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most of our principal agricultural exports go, but also 

 how large a portion of the recent increase was taken by 

 the free trade nation. The values given represent in 

 round numbers the aggregate of these exports : wheat 

 and wheat flour; corn; beef: canned, fresh, salted, 

 pickled ; pork : salted, fresh, pickled ; tallow ; lard ; bacon, 

 and hams ; dairy products ; cattle, horses and sheep ; cot- 

 ton, and tobacco. 



Exports 1896 1901 Gain 



United Kingdom, $297,100,000 $450,700,000 $153,600,000 



France. 27,000,000 42,800.000 15,800,000 



Germanv, 62.600.000 124.400.000 61,800,000 



All Europe, 451.100,000 734,400,000 283.300,000 



All nations, 505,700.000 807.400.000 301,700,000 



All nations minus Europe, 54,500,000 73,000,000 18,500.000 



Taking out cotton and tobacco, the export record of 

 above products stands thus : 



1896 1901 Gain or Loss. 



United Kingdom, $195,800,000 $294,800,000 +99,000,000 



France, 4.900,000 4,800,000 —100,000 



Germanv. 16.800,000 44,400.000 +27,600,000 



All Europe, 244,800,000 407,100,000 +162,300,000 



All nations, 291,200,000 466,300,000 +175,100,000 

 All nations minus 



Europe, 46,300,000 59,100,000 12,800,000 



It is seen that of these products, including cotton and 

 tobacco, the little free trade nation takes much more than 

 half of all that we export; in other words, more than all 

 the rest of the big world. What a demand there would be 

 for our farmers' products if all the world were open like 

 the United Kingdom to our trade ! That the world is not 

 so open is due more to our high protective system than to 

 anv other cause. 



