1905-06. 201,688.668 1906-07... 203,847,545 295,488,438) The wool statistics on this page were prepared by W. J. Battison, of Boston, for the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. THE WORLD'S PRODUCTION OF WOOL. 97,902,153 491,534,247 393,632,094 24.99 499,115,927 390,226,945 23.50 COUNTRIES. Pounds. COUNTRIES, 291.783,032 Great Britain and Asiatic Turkey. 133,124,762 China 12.000.000 Irelandt 10,000,000, France Spain 313,783,032 Portugal 91,000,000 All other Asia... 102,600,000 13.410.000 49,590,00G) 21.451,000 Total.. Africa: Germany Central America Italyf. and West Indies. 5,000,000 Austria-Hungary. 1.500.000 All other Europe. 7.500.000 96.000.000 Total... Brazil.. 15,000,000 All other South Asia: America.. Total 64,300,000 Algeria and Tunis.. 361,100,000 Cape Colony, Natal, Egypt 67,500,000 All other Africa.. Total...... 134.425.000 These are the latest complete returns, and are for 1904-05. are 295,488,438 pounds. † Fleece washed. Those of the United States for 1906, washed and unwashed, WOOL MANUFACTURES. (From Census Bulletin No. 74.) Woollen The period intervening between the censuses of 1900 and 1905 was an unusually prosWoollen perous season for the industries which use wool as chief raw material, namely; goods, worsted goods, carpets and rugs, other than rag: felt goods, and wool hats. The 1,213 establishments engaged in wool manufacture in 1905 were distributed thus: goods, 792; worsted goods, 226; carpets and rugs, 139; felt goods, 39, and wool hats, 17. There was an increase in every industry except The average number The total capital invested was $370,861,691. Materials used in the wool manuwool hat manufacture, where there was a decrease of 19.7 per cent. of wage-earners in the several industries was 179,976. facturé cost $242.561,098. The total value of products, $380,934,003, is made up of the output of woollen mills, $142,196,658; of worsted goods factories, $165,745,052; of carpet and rug factories, $61,588,433; of felt goods factories, $8,948,594, and of wool hat factories, $2,457,266. The Massachusetts held first rank in the total value of products of all branches, and in value of worsted goods and woollen goods; Pennsylvania was first in the manufacture of carpets and rugs, and New York led in the manufacture of felt goods and wool hats. cities of Philadelphia, Pa.; Lawrence, Mass., and Providence, R. I., are still the leading contres of wool manufacture. In 1905 the worsted manufacture exceeded that of woollen goods in capital, cost of An indication of the change of fashion from woollen to materials, and value of products. worsted goods is the decrease in woollen yarn purchased from 38.903,178 pounds in 1900 to SS,141,488 pounds in 1905, coincident with an increase in worsted yarn from 34,377.736 The quantity of scoured wool consumed in the woollen pounds in 1900 to 43,403,705 in 1905. manufacture was 282,194.618 pounds, and the total quantity of yarns purchased was Cotton, either alone or mixed with wool, has There are important 203,079,791 pounds, costing $59,904,637. largely supplanted wool as the material of a great number of fabrics. increases in the silk yarn used and in the yarn of jute, ramie, and other vegetable fibres. The principal machinery was 5,968 cards, 1,540 combing machines, 4,021,098 spindles, and 77,985 looms. Sugar Production. MULHALL gives the following estimates of the production of cane and beet sugar in the world in English tons from 1840 to 1898; and Willett & Gray, New York, for the years following: Tons. Tons. Tous. 2,580,000 2,780,000 5,360,000 1903.... 