The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-05
BIC EXPORT
 OF FOODSTUFFS
 AT HIGH PRICES

Food, cotton and tobacco and all
 of them at higher prices are the se-
 cret of the unexampIed $7,OOO, O,O0O,-
 900 export record Of the United States in the fiscal year 1919. An
 analysis of the exports of the year,
 article by article, and price by price,
 made by the National City Bank of
 New York, shows that most of the
 enormous increase occurred in food
 stuffs and that much of this increase
 is due to higher prices, while cotton
 and tobacco also participate to a less
 CT degree. Manufactures show a slight fall off except in two or three
 articles, especially leather and cotton
 goods, though the reduction in value of manufactures exported is only about 1 per cent. while the increase
 in cotton exported is about 30 per . cent in value and in foodstufs ap- DroNimately 60 per cent. of in crease.
 These gains in foodstuffs are large ! ly due to higher prices. Wheat and ] flour, of course, controlled by the government as to price, are practical
 ly at the same figure in 1919 as in -he preceding year, but in other food
 s,uffs the quantity incress ssed about 75 per cent, and the value about 11O per cent These figures are, of course, in very general terms but taking 20 principal articles of food | exported and reducing them to the ! common derominator of pounds and dollars. it appears that the quantity 1 exported in the fiscal year 1919 in l creased about 74 per cent. over the preceding year, while the value in creased 10S per cent. Wheat in- i creased over 34.000.0OO bushels to ' l19,00O,0oO. with no material change { in price. while corn showed an equal 1 ly startling decline. Rye, fer which l the United States has little use since ! the advent of prohibition. showed . tremendous gains iv the export rec ord. thouGh possibly some part oi 1 this gain in exports may have been ! due to tue opening of the doors of { the rye eating section of Europe l Germany. Russia and the Scandina- 1 viau States. At least the quantity ] of rye exported in 1919 was about i 15o per cent. greater than in the pre- i csdiug year.
 Tn meats. fish. eEgs. butter, con- 7enzcd milk. edible oils. beans. vege- i tables, fruits and sugar, the increase ! lU quantity was large and In 'alue ! larger. Bacon and ham, for example ! tucra0sod 50 per cent in quantity and tho average price per pound jumped from 27c in 1918 to 81c ir i 1919; lard from 25c per pound tc 2ag. and butter advanced from ar l average of 3ac per pound to 47c ir i 1919. these bciuE, of course, expor ! wholesale prices. Fresh beef advanced l from l~c per pound to 2fc. but quan. 1 rity showed a slight reduction. whil, l cheese which jumped from 24c to 3Ot 1 also showed a reduction in quantity 1 Cottonsced oil increased in bOtf ! quantity and price as did also fish ! sugar. fruits and vegetables.
 The two other articles aside from ! food which showed marked increase. [ were cotton and tobacco. The 1 quantity of cotton exported increased ! about I20.OCo.O0 pounds. the pric, !. advancing from 29c per pound [, | nearly &2c as the years avera Ce ! while tobacco increased 335, ,O0O. .OOl 1 pounds with an average price of 24p in 1918, and soc per pound in 1919