th.
Figures for eleven Of the twelve
months of the fiscal year 1911 are
now available, and show exports of
cotton s574. 100000, food-stuffs
1854 900, 900, and tobacco $35, 5,OO0,-
00O-a total for the eleven months
ending with May Of $963 100000,
making it quite apparent that the
sum added for the month OF June
will bring the total exports Of farm
products during the fiscal year 1911
above the billion dollar line.
Cotton. as above indicated, is by
far the largest single item, $574,-
100000 worth being exported in the
fiscal year 1871 over that Of any ear
Tier year is due chiefly to the high
prices, the quantity Of cotton cx-
ported in 1911 being materially less
than in 1909 or 1907, while the
value will exceed by more than
o0,0O0,000 that Of the years in
which the quantity was greater The
average export price Of domestic cot
ton in May, 1911, was 15.1 cents
per pound, and for the nine months
ending with May, 14.5 cents per
pound, against l4.2 cent in the cot
ton year 1910. ~ ce...s in 1904,
LII cents in 1908, and less than 6
cents per pound in 1895. 1898 and
1899, these figures being in all cases
for the cotton year ending with Au-
gust 3lst.
Meat and dairy products also show
marked increase in value Of ex-
ports in the fiscal year 1911 when
compared with the Immediately pre-
ceding year, being for the eleven
months ending with May, $l35,5OO,-
600, against sl20,000.000 in the
same months Of last year; and for
the single month Of May, $15,5OO,-
600, against $9,000,0O0 for the cor
responding month of last year. This
increase is due in nearly all cases to
larger quantities, the prices being in
most cases lower than last year. For
example, the average export price of
bacon In the month Of May, 1911, Is
12.S cents per pound, against 1913
cents per pound in May Of last year;
hams, is cents per pound against
14.6 cents in May year ago; lard,
81 cents per pound, against 25.5
cents In May year ago, and cheese.
ll.3 cents per pound against 1916
cents in May last year.
Other articles showing an increase
IN value OF exports in the fiscal year
l9l over that Of the corresponding
t''''' w 'iS pItItIlllB lScai year are
fruits, $4,000. .00e, against $17,75O,-
900 year ago; corn, $33 900. 900,
against $2i,000,000 in the CORES
pondlns period Of 1910; while cot
ton seed oil, oil cake and meal. and
hour, also show slight advances in
inc total value Of exports when com
pared with the corresponding period
OF last year, though wheat shows q
married decline in the eleven months
ehdlnE with May. 1911, being but
S2l,"uo,OO0 in value, against ST.
$4,000 in the corresponding months
Of 1910.
Europe IS, Of course the chief uur
chaser OF these exports of farm nro-
dhc'3' Most Of the cotton goes TO
Europe, comparatively small uuanti-
ties, however, going to Canada and
Japan; and Europe is also the chief
customer for wheat, cotton seed oil
oil cake, live cattle and tobacco. or
meat and dairy products the South
and Central American countries
Mexico and the West Indian Islands
take considerable quantities, though
more than half OF the meats go to
Europe.