2,850.000 4,650,000 7,500,000 1904.... 2,839,500 5,608,544 3,657,416 6,066,939 4.070,282.6,923 487 10,993,769 1907... 7,361,936 7,150,010 14,511,946 8,448,044 1905. 9,724,355 1906. The production of sugar in 1906-1907 by sugar-growing countries, in tons of 2,240 pounds, as reported by Willett & Gray, was: Beet sugar production in the United States in 1906-07, by States, in tons of 2.240 pounds: Wis consin, 16.071; Michigan, 79, 189: Nebraska, 13,312, Colorado, 153,295; Utali, 36,530, Idaho, 25,418: California, 79, 464; all others, 29,731. Total, 433,010. CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR. Licht's estimate of consumption of sugar of all kinds in various countries in 1906 per capita in pounds was: Germany, 43; Austria, 24; France, 36; Spain, 10; England, 92; Switzerland, 53; United States, (W&G) 76; Russia, 20; Netherlands, 39; Denmark, 71, Italy, 7; Belgium,33; Turkey. 10. The consumption of sugar in the United States in the calendar year 1906, estimated by Willett & Gray, of New York, was: [ Domestic Maple....... Domestic Beet........... Imported (including 343,857 tons Ha waiian, 193,978 Porto Rican, and 41,900 Philippine sugar)... Domestic, manufactured from imported molasses Domestic Cane..... 2,281,599 8,150 267,947 Domestic Total 6,000 300,317 582,414 Total product consumed in the U. S....2,864,013 or 76. 1 pounds per capita. Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa. (From Report of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor.) Coffee.-Sources of supply in 1904. Exports from coffee-growing countries in pounds. Imports of coffee in the United States, year ending June 30, 1907, were: From Brazil, 778,559,591 pounds, value $57,559,591. Other South America, 105, 281.077 pounds; value $9,289,554. Central America, 64, 432,202 pounds; value $7,304,606. The remainder in smaller quantities from other countries. Tea-Sources of supply in 1904: Exports from principal tea-growing countries in pounds. British India.... China ... Ceylon (1903) Figures of total production in each of these countries exceed total exports, except China, about whose consumption there are no available statistics. Consumption of leading countries in 1904. in pounds. Great Britain and Ireland. 6.903.000 2,440 000 The number of pounds of tea consumed per capita was: Great Britain and Ireland, 6.09; United States, 1.34; Russia. 0.95; Australia, 6. 93; Canada, 5.60; France, 0.06; Germany, 0. 12. The imports of tea in the United States in the fiscal year 1907 were 86.362, 490 pounds, valued at $13,915,544. Of this 37,411,053 pounds were imported from Japan and 31, 233,259 pounds from China. Cocca.-World's production of cocoa, 1903, in pounds: Ecuador. 46,500,000; San Thome (Portuguese Africa), 45,000,000; Brazil, 43,000,000; Trinidad, 29,000,000; Venezuela, 25,000,000; Santo Domingo, 15,000,000; Grenada, 13,000,000; all others, 37,500,000. Total production, 260,000,000, World's consumption of cocoa, 1903, în pounds: United States, 68,000.000; Germany, 43, 000,000; France, 41, 000.000; Great Britain, 35,000,000; Netherlands, 33,000,000; Spain, 12,500,000; all others, 33,000,000. The importation of raw cocoa into the United States in the fiscal year 1907 was 92.249 819 pounds, and of chocolate 3,541,961 pounds. There has been an immense increase in the importation of cocoa in the past ten years, Steamboats from Manhattan, New York City, TO LANDINGS ON THE HUDSON RIVER DURING SEASON OF NAVIGATION. NOTE.