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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (COMMERCE AND PRODUCTION.) 



The imports and exports at the principal ports 

 in 1901 are eiven in the following table: 



in 1901 are given in the following 



The production of wool in the United States 

 in 1901 was estimated at 302,502,328 pounds, and 

 the importation at 103,583,505 pounds, making a 

 total of 406,085,833 pounds, from which are de- 

 ducted 199,565 pounds of domestic and 3,590,502 

 pounds of foreign wool exported, leaving for 

 home consumption 402,295,766 pounds, of which 

 22.6 per cent, is foreign wool. The cotton-crop 

 of the United States for the year ending Sept. 1, 

 1901, was estimated at 10,425,141 bales, against 

 9,439,559 bales of 487 pounds in 1900. The ex- 

 ports of cotton to Europe in 1901 were 6,415,477 

 bales, and the consumption of the United States 

 and Canada was 4,071,030 bales; total, 10,486,507 

 bales. The consumption of the United States in 

 1901 was estimated at 3,727,000 bales of 500 

 pounds, the world's consumption at 13,593,000 

 bales; the production of America at 10,677,000 

 bales of 494 pounds, the world's production at 

 12,343,000 bales. The number of spindles in oper- 

 ation in the United States was 20,870,000. 



The number of acres under corn in the United 

 States in 1900 was 83,320,872; under wheat, 42,- 

 495,385; under oats, 27,364,795. The value of the 

 corn-crop was $751,720,034; of the wheat-crop, 

 $323,515,177; of the oat-crop, $208,669,233. 



The production of corn in the United States 

 in the calendar year 1900 was 2,105,102,516 bush- 

 els; of wheat, 522.229,505 bushels; of oats, 809,- 

 125,989 bushels; of barley, 58,925,833 bushels; of 

 rye, 23,995,927 bushels; of buckwheat, 9,566,966 

 bushels. The annual value of dairy products of 

 the United States is estimated at $451,600,000, 

 including $167,200,000 for 2,090,000,000 gallons of 

 milk consumed, $257,400,000 for 1,430,000,000 

 pounds of butter, and $27,000.000 for 300,000,000 

 pounds of cheese, reckoning 380 gallons of milk 

 per cow from 5,500,000 cows, 300 pounds of cheese 

 per cow from 1,000,000 cows, and 130 pounds of 



butter per cow from 11,000,000 cows. The number 

 of hogs packed and marketed during the year 

 ending March 31, 1901, was 28,980,000. In the 

 year ending June 30, 1900, there were 708,544,100 

 pounds of bacon and hams, 159,145,229 pounds of 

 pork and 661,813,603 pounds of lard exported; 

 total, 1,529,502,932 pounds, valued at $109,572,863,. 

 the average price per pound being 7.16 cents. The 

 number of horses in the United States in 1900 was 

 13,537,534, valued at $603,969,442; of mules, 2,086,- 

 127, valued at $111,717,092; of milch cows, 16,- 

 292,360, valued at $514,812,106; of oxen and other 

 cattle, 27,610,054, valued at $689,486,260; of 

 sheep, 41,883,065, valued at $122,665,916; total 

 value of farm animals, $2,212,756,578. 



The production of cane-sugar in Louisiana in 

 1900 was estimated at 132,000 tons; in Cuba, 

 395,000 tons; in Porto Rico, 50,000 tons; in Ha- 

 waii, 275,000 tons; the total world's production, 

 2,839,000 tons. The estimated production of beet- 

 sugar in the United States was 72,944 tons; the 

 world's production, 5,608,000 tons. The produc- 

 tion of sugar in Louisiana in 1900 was 329,968,450 

 pounds; in other Southern States, 4,626,000 

 pounds; total, 334,594,450 pounds, or 149,372 long 

 tons; production of molasses in Louisiana. 14,- 

 971,313 gallons; in other Southern States, 3,192,- 

 136 gallons. The product of imported sugar re- 

 fined in the United States in 1900 was 1,950,014 

 tons; manufactured 'from imported molasses, 

 7,647 tons; domestic cane-sugar, 174,450 tons; 

 maple-sugar, 5,000 tons; domestic beet-sugar, 82,- 

 736 tons; total consumption, 2,919,847 tons, aver- 

 age 65.2 pounds per head of population. The 

 consumption of malt liquors in the United States 

 in the fiscal year 1900 was 39,330,844 barrels. 

 The importation of malt liquors in 1901 was 

 1,151,891 gallons in bottles and 2,447,555 in other 

 coverings. The production of fermented liquors 

 in the United States in 1900 was 39,471,593 bar- 

 rels; of bourbon whisky, 19,411,829 gallons; of 

 rye whisky, 14,296,568 gallons; of alcohol, 10,- 

 735,771 gallons; of rum, 1,614,514 gallons; of gin, 

 1,597,081 gallons; of pure neutral spirits, 24,173,- 

 671 gallons; of fruit brandy, 3,760,487 gallons; 

 total distilled spirits, including high wines and 

 miscellaneous spirits, 109,945,187 gallons. The 

 production of wines was 24,306,905 gallons, of 

 which California furnished 14,620,000 gallons, 

 New York 2,528,250 gallons, and Ohio 1,934,838 

 gallons. The imports of distilled spirits in 1901 

 were 290,301 gallons of brandy and 1,712,156 gal- 

 lons of other spirits and compounds. There were 

 875,099 gallons of domestic manufacture returned. 

 The importation of still wines in casks was 2,785,- 

 850 gallons; in bottles, 373,832 dozen; of cham- 

 pagne and other sparkling wines. 311,078 dozen. 

 The consumption of domestic spirits from fruit 

 in 1900 was 1,386,361 gallons; of other domestic 

 spirits, 94,156,023 gallons; of imported spirits, 

 1,705,998 gallons; of domestic wines, 26,492,491 

 gallons; of imported wines, 3,935,000 gallons; of 

 domestic malt liquors, 1,218,183,252 gallons; of 

 imported malt liquors, 3,316,908 gallons. 



The production of crude petroleum in the calen- 

 dar year 1899 was 57,070,850 barrels or 2,396,- 

 975,700 gallons. The exports of crude petroleum 

 for the fiscal year 1900 were 133,023,656 gallons; 

 of naphthas, benzine, and gasoline, 21,988,093 gal- 

 lons; of illuminating oil, 721,027,637 gallons; of 

 heavy paraffin and lubricating oils, 74,583,769 

 gallons; total, 967,252,341 gallons, valued at $75,- 

 611,750. The world's production of mineral oil is 

 over 5,000,000 gallons, of which the United States 

 produces 2,500,000 gallons, Russia, 2,250,000 gal- 

 lons, and Austria, Sumatra, Java, Canada, Ger- 

 many, and other countries the remainder. The 



