Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-05

Expectation o. oggs from tho Unit
cd States last year. notwithstanding
hish prices. was tho largest ever re-
corded. while current market rc.
ports and current discussions OF the
cost o. living indicate unusually hleh
pieces IN the domestic markets for this
article Of consumption and commerce.
tho bureau Of statistics Is reporting a
larger expectation an this line than
ever before The number OF eggs
sent 70 foreign countries In tho year
snding with December. 1911. was
IS Ia million dozen, valued nj
s2.75o.oOO. while the highest record
Of amy earlier calendar year was
8 ~ million dozen. value AZ si.7bO,-
600, IN 1901 In addition to this there
were sent to Hawaii and Porto Rico
about 10000 dozen. Meantime the
importatlon 81 eggs IN 1911 amounted
20 less than one milllon dozen. valued
at about siso.OOO.
Trade currents In this article OF
commerce have shown remarkable
change IN recent years. Formerly
the importation OF eggs was large
and the expectation small A quarter
Of a century ago an importation Of
10 million dozen eggs was not un-
usual the imports OF 1854. 1885 and
1855 having in each year exceeded
i6 million dozen, while the exports
at that time averaged but about one
quarter OF million dozen annually.
Last year the imports were less than
million dozen, while the exports. AZ
above indicated. were rs IA million
dozen. The reduction in tho impor-
tatlon OF eggs occurred Immediately
following the enactment OF the tariff
law OF 1889 which placed a duty upon
that article OF commerce, and the inn
ports OF eggs which had ranged as
high as 70 million dozen per annum
exceeding 10 million IN the fiscal year
lsge. dropped 10 four million dozen
la 1899. / "a million dozen In 1894,
less than one million IN 1896 and
quarter Of million In 1899. since
which time the number seldom ex-
cooded 100000 dozen until 1910.
when the numoer imported Increased
10 over S00.00 dozen and in 1911 70
III million dozen. In the calendar
year 1871. as above indicated. the
total was slightly less than ono milf
ION. ON the export side the number
sent out OF the country was. In the
calendar year 1850. but $4,000 dozen;
IN 1890. $780, 900 dozen: In 1897, 1 Ia
million dozen; in 1909. practically s
million dozen; In 1907. million doz-
en-. and In the calendar year 1911. as
already Indicated. 10 Ia million doz-
en-, valued at s2.700.0O0.
Cuba, Canada. Panama and Mexico
are the chief countries to which eggs
are exported from the United states.
The quantity exported In the fiscal
year 1911 was; To Cuba. AZ million
dozen, valued at a little less than /
one million dollars; 10 Canada. "a
million dozen, valued al little lees
than a hslf million dollars. 10 PAM
anna. little more than threc-quarters
Of o million dozen.and to Mexico
little less than throe-quarters Of
million dozen. The remainder went
chiefly 90 the West Indian islands and
Central American countries pracsi-
eally none going 20 Europe. although
certain European countries are large
Importers az this class OF merchan-
disc. on thor other hand the bulk /
Of the eggs Imported IN the fiscal year
1911 came from England, which Is
itself very large importer Of eggs.
or the ~ million dozen eggs inn
ported In the fiscal year 7e.i. I IA
million dozen were from England ana
about quarter of n million from
China and Hong Kong. This item %
cggs Imported does not include the
yoiks brought from other countries,
Of which the quantity Imported from
Canada amounted 20 $4,000 pounds
and from Germany $1,000 pounds in
the year ending June so. 1871
This large expectation ~ eggs Ia
the face Of the extremely hish prices
existing IA the United states suggests
that prices Of this class o. merehan-
disc must aiso be- high in other nares
Of the world. aud this s. confirmed
Dy consular reports reaching the De-
parlment Of commerce and labor,
which indicate that prices Of eggs ana
other provisions are unusually hiRn
IN England, France. Austria. Ger
many, spnin, Japan and many other
counlrlca
rnE on MAD No MonE.