-Fares and piers are liable to change. ML Landings. Fare.[ Pler-Street. ML Landings. 71 Milton (Mary Powell). 59 Newburgh (Cent'l Hud.Line) 59 Newburgh (Day Line) 59 Newburgh (Mary Powell). 64 N. Hamburg (Mary Powell)| 64 N. Hamb'g (Cent. Hud. Line) 26 Nyack. 34 Ossining. 45 Peekskill.. 75 Poughkeepsie.. 75 Poughkeepsie (Day Line). 75 Poughkeepsie (Mary Powell) 90 Rhinebeck (Rhinecliff). 30 Rockland Lake........ 92 Rondout.... 92 Rondout (Mary Powell). 100 Saugerties 124 Stock port... 100 Tivolí 156 Troy (Citizen's [night] Line) 95 Ulster Landing. 50 West Point (Cent. Hud. Line) 50 West Point (Day Line). 50 West Point (Mary Powell).. 17 Yonkers 17 Yonkers (Day Line).. $0.75 Desbrosses (c) .50 Franklin(ƒ). .75 Desbrosses (c) .75 Desbrosses (c) .75 Desbrosses (c) .75 Franklin (1). .30 Bloom fi'd (!!) 25 Franklin. .40 Bloomfi'd (g) .75 Franklin (D). 1.00 Desbrosses (c) .75 Desbrosses (c) 1.00 Christopher. .40 Bloomfi'd (g) .90 Franklin (0). 1.00 Desbrosses (c) 1.00 Christopher. 1.25 Christopher. 1.00 Christopher. 1.50 W. 10th. 1.00 Christopher. .50 Franklin (ƒ). .75 Desbrosses (c) .75 Desbrosses (c) .15 Bloomfi'd (g) .25 Desbrosses (c) Fare. Pier-Street. ML $0.60 W. 42d St. 25 Battery. 2. 65 Warren. 2. 65 Clarkson (h). 13.65 Murray. 1.75 Catharine. .50 Peck Slip. .10 E. 99th. 25 Pr. 1, N. R. (a) Pass Wall. .159, F. R. 1.50 Peck Slip. 1. 76 Warren. 1.00 10, E. R. .75 E. 18th (e). .75 W. 22d (d). Landings. 40 Huntington, L. I... 25 Keyport, N. J.. 34 L. Branch, C. R.R.N.J. Boats 34 Long Branch, Patten Line.. 138 Middletown, Ct.§. 45 New Brunswick, N. J... 78 New Haven, Ct... 78 New Haven, Starin's Line 120 New London, Ct.... 120 New London, Ct. 159 Newport, R. I.. 46 Northport, L. I...... 120 Orient, L. I..... 25 Perth Amboy, N. J. 34 Pleasure Bay, N.J. 29 Port Chester, N. Y. 184 Providence, R. I. 184 Providence, R. I., Joy 35 Red Bank, N. J.. 140 Sag Harbor, L. I.... 102 Saybrook, Ct.§... 30 Seabright, N. J 130 Shelter Island, L. I. 36 Stamford, Ct.... 5 St. George, S. I. 24 Tottenville, S. I.. Winter rate; Summer rate, 81 extra. + Runs in Summer only. Line.. Exc. Fare. Pier-Street. $0.50 30, E. R. .30 9 E. R. 1.00 W. 42d St.t .35 Bloomfield(e) 1.50 Peck Slip. .50 55, E. R. 75 Peck Slip (h). .75 Dey. 1.50 Clarkson, 1.00, Roosevelt. *1.75 Warren. .75 Jackson St. 1.50 8, E. R. .25.9, E. R. .35 Bloomfield(e) .35.30, E. R. 12.75 Murray. 1.00 Catharine. .50 Franklin. 1.508, E. R. 1.50 Peck Slip. .35 Bloomfield(e) 1.50 8, E. R. .35 30 E. R. t .05 Whitehall, .259, E. R + Lands at E. 32d St. also, § Runs until close of navigation. (a) Lands also at W. 22d St. (c) Lands at W. 42d St. and W. 129th St. (d) Lands also at Pier 1, N. R. (e) Lands also at Battery. (ƒ) Lands also at W. 199th St. (9) Lands also at W. 42d St. (h) Lands at E. 22d St. also. (i) Lands at E. 24th St. also. The American Hog. HOGS PACKED AND MARKETED, YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1907. 1905... DISTRIBUTION OF HOG PRODUCTS EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES IN 1905-06, Pounds. HAMS. BACON. Quantities, Values. Quantities, Pounds. Quantities, 280,280,62 $28,277,0230| PORK. Values. Pounds. 173,926,165 $17,752,836 Belgium.. 37,722,055 3,057,758 3,604,181 France 8,053,727 614,360 Netherlands. 80,038.280 6,457,096 1,219,730 114,974 11.714,345 1,030,010 6,176,762 473,148 British North America.. 