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UNITED STATES

EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, BY PRINCIPAL ARTICLES AND CLASSES, IN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE, 1894 TO 1898 — Continued

PerCent Articles 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 of Total, 1898 Books, maps, engravings, Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars etc 2,620,046 2,316,217 2,338,722 2,(>47,54S 2,434,325 .20 Vegetables .... 1,744,462 1,543,458 1,655,050 2,337,924 2,381,788 .20 Sugar and molasses . 2,209,411 1,991,928 1,714,275 1,708,962 2,111,658 .17 India rubber and gutta- percha, manul'actures of 1,461,842 1,505,142 1,858,556 1,807,145 2,057,713 .17 Grease, grease scrajis, and all soap stock . 1,380,299 904,071 1,516,763 2,070,111 1,964,565 .16 Marble and stone, manu- factures of . . . 1,054,814 968,538 976,463 1,316,815 1,888,535 .16 Spirits, distilled . 5,676,936 2,991,686 1,730,804 1,941,703 1,850,353 .15 Clocks and watches . 1,302,813 1,204,005 1,460,375 1,770,402 1,727,469 .14 Soap 1,139,722 1,092,126 1,278,645 1,136,880 1,390,603 .11 Musical instruments . 972,590 1,115,727 1,271,161 1,276,717 1,383,867 .11 Starch 727,011 366,800 885,198 1,665,926 1,371,549 .11 Zinc, and manufactures of 456,856 237,815 228,605 1,829,560 1,339,668 .11 Glass and glassware. 922,072 946,381 1,062,225 1,208,187 1,211,084 .10 Hides and skins, other than furs 3,972,494 2,310,323 8,858,946 2,388,530 1,015,032 "^ .09 All other articles Total domestic . 19,779,744 19,668,972 24,084,034 17,469,362 27,942.270 2.30 869,204,937 793,392,599 863,200,487 1,032,007,603 1,^10,291,913 100

PRICES OF LEADING ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTION EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES, VARIOUS YEARS, 1872 TO 1898 [The values of the goods represent their market value at the time of exportation]

Year ending June 30 — Corn, per Bushel Wheat, per Bushel Wheat Flour, per Barrel Cotton, per Pound 1 Leather, Sole, per Pound Illuminat- ing Oils, Eetined, per Gallon Bacon and Hams, per Pound Lard, per Pound 1872 1880 1890 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 Dollar's .695 .543 .418 .46 .53 .38 .31 .36 Dollars 1.47 1.25 .83 .67 .58 .65 .75 .98 Dolhi rs 7.11 5.88 4.66 4.11 3.38 3.56 3.84 4.51 Cents 19.3 11.5 10.1 7.8 5.8 8.1 7.4 5.9 Cents 23.7 23.8 16.0 15.1 15.8 17.9 16.9 17.5 Cents 24.9 8.6 7.4 4.2 4.9 6.8 6.3 5.7 Cents 8.6 6.7 7.7 9.6 8.7 8.8 7.5 7.7 Cents 10.1 7.4 7.1 9.0 7.8 6.6 5.1 5.6 1 Upland. Year ending Juno 30 — Pork, Salted, per Pound Beef, Salted, l>er Pound Butter, per Pound Cheese, per Pound Eggs, per Dozen Starch, per Pound Sugar, Refined, per Pound To- bacco, Leaf. per Pound 1872 1880 1890 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 Cents 7.2 6.1 6.0 8.0 7.1 5.7 4.9 5.6 Cents 7.0 6.4 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.5 Cents 19.4 17.1 14.4 17.6 16.4 15.2 14.3 15.0 Cents 11.7 9.5 9.0 9.7 9.1 8.4 9.1 8.6 Cents 20.8 16.5 15.4 16.9 16.8 14.7 18.8 16.3 Cents 5.0 4.3 4.1 8.2 8.2 2.7 2.1 1.9 Cents 12.6 9.0 7.0 4.4 4.6 4.9 4.7 5.0 Cents 10.8 7.7 8.6 8.5 8.7 8.5 8.0 8.7