UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



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other farinaceous preparations, the export of which 

 is growing rapidly. Of the corn exports, 192,519,- 

 785 bushels went to Europe, England taking 85,- 

 318,727 bushels, Germany 40,250,978 bushels, the 

 Netherlands 23,584,530 bushels, Denmark 18,803,- 

 505 bushels, Belgium 9,018,054 bushels, and France 

 5,297,212 bushels, and what did not go to Europe 

 was distributed among American countries. Of 

 the wheat, 90,905,750 bushels went to Europe, 62,- 

 774,870 bushels of it to Great Britain, and the rest 

 mainly to the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, 

 and Portugal. Of the wheat flour, Great Britain 

 took 10,257,028 barrels, the Netherlands 1,300,002 

 barrels, the West Indies 1,723,887 barrels, South 

 America 1,155,988 barrels, and Asia 2,225,109 

 barrels. 



In the class of chemicals, drugs, dyes, and medi- 

 cines the export of potash and pearlash was 1,273,- 

 905 pounds; of copper sulphate, 44,803,790 pounds; 

 of ginseng, 100,901 pounds; of acetate of lime, 

 47,790,705 pounds. The export of anthracite coal 

 was 1,777,319 tons; of bituminous coal, 5,411,329 

 tons. Of copper ore, 7,285 tons were exported, 

 less than a fifth as much as in 1891, but nearly ten 

 times as much of manufactured copper, the ship- 

 ments of which amounted to 333,340,725 pounds. 

 Of the exports of raw cotton, 0,090,144 bales, 

 consisting of 18,199,907 pounds of sea island and 

 3,082,383,221 pounds of upland cotton, besides 25,- 

 042,400 pounds of waste, Europe took 2,808,207,089 

 of the 3,100,583,188 pounds, 1,151,045,160 pounds 

 going to the United Kingdom, 809,586,393 pounds 

 to Germany, 368,046,012 pounds to France, 221,- 

 975,537 pounds to Italy, and 123,306,186 pounds to 

 Spain; and of the cotton that did not go to Eu- 

 rope, 161,001,219 pounds were shipped to Japan 

 and Canada used 54,991,353 pounds. The exports 

 of cotton cloth comprised 87,880,515 yards of col- 

 ored goods and 204,314,474 yards of uncolored. 

 The value of raw cotton exports was $241,832,737 

 and of cotton manufactures $24,003,087. 



There were 5,920,727 dozen eggs exported, the 

 export having increased twentyfold in four years. 



The exports of fertilizers consisted of 770,220 

 tons of crude phosphates and 38,990 tons of com- 

 mercial fertilizers. The cordage exports amounted 

 to 8,441,995 pounds. The fish exports included 

 1,557,005 pounds of fresh fish, 9,739,573 pounds of 

 dried cod, etc., 3,700,897 pounds of smoked or cured 

 herring, 903,774 pounds of other smoked or dried 

 fish, 1,142 barrels of salt mackerel, 20,093 barrels 

 of other salt fish, and 27,082,370 pounds of canned 

 salmon. The total value of fish exports was $5,427,- 

 409. The quantities of dried fruits exported were 

 34,904,010 pounds of apples, 25,922,371 pounds of 

 prunes, and 2,415,450 pounds of raisins, besides 

 peaches, apricots, and others not specified; the 

 quantity of fresh apples, 520,030 barrels; total 

 value of fruits and nuts, $11,042,002. 



The export of glucose was 221,901,450 pounds; 

 of glue, 2,349,014 pounds; of gunpowder, 1,612,822 

 pounds. 



The export of hay was 72,716 tons. Of hides, 

 7,486,256 pounds were shipped abroad. The hop 

 exports were 12,639,474 pounds. 



The exportation of India-rubber boots and shoes 

 has steadily increased, amounting in 1900 to 767,- 

 104 pairs. Ihe total value of rubber manufactures 

 was $2,031.641. The export of iron ore was 40.510 

 tons. Of raw iron, 160,674 tons were sent abroad; 

 of scrap and old iron, 48,111 tons. The exporta- 

 tion of bar iron was 18,456,435 pounds; of steel 

 rods for wire, 25,953,749 pounds; of other 

 rods, 73,075,212 pounds; of billets, ingots, and 

 blooms. 14.109 tons: of hoop, band, and scroll 

 iron, 2,947,404 pounds; of iron rails, 6,149 tons: 

 of steel rails, 341,656 tons; of iron sheets and plates, 



18,181,278 pounds; of steel sheets and plates, 79,- 

 525,672 pounds; of tin plates, 319,579 pounds; of 

 structural iron and steel, 56,275 tons; of wire, 

 236,772,806 pounds. The number of car wheels 

 was 25,518; of safes, 2,374; of steam fire engines, 

 4; of locomotive engines, 525; of stationary en- 

 gines, 1,140. The quantity of cut nails and spikc> 

 was 24,915,866 pounds; of wire nails, 84,035,408 

 pounds; of miscellaneous nails, 4,341,249 pounds. 

