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UNITED STATES CROPS, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, AND CONSUMPTION OF COTTON, 1888-89 TO 1897-98 — Continued
Years
1^93-94 189J-95 1895-96 1 1696-97 1 1697-98 1
United States Crop (com- mercial Bales)
7,549,817 9,901,251 7,161,094 8,532,075 10,S97,S57
Exports (commercial Bales)
5,300,458 6,850,327 4,701,791 6,036,713 7,648,699
Consumed Average b}^ U.S. mills net (commercial Weight Bales) per Bale Pounds 2,319,688 474 2,946,677 484 2,504,972 477 2,847,351 477 3,443,581 482
Average Price (middling Upland) New York
Cents 7.67 6.50 8.16 7.72 6.22
Imports (500-pound Bales)
86,736 55,412 98,6()4 110,701 103,798
1 Estimates of Department of Agriculture ; all other figures are those of Latham, Alexander & Co.
QUANTITIES OF CANE SUGAR AND MOLASSES PRODUCED IN UNITED STATES, VARIOUS YEARS FROM 1S73 TO 1898 [Prepared by Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department]
THE
Year Sugar Molasses Louisiana Other Southern States Total Louisiana Other Southern States Total 1872-73 1879-80 1889-90 1893-94 1894-95 189.>-96 1896-97 1897-98 Pounds 125.346,493 198,962,278 287,490,271 595,473.374 710,S27,43s 5;^2,494,652 631,699,561 695,101,878 Pounds 9,486,000 8,688,000 18,276,000 15,352,244 18,565,123 11,139,074 12,475,762 12,850,000 Pounds 134,832,493 207,877,278 305,766,271 610,825,618 729,392,561 543,633,726 644,175,823 707,951,878 Long Tons 60,193 92,802 136,503 272,913 325,621 242,693 287,578 316,183 Gallons 8,898,640 12,189,190 1 8.431, 96S 18,469,529 28.334,513 21,663,410 20,820,130 22,241,510 Gallons 601,000 1,211,000 3,950,000 8,439,197 9,282,561 5,569,547 6,886,927 7,093,634 Gallons 9,499,640 13,400,190 22,381,988 26,908,726 37,617,074 27,232,957 27,707,057 29,335,441
QUANTITY IN TONS OF SUGAR CONSUMED IN THE UNITED STATES, VARIOUS YEARS FROM 1884 TO 1898
[Prepared by Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department] Refined Domestic Product Con- Calendar Year Product of Imported S ugar 1 Manu- factured from Imported Of Cane Of Maple Of Beet Of Sor- ghum and Other Total sump- tion per Capita Molasses 1 Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons Pounds 1884 1,098,090 50,000 135,243 25,000 737 813 1,309,883 53.4 1890 1.257,292 53,282 136,503 25,000 2,800 1,500 1,476,877 52.8 1894 1,700,6:^5 15,000 271.336 5,000 20,443 300 2,012,714 66.0 1895 1,572.438 15,000 824,506 7,500 30,000 300 1,949,744 62.6 1696 1,670,96;3 603 243,220 5,000 40,000 800 1,960,086 61.6 1897 1,760,607 150 289,009 5,000 41,347 3( �0 2,096,263 64.5 1898 1,638,937 1,700 317,447 5,000 83,960 800 1,997,344
- Leading refiners state that little or no sugar is manufactured from domestic mo-
lasses ; also that in refining there is only about 2 per cent waste of original weight. Messrs. Willett k. Gray, New York, state that of the sugar consumed iu 1897 only about 187,920 tons were unrefined.
