Author: Frank Harris Hitchcock

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-09-28

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780428800000

Excerpt from Distribution of the Agricultural Exports of the United States, 1896-1900 After these six European countries Canada was our principal cus tomer, purchasing to the extent of The agricultural exports to Canada advanced in value from during 1896 to in 1898, and then declined to the figures just quoted for 1900. Japan furnished a market in 1900 for over worth of American farm produce. The exports to that country afford one of the most interesting examples of growth in our recent export trade. During 1896 the shipments barely exceeded in value. Sub sequent years have shown in every instance a decided gain. Agricultural exports worth nearly were also marketed in Denmark during 1900, that country furnishing another striking instance Of trade development. In 1896 the exports to Denmark were valued at about or little more than a third of the value recorded for 1900. Cuba was the tenth in. Importance among the destinations under consideration. The amount of United States farm produce sent to that island has greatly increased during the past five years. In 1896 the exports were at low ebb, having a value of less than Since then important gains have been made each year, culminating in a value of about for 1900. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.