 The total value of iron and steel exports was 

 $121,913,548, of which machinery alone made $55,- 

 485,495. 



The export of lead was 308,509 pounds; of type, 

 356,442 pounds. The quantity of sole leather ex- 

 ported was 34,060,296 pounds. Of boots and shoes, 

 11,913,256 pairs were sold abroad. The total value 

 of leather exports was $27,293,010. The export of 

 lime was 81,647 barrels. 



The export of malt was 296,742 bushels, and of 

 beer 1,578,240 dozen bottles and 761,411 gallons. 

 The number of organs taken abroad was 16,182, 

 and of pianofortes 1,760; total value of musical 

 instruments, $1,958,779. 



The exports of naval stores, of the total value 

 of $12,474,194, were 2,369,118 barrels of rosin, 30.- 

 535 barrels of tar, 20,246 barrels of turpentine and 

 pitch, and 18,090,582 gallons of spirits of turpen- 

 tine. Of nickel and oxide the export was 5,317,677 

 pounds. 



Shipments of oil cake and meal were 1,143,704,- 

 342 pounds of cotton seed and 483,130,182 of flax- 

 seed. The export of lard oil was 738,724 gallons, 

 and of whale oil 00,214 gallons, both diminish- 

 ing quantities; of fish oil, 795,642 gallons; of other 

 animal oils, 381,161 gallons; total value of animal 

 oils, $718,997. The exports of mineral oils were 

 133,023,656 gallons of crude or natural oils of all 

 kinds, without regard to gravity; 21,988,093 gal- 

 lons of naphthas, including all the lighter products 

 of distillation; 721,027,637 gallons of illuminating 

 oil; 74,583,769 gallons of lubricating and heavy 

 paraffin oil; and 395,933 barrels of residuum, in- 

 cluding tar and all other from which the lighter 

 bodies have been distilled. The total value of min- 

 eral oils was $75,611,750. Of the total exports of 

 illuminating oil, 506,651,963 gallons went to Eu- 

 rope, the largest quantities being 146,477,760 gal- 

 lons to the United Kingdom, 124,542,723 gallons 

 to Germany, 121,135,337 gallons to the Nether- 

 lands, and 43,675,550 gallons to Belgium; 17,586,- 

 808 gallons went to Canada and other parts of 

 North America and the West Indies; 39,930,195 

 gallons went to Brazil, the Argentine Republic, 

 and other parts of South America; 126,781,665 

 gallons went to Japan, China, and other Asiatic 

 countries; 20,788,133 gallons went to Australasia 

 and the Pacific islands; and 5,981,035 went to 

 South Africa and 3,307,838 to other parts of Africa. 

 The exports of corn oil were 4,383,926 gallons; of 

 cotton-seed oil, 46,902,390 gallons; of linseed oil, 

 103,494 gallons; of oil of peppermint, 80,558 

 pounds; total value of vegetable oils, $16,345,056. 



The exports of paints and colors were valued at 

 $1,902,367. The quantity of zinc oxide was 11,- 

 895,590 pounds. Paper exports amounted in value 

 to $0,215,833, two fifths of it coming from 99,- 

 308,300 pounds of printing paper. The export of 

 paraffin wax was 182,153,718 pounds. Under the 

 head of provisions, the exports were 55.553.745 

 pounds of canned beef, 329,078.609 pounds of fresh 

 beef, 47,306.513 pounds of pickled beef. 2,319,165 

 pounds of beef cured otherwise, 89,030,943 pounds 

 of tallow, 512,153,729 pounds of bacon, 196.414.412 

 pounds of hams. 8.496,074 pounds of canned pork, 

 25.940.905 pounds of fresh pork, 133,199,683 pounds 

 of salted or pickled pork, 661,813,663 pounds of 

 lard, 25,852,685 pounds of lard compounds and sub- 



