Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-15
WHEAT TAKES c0TTON's
Z PLACE AS EXPORT KING
With Flour in Grain Terms,
Value Exceeds Southern
Staples Total,
oLUMn l-AaGN. ;,nrunxs .owsn
arge Number Of Belea of Cottea
Sold Abroad la loot nrinRs App
proxfrantely One~lTntf ar MucA
Money as 1870 shtpmeatn,
Try Associated prrs,,,


WASHINGTON, March ii,--whea,
'as king OF, American agricultural
xports In lszl,
An analysis OK the 1871 exports OF
iirty.two OF tho principal nRricui.
iral products In the United States,
lado public today By tho Depart.
tent OF Agriculturc, shows that
iore wheat was exported during last
ear than In any preceding yoar In
10 history OF Tho country, and that
pr tho hrst time tho export value
wheat and wheat hour exceeded
10 value OF cotton exports
Exports OF corn In i22I, Including
q ornmcai converted Into terma OF
orn, wero larger than In any year
Inco 1900. Since 1919 tho United
tatos has become an exporter ..
tce, tho exports OF soo.o5a,o0O pounds
1921 being moro than twenty
'reo times The average annua, rico
3l4.
Tho principal agricultural exports
curing 1921 and their declared valuoa
ere: whea, and wheat nour, $751;
10000; cotton. S!3t.ooo. 900; pork aud
ork products, including lard. Sct6.-
10000: Leaf tobacco. secs. 600, 900;
orn and cornmeal. S9I.eb0.oo; suga-,
100000; rye. s+&.Qoc.0oo: con-
ensad and cvapora;ed milk. 1885,
5000: cottnnseed oil. $4,000, 900;
Ice. }21.00o.O0o; barley. }sl.00o.U0o.
Exports which showed an Increase
~ quantity over 1890 were: wheat
lotion. corn, rice. barley. cork and
pTk products Except bacon), cleo
II. cottonaccd oil and cake. refined
uEar. green apples. eggs, tobacco.
r!cd apples. dried apricots and
r!ed prunca. Exports which showed
decrease In quantity We're: wheat
our. rye and ryo nour. cats. beef.
aeon. butter and cheese. condensed
ak. potatoes. hops. dried peaches
nd raisins.
Exports larger. Price Lower.
J Wheat exports totaied 2793iS.1oO
ushels. as compared with 2is,2S7,oOo
usheis Ia 1920. but the value was
432,os5.0oo In 1921, AS compared
ith 1S96.s75.00o In 1920. decreas 90
more than Sldo.0o0.0O0 Exports
whoa, -four were i6.soo.O0o barrels
N 1921. with declared value o.
ll7.6sG.ooo. AZ compared with 1855
R'arrols. valued at 332i.472,0OO. cx-
'crtcd In 1920.
COTTON exports In 1921 totaled
,67s.ooo bales OF 500 pounds each
With declared value OF .53i.2I2. 900,
compared with 6.35s,0o0 bales
I'alucd at ;l.i36.4oa.o0o exported In
e2O.
Corn exports, including cornrnca,
converted into terms OF corn. to,aie,
s., 266.o00 bushels. valued al 500.
p5b.00o. as compared with 2l.o5O, gOf
,busheis, valued at }33.o32, 900, OK.
ported in 1920.
Imports of corn dropped from
$4,000 bushels In 1921 TO 1890,
bushels in 1921; rico Imports from
i2.35l,OO0 pounds TO S3,so5. OoI
pounds. Cheese Imported Increased
rom 15.e?4.ooo pounds In 1920 "a
C'3S35.000 opundshrdluetaosshr
6.S6s.OoO pounds in 1921. Import.
eggs In the shell jumped froIr
10000 dozens to 3.0G3,O00 dozens.
The department Asserts that ar
,nalys!s or American foreign trad,
incomplete without taking Int,
recount both quantity and value. for
although experts Of many LEADING
uiSricuiturnl products show a larr,
Increase in quantity. declines In
faiue have, greatly Offset the posi-.
3'ie gain derived from Increased
iuantity.