112 BEAN CULTURE 



FOREIGN TRADE IN BEANS 



Exports Imports 



Tears Bushels Av val Bushels Av val 



1905-6 447A74 $2.14 458,041 $1.45 



1904-5 330,321 2.21 472,572 1-32 



1903-4 248,805 2.19 978,187 1.24 



1902-3 232,841 2.28 ,088,465 1.20 



1901-2 324,481 1.96 881,966 1.30 



1 900- 1 468,670 1.84 1,099,640 1. 1 8 



1899-0 617,355 1.59 967,031 1.08 



1898-9 883,201 1.43 184,499 89 



1897-8 854,284 1.28 163,560 .91 



1896-7 900,219 1.23 482,986 I.OI 



1895-6 473,975 1-33 613,801 1.07 



1894-5- 242,680 1.76 1,535,960 i.oo 



1893-4 326,748 1.74 1,184,081 .94 



1892-3 389,913 I-9I 1,754,943 -99 



1891-2 637,972 1.39 874,050 1.09 



1 890- 1 251,063 1.88 1,656,768 1.25 



1889-0 261,212 2.13 1,250,287 1.04 



Domestic grown beans exported to foreign coun- 

 tries go chiefly to Cuba, Porto Rico, etc. This busi- 

 ness is not growing very rapidly. In fact, the de- 

 velopment of the West Indies in some ways seems 

 to have retarded our export trade in beans. As 

 Cuba and the other islands gain in population of 

 whites with American ideas, they show more dispo- 

 sition one year with another to use increased quanti- 

 ties of canned fruits and vegetables from the United 

 States rather than such food products as dry beans. 

 Exports of beans direct to Europe are small. Farm- 

 ers there grow about all the varieties we have here, 



