The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-08-17
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS.

American farmers contributed over a
billion dollars worth of merchandise, or
more than one-half of the domestic pro-
ducts exported from the United States
in the fiscal year just ended. OF the high
record expectation of So, 013, $40, OPS worth
of domestic merchandise in the fiscal
year l ,O24 million dollars represented the
value of products drawn directly or in
directly from the farm. Of the 10 chief
agricultural products exported, cotton
leads with total of 5S5 million dollars,
the next largest items being, in the order
named, meat and dairy products, $50
million; breadstuffs, 124 million; unman-
ufactured tobacco, 80 million; fruits and
nuts, Is million; oil cake, 20 million;
cattle and other live animals, 10 million;
cotton seed oil, II million; vegetables,
5 1-2 million; and hides and skins, S mil
non dollars, these 10 articles alone show
ing total exportationfor the year of 900
million dollars. The remaining agricul-
tural products exported in sums ranging
from million to 5 million dollars include
Porto Rican coffee, 5 million dollars;
grease, Million; glucose, 3 IL million;
seeds, ? - million; hops over 2 million;
ginseng and other medicinal roots, l Sd
million; eggs, 3-4 million; corn oil, l-2
million; hay, l million; and hair, little
over million dollars.
This expectation of l ,024 million dol
lars worth Of farm products, while
somewhat larger than in the preceding
year is still below the record made in
1907, when Lose million dollars worth
Of merchandise of that class left the
country. Comparing the 1911 exports
with those of 1907, cotton increased
from 4s1 million dollars in 1907 to 5S5
million III the year just ended. This in
crease, however, is solely due to higher
prices prevailing in 1911, since in that year
but 4,034 million pounds were exported,
compared with 4,51S million pounds in
1907. In fact cotton prices show a
steady upward tendency. the average ex-
port price for the fiscal year 1911, IA
lie. per pound, being the highest since
1878 Hog products have decreased in
value of exports from 124 million dollars
in 1907 to 100 million in 1911; beef pro-
ducts, from 80 million dollars to II mil
lion; and butter and cheese, from 1-2
million to 2 l-2 million. Cattle and other
animals also share in the decreasing
tendency, their exports having fallen
from Il million dollars in 1907 to 10 mill
lion in 1911 Breadstuff show a mar
ked decline, from 1853 million dollars in
1900 to 1S4 million in 1907 and to
l24 million in the year just ended.
This loss occurs chiefly in wheat and
wheat -four, since corn exports, in 1911
were Sc million dollars in value COM
pared with p million in 1910, while those
of wheat and -four as whole showed in
1911 total of only Il million dollars,
compared with IS million in 1910 and 122
million in 1907. Tobacco, fruits and
nuts, and vegetables, however, have
moved counter to the general downward
trend in the movement of farm products,
each of these classes showing gains not
only over 1910 but also over the high
record year 1907. Exports of tobacco
increased from SO million dollars in 1907
to 80 million in 1911; those of fruits and
nuts, from II 1-2 million to "a 1-2 million;
and those of vegetables, from million
to - million dollars.