FOREIGN TEADE IN FARM AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 47 



46,964,000, valued at $112,463, in 1914, and the imports were 

 895,038,000, valued at $2,190,170. Canada received more than 72 

 per cent of the exports and was the source of about 98 per cent of 

 the imports. The exports of shooks in 1914 were 12,017,337, valued 

 at $2,812,749. These were sent chiefly to Cuba, Mexico, the Straits 

 Settlements, Argentina, and China. 



The exports of staves and heading increased from $3,138,424 in 

 1895 to $6,184,892 in 1914. These were consigned chiefly to countries 

 of northwestern Europe, Canada, and the West Indies. Other lum- 

 ber exported in 1914 was valued at $3,028,642 and the imports of a 

 similar class were valued at $815,279. The briar root imported dur- 

 ing the last five years had an average value of a little more than 

 $300,000, which came chiefly from France, Italy, and French Africa. 

 The cedar imported amounted to 17,285,000 feet, valued at $982,152, 

 in 1914, of which more than half came from Cuba. The mahogany 

 imported amounted to 70,470,000 feet, valued at $4,925,126, in 1914. 

 During the last 10 years about one-half of the mahogany imported 

 came from the United Kingdom and Mexico. Imports of other 

 cabinet woods were valued at $721,000 in 1910 and increased to 

 $1,217,000 in 1914. The imports of chair cane or reed were valued 

 at $451,099 in 1914, of which about 90 per cent came from Germany. 



The imports of pulp wood in 1914 were 1,073,023 cords, valued at 

 $7,245,466, all of which came from Canada. The rattans and reeds 

 were supplied by the Straits Settlements and large quantities came 

 through Germany, the total imports being valued at $885,000 in 1910 

 and $1,210,000 in 1914. 



NAVAL STORES. 



The rosin exported from the United States constitutes about two- 

 thirds of the world's trade in that product and amounted to 2,417,950 

 barrels, valued at $11,217,316, in 1914. For a number of years Ger- 

 many and the United Kingdom have taken about one-half of this 

 article. The exports of tar, turpentine, and pitch in 1914 were 

 351,353 barrels, valued at $568,891, of which about 90 per cent went 

 to France and Italy. Compared with other countries, the United 

 States ranks first in the world's trade in spirits of turpentine, ex- 

 porting about three-fourths of the world's supply. The exports in 

 1914 were 18,900,704 gallons, valued at $8,095,958. The imports of 

 naval stores are small quantities of tar and pitch of wood and spirits 

 of turpentine, the total value in 1914 being $36,764. 



GUMS. 



The imports of india rubber in 1910 were 101,044,681 pounds, 

 valued at $101,078,825 ; in 1914, 131,995,742 pounds, valued at $71,- 

 219,851, of which Brazil and the United Kingdom each supplied 



