Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-22
J.. s. Eco EXPORT
OVER 100000

Expectation of eggs from the United
States last year, Notwithstanding high
prices, was h largest ever recorded.
While current market reports and cur
rent discussions Of the cost of living
indicate unusually high prices in the
domestic markets for this article of
consumption and commerce, the bureau
of statistics is reporting a larger ex-
portation in this line than eYeT be-
fore. TIE number Of eggs sent TO for
eign countries in the year ending
with December, 1911, was 1874 million
dozen valued at "a million dollars,
while the highest record of any earlier
calendar year was 81 million dozen,
valued at ~ million dollars in 1907.
In addition to this, there were lei
to Hawaii and Porto Rico about 10000
dozen. Meantime the importation of
eggs in 1911 amounted to less than
one million dozen. valued at about
$4,000.
Trade cur ents in this article of COM
merce have shown a 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 Is mil
lion dozen eggs was not unusual, the
imports of 1884, 1885 and 1885 having
in each year exceeded 16 million dozen.
while the Exports at that time aver
aged but about one-quarter of a million
dozen annually. Last year the imports
were less than a million dozen. while
the exports, as above indicated. were
1874 million dozen.
The reduction in the importation Of
eggs occurred Immediately following
the enactment of the tariff law of 1890,
which placed a duty Upon hat article
of commerce, and the imports of eggs
which had ranged as high as IS million
dozen per annun. exceeding Is million
in the fiscal year 1890. dropped to 4 mil
lion dozen in 1892, 14 million dozen in
1894, less than l million in 1896. and a
quarter of a million in 1899, since which
time the number seldom exceeded $780,
600 dozen until 1910, when the number
imported increased to over 500, 900
dozen, and in 1911 to 11s million dozen.
In the calendar veal 1911. as above in
dicated. the total was slightly less than
l million. On the export side, the num-
Der sent out of the country was, in the
calendar year 1880, but $4,000 dozen; in
1890, 100000 dozen; in 1897, l 1-3 million
dozen; in 1900. practically 6 million
dozen; in 1907, Z million dozen, and in
the calendar year 1911. as already in
dictated, 1874 million dozen, valued at
81 700, 900.
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 1 million
dollars; to Canada. 21a million dozen.
valued at a little less thai a half-mil-
lion dollars; to Panama, a little more
than three-quarters of a million dozen,
and to Mexico a little less than three
quarters of a million dozen.
The remainder went chiefly to the
West Indian Islands and Central
American countries, practically none
going to Europe. although certain
European countries are large importers
of this class of merchandise. On the
Other hand, the bulk of the eggs i'm
ported in the fiscal year 1911 came
from England, which is itself a very
large importer of eggs. OF the III mil
lion dozen eggs imported in the fiscal
year III, IL million dozen were from
England and about a quarter of a mil
lion from China and Hongkong. This
item of eggs imported o not include
the yolks brought from other countries,
of which the quantity imported from
Canada amounted to 350,0 900 pounds
and from Germany $1,000 pounds in the
year ending June 80, 1911.
This large expectation of eggs in the
face of the extremely high prices exist
ing in the United States suggests that
prices of this class of merchandise
must also be high in other parts of the
world, and this is confirmed by con-
sular reports reaching the department
of and labor, which indicate
that prices of eggs and other pro-
visions are unusually high in England,
France, Austria, Germany, Spain,
Japan and many other countries.