293,478 16,812,780 1,937,0 0 1,812,957 741,516.886 $60,132,091 194.267,949 $20,075,511 341.210,563 $35,845,793 155,265,15 $12,943,046 Production of Poultry and Eggs. THE Census of 1900 gave the production of poultry in the Census year in the United States as 250,623,114. The enumeration covered chickens, guinea fowls, turkeys, geese and ducks three months old and over. The largest production was in Iowa, 20,043,343, and the next largest, Illinois, 17,737, 262. The production of eggs in the Census year 1900 in the United States was 1.293,662,433 dozen. The leading production by States was Iowa, 99,621,920 dozen; Ohio, 91,766, 630; Illinois, 86,402, 670; Missouri, 85, 203, 290; Kansas, 73,190,390; Indiana, 70.782,200; Pennsylvania, 67,038, 180, New York, 62, 096, 690; Texas, 58,040,810; Michigan, 54,318, 410; all in dozens. The report of the Census of 1900 showed 3. 29 poultry per capita, and 17 dozen eggs per capita per annum for the United States. Dairy Products. THE Twelfth Census (Bulletin 189) presented the following condensed analysis of the dairy industry of the United States for the Census year 1500: Wine Production of the World. THE following table shows estimates of wine production in gallons by the principal wine-producing countries according to the French publication Moniteur Vinicole, and is for the year 1905. YEAR ENDING JUNE 30. Production of Liquors and Wines in the United States. PRODUCTION OF FERMENTED LIQUORS AND DISTILLED SPIRITS. Production of Distilled Spirits, Exclusive of Brandy Distilled from Fruit, Production PureNentral of Fruit Total Production of Distilled Spirits.1 *Of not more than 31 gallons. tIncluding apple, peach, and grape. Including also high wines and miscellaneous spirits. The production of wines in the United States in 1900 was 24.306.905 gallons, of which California produced 14,620,000, New York 2,528,250, and Ohio 1,934,838 gallons. The total production in 1902 was 29,058,700 gallons. Emportation of Spirits, Malt Liquors, and Wines INTO THE UNITED STATES, IN QUANTITIES, 1894 1825.. 1896. 1-97. 1998.. 1,430,553 All Other. 18,040,385 3,252,739 1899 1.306.21 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904.. 1905. 1906. 1,063.885 1,496.860 16,582,657 3,054,392 1,040,259,039 3,033,067 1,140,764,716 1,541,504 14.599,757 4,101,649 1,077,825,634 3.300,531 1,170,379,448 2,230,711 33,940,319 4,647,988 1,066,307,704 3,002,558 1,181,065,402 916.549 17,453,684 8,113,633 1,161,769.114 2.457,348 1,266,281,366 84.614.652 1,389,358 22,835,587 3,525,109 1.132,723.202 2.797,427 1.249,191,653 1,386,361 94,156,023 1,705,298 26.432,491 8.935.000 1,218,183,252 3,316,908 1,349,176,03 1,509,271 100,066,821 1,941,629 24,002,439 4,388.140 1,254,653.009 3,596,382 1,390,127,379 1,403,204 104.110.194 2.245.239 44,787,244 5,020,066 1,378.168.215 3,707.222 1,539,081.991 1,515,072 113,598,545 2.439,535 32,631,154 5,501,425 1,445,675.414 4,204,538 1,637,303 116,808,978 2,655,716 37,538,709 5,517,568 1,489,354,250 4,837,075 1,595,021 116,544,832 2,730,425 29,369,408 6.002,309 1,532,949,602 5,201,168 1,781,643 122,961,612 3,011,289 39,847,044 6,638.179 1,694,021,375 5,964,267 Consumption of Beer, Wine, and Alcohol IN PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES, IN GALLONS. 1,694,392,765 1,874.22,49 *Estimated. Returns re for 193, exep United States and United Kingdom, 1904, France, malt, 1804; Kussia and Austria-Hungary, 1901, Italy, wine, 1992; Sweden, wine, 1900. Distilled spirits. Malt Wines. Alcohol. 395,285,258 8,948,200 6,725,000 1,045,9 1,000 545,674,043, 119,218,000 9.845,000 11,150,400 120,000,000 63,213,000 $4,000,000 894.200 |
