The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-03
SHARE OF TIE ]. s. IN FEEDING THE WORLD VASTLY INCREASED BY WAR IN EUROPE
Foodstuffs Valued at $724,- 000,000 Exported 'om This Country in SSeven Months = Wheat Se orms Biggest Item So

"""e a nc snHre or the United States ih ing the world, task vastly incres by the Euro pcan war. was disclosed today in sta- tistics of the department of commerce. Foodstuffs valued at $.24.OO0.O00 were exported during the II months ending June I. This was the principal factor trade balance.
 The effect of the war Is seen in the enormous increase in the value of food stuffs exports compared with the figures for the same Il months a year ago, when the total was s443, 900. .00o
 Wheat formed the biggest item in food stuffs sent abroad. In all 249576,oOo bush els were exported. an increase of 1e4 O0o, 900 bushels. It was valued at SS1e, ,s61 ,Ooo showing an increase over the previous year of s23s. 1sS,Oo0
 Oats valued at s51, 900 were shipped an increase of almost S5,ooO,ooo bushels
 Flour showed the next largest increase with a value of sS7, ,650, ,000, or sS7, ,6ss. 900 iiioAt tidn tut pTtNlOuS DtiiOt. Almost 600 more barrels were sent this year, the total being 15,o1,eoo.
 Corn exports were valued at $34, ,542, 600, an increase of $2S551. GOO. There were 34.- 542,ooo bushels exported an increase of about 2s.OOo0OO
 Bacon Shipped
 Almost 3o5. 100000 pounds of bacon were shipped, an increase of 122, ,O0o,oOo pounds It was valued at s41, ,2e4 o0O, or an increase of N7,02s,0Oo.
 There was a big increase in beef ship ments Fresh beef exports were 12i 4S7 ,o10 pounds an increase of almost 11so0o GOO pounds; canned beef e5, 1859, ,oOa pounds. an increase of 61, GOO GOO. pickle beef, 2S, 622. GOO an increase of 100000 Value of beef ex- ported was Fresh beef, $l5S6s, 900. an in- crease of $14, ,652 O0O canned beef, s10, ,7os 900, an increase of $1o2S4,000. and pickled beef sS004, 900. an increase of sSs3.000. Ham and shoulders exported weighed 162, 2SS 600 pounds, valued at s2S. .4s5o0o. an increase of s1.7S4,0 ,000 Lard exports amounted to Al, 900 pounds, valued at s4s,917,O00 The increase was small.
 Exports of cotton seed oi extensively used as a foodstuff, amounted to SIS, ,903, = 900, an increase of s6s43.0oO
 Cotton exports were S10S.907 bales, or 394 bales less than the previous year, but their value, s3so,37o,Oo0. showed a de- crease of $231, ,355, GOO
 Meat and Dairy Trade
 A statement on the meat and dairy products trade issued today by the de- partment of commerce said:
 Imports of meat and dairy products into the United States in the 10 months preceding May 1 last were three times the value of those for like period two years ago and seven times those of the entire fiscal year 1905 This movement first assumed large proportions in the fiscal year 1914, following the transfer of meats to the free list. Very recent months, however, have reversed the up- ward trend since February, March and April show much smaller imports than in those months of last year. or when compared with earlier months of the cur rent fiscal year.
 Tn the 10 months ending with April imports of meat and dairy products ag- gregated $3S000,Oo0 in value, meats rep resenting two-thirds of the total. In 1913-14 the same months gave total of SZS.OuO,0UO ana III 15lz-lo S1z,UuW,UpU ff1Or to 1910 the total never reached $10,000 900, having been s5,250,0O0 in 1905 and 5000 0O0 in 1895.
 Our imports of meat are mainly sup piled by Argentina. Ten months of the fiscal year just closed brought 112,0000O0 pounds of fresh beef and veal from Ar gentina and from 100000 to 15,o0000O from Canada, Uruguay, Australia and the Uni ted Kingdom.
 ''The United States still exports far more meats than it imports. for although there have been record breaking arrivals in the last two years, exports have been even larger. Returns for 10 months i'm dicate that the value of meat and dairy products exports this year will once more attain the s200000,000 level that marked the decade prior to 1909.
 "A study of the official figures shows that while the imports have consisted chiefly of beef and mutton in the pri- mary stages of preparation, the exports have included considerable quantities of bacon, hams. lard, canned and preserved meats and other meat products in more or less advanced state
 Large Outward Movement
 ''In fresh beef there is now a large movement both into and out of the coun- try The large outward movement. how ever, is a development of recent months. Over 25. .0OO, ,OO0 pounds of fresh beef were exported in April and more than 100000 GOO pounds in the period from August 1, 1914 when the European war began. to the end of April 1915; while the 'aggre- ga te for the three-year period ending June 30. 1914. was only 29,O00.Oo0 pounds.
 'It is also apparent that the United states pays less for the meats it buys than it receives for those it sells. In April we imported s,500,O00 pounds of fresh beef valued at 9% cents per pound f. O. b. countries of origin. In the same months we exported 25500,000 pounds, valued at 14 cents per pound at the domestic ports of shipment For the 10 months ending with April. 1915, the imports and exports were 165, 000 and 102. .0O0,0 GOO pounds. re- spectively, valued at 9A cents per pound for the imports and 1221a cents per pound for the exports
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