New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-01
MEAT EXPORTS PASS
$4OO,OOO,OOO MARK
Greater Than in Any Year in
Nations History

New York, Feb. 1.-Meat exports
from the United States in 1917 ex-
ceeded in value those of any earlier
year in the history of our export
trade. A compilation by the National
City Bank of New York shows that
the exports of meat, dairy products
and food animals in 1917 exceeded
$500, 900, 900, in value against less
than $50, 900, 900, 900 in the year pre-
ceding the war and 1855, 100000 in
the high record pre-war year, 1916,
That this high record export in 1917
is made in response to the appeals OF
our Allies, is apparent from study
of the banks statistics showing the
number of food animals in the Unit
ed States and the details Of the ex~
ports of recent years. The number Of
food animals in the United States de-
creased 5000, 000\ in the seven years
preceding the war, while the consum'
ing population Of the country in
creased 100000 in the same period.
In the decade ending with 1907, the
exports Of meat, dairy products and
food animals averaged s224,000,000 a
year and from 1907 to 1914 they aver
aged but $169,oO0,0O0 a year, being
but s14s, 100000 in the fiscal year
1914, all of which preceded the be-
ginning of the war. With the call
from Europe, however, the exports OF
meat and dairy products jumped to
S22o,000,0O0 in 1915, 1924, 100000 III
1916 and 40e,000,0oo in 1917, thn
highest record ever made m our ex'
ports Of this class of merchandise.
While a part Of this increase in the
value of exports IS, of course, due to
higher prices, there is also a very
large increase in the quantity ex
ported, especially in meats of the
higher grades, which are demanded
bv the people of the United States.
The quantity of fresh beef exported
in the fiscal year 1914, all Of Which,
preceded the beginning Of the war,
was but 100000 pounds and in ISL!
1971S1.o0O pounds or thirty times aS
much in 1917 as in the year preceding
the war. Of bacon, the quantity ex'
ported in 1914 was 1913, 1000 pounds
and in 1917 SGT 1856, 900 pounds. Hams
Increased from 166, 900, 600 pounds II,
1914 to 67,o0o,000 pounds in 1917
fresh pork from AGES, 900 pounds III
1914 to 50,429,O0O pounds and canned
beef from 3,465,0O pounds to ST.
$4,000 pounds. Dairy products ais"
ter exports increased from 3,694,oOe
pounds to 26,825,O00 pounds; cheese
from 2.428,000 pounds to 66,0S7, 900
pounds and condensed milk from ST."
341,0OO value in 1914 to $25,120,o0o III
1917.
While the increases in the quantity
of the principal meats exported arc
large. the increase in total value of the
EXPORTS is even greater. The value OF
fresh beef exported in 1914 waH
but s7se,00O and in 1917 s26, 277,000,
bacon in 1914 $25,S79,0Oo and III
1917 s117,222,o0O butter in 1914
ss87. 600 and in 1917 sS,749,00o and
cheese in 1914 s414,oo0 and in 1917
SIS, PA. 900.
These RESPONSES to the demands or
our Allies in Europe for the charac-
ter of food required by the men IN the
trenches account for the appeals Ior
"naeatless days. among the 100 mil
lion people in the United States. me
quantity OF fresh beef turned out ny
the slaughtering establishments or tne
United States had already fallen from
100000 pounds in 1909 to 3,7So,0oO
pounds in 1911, the latest census year,
vet the exports of fresh beef as apoVe |
indicated have grown from approNl-
natcly 100000 pounds in 1914 to |
197,o0o,Ooo pounds in 1917. Of that
total export of 1877, 100000 pounds of |
fresh beef in 1917, 177,ooo,ooo went
TO the Allied countries. Great Brit |
ain. France and Italy and Of the $751;
o0o. 900 pounds OF bacon exported IN |
7a17, over 500, 100000 pounds went !
to Great Britain, France, Belgium and
italy.
In breadstuff exports, conditions are |
verv similar. With a wheat crop IN |
the past two years far below normal, |
the United States exported in the |
fiscal year 1917, breadstuffs valued at |
s589,235, 900 against $16o, 100000 IN |
1914 and $123,e80, 900 in 1912. This |
increase in exported breafstuffs oc~
ours in wheat, flour corn, cornmeal, |
cats, oatmeal, rye, rice and prepare
tons for table food, all Of which !
show much larger totals In 1917 than |
in 1914 or even 1915, the banner year !
of bread5tuff production in the |
United States.