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VOL. LVIII.
INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 15, 1903.
NO. 33
A YEAR OF OREAT TRADE.
New Record Made in the Trade and
Commerce of the United States.
The foreign commerce of    the    United
States in the fisa*al year just ended is
larger than iu any preceding year la its
h.Btory. The  taatal   of  imports   anal  ex
ports as shown by the Department of
Commerce through its Bureau of Statistics
is. for the year 190B, .S2,-H5.»'.10,417 i
against $2,310,937,150 in the year 1900.
whiah was considered the banner year
prior to 1903. Impairts are larger than :
in any preceding year and exports are
larger than in any preceding year save in
tbe exceptional year 1901. The imports
faar tha* first tinia> crossed the billion dollar
line, the total being $1,025,019,127 and I
the exports for the second time crossed
the 1,400 milli. n line, being $1,419,991,-
290 or practically 1,420 millions. The!
single year in which the value of exports
exceeded those of 1903 by about 572 mil-
1901 when the total was $1,487,764,991.
The imports exceeded those of 189.'! by
about 159 million dollars anal the exports
exceeded those of 1903 b yabout 57 million dollars. The imports, therefore,
have increased 18.4 per cent during the
decade and exports nave increased 07.5
per cent during the same period.
Comparing the figures of 1903 with
those at decennial periods at earlier dates,
it may be said that the imports of 1858
were 263 millions, those for 1863, 243 millions: for 1873. 042 millions, Air 18.83,
723 millions, fa.r ISO:*,. 886 millions and
for ltH>:;. 1,025 millions. The exports of
1858 were 203 millions, those for 1863,
204 millions: for 1,873, 522 millions; for
1883. 823 millions: for 1893, 847 millions
and those for 1903 were within a fraction
of 1,120 millions.
The imports of 1903, therefore, are lass
than fa.tir times those of 1853 while the
exports for 1903 are practically seven
times those of 1853. The table  which
follows shows the total imports anal total
exports anal the granal total of imports
and exports at decennial periods from 1853
to   1903,   viz:
Totnl Importaa
Exports. and export*.
___>.::. I*.!..2s2 MT.aS6.MT
20rt.tHM.447 447.300.2fi2
622.479.022 11fi4.filfi.l_i2
S21.s_in.4aa2 1..'>47.020._llfi
S4T.MS.1M I.T14.06S.118
1.02S.61S.1IT   1.418.SS1.280   2.445.«W.417
The growth in importatiaan. which is
the most striking characteristic of the
year's commerce, is very largely in materials for use in manufacturing. Only
eleven months' figures arc yet available
irr such detailed faarm as to show the increase by great groups, but the figures
of the eleven months ending with May-
show that articles in a crude condition
for nse in manufacturing, increase.] *'.2
million dollars or about 20 per cent as
compared with the corresponding months
of last year: articles partially manufactured for use in manufacturing increased
4 million dollars or about 5 per cent; articles manufactured anal ready for consumption increased 18 milliam dollars or about
13 per cent anil articles of voluntary use.
luxuries, etc., increased 14 million dollars
or about 12 per cent, while articles of
food and live animals increased 15 mil-
lia-ir dollars or about 8 per cent.
Our Fruit Exports This Year.
Edltons   Inailaina   Fasnner:
The Department of Agriculture has begun its experimental foreign fruit shipments fr.r the season.
"A shipment from Delaware left Xew
York on the llth inst," said W. A. Tay-
laar. Assistant Pomologist, "with .".(I carriers aaf Ileal Astrakan anal :"(• carriers of
July 4th apples. They wa-nt to 1.am.ban
by refrigerated express anal will    be sa.1.1
there   alaa-ut   the  20th."
The Department is confident that a lucrative market iu London will U* established. This carrier, whieh is the regular six-basket peach carrier with iron corner clasps,  for greater strength, ana!  with
wrappers and pasteboard sheets for packing will cast abaaut 20 cents and the
freight Charges fraam New Va-rk taa I.aaii-
alaan. ra'frigcrated, will be approximately
35 cents (on any kind of fruit)—a very-
low rate when it is considered that the
tegular express rate, non-refrigerated
from Dover taa Hew York is 50 cents.
"In the same shipment," saial Mr. Taylor, "one hundred anal ten carriers of
Thnrber peaches from Georgia were sent.
We are sending out to-day a similar shipment of apples from Delaware ami of
Georgia peaches in carriers and also in
twenty-pound packages, t.. t.*st the rela-
time merits of the two styles of package."
If the express companies can be induced  to  make  a   low  export  rate  from
it in tha* northeast section. The plan ef
tha*  exposition  • 1 i. 1  not   permit  extensive
aaiitala.*.!- planting ill the grounds siirriiuiitl-
ing    the    buildings.       Ill    St.    I.aiuis    thera'
ara* 00 seres a,f gronnd adjoining tha' Palaces a.!' .Agriculture and Horticulture deroted ti- outdoor exhibits <■ i" surpassing interest.
In Chicago the <• 111< 1«»s.r- planting was
confined to the \V<.<«1<'<1 Islanal. anal there
a contract <af approximately 10 acres was
used fa.r outdoor agricultural exhibits.
This was quite remote from the Agriculture Building anal was serosa a wide lagoon from the Horticulture Building and
difficult of access. In St. Louis the Agriculture and Horticulture Palaces are adjoining, on a large tract aaf land in the
center nt' the western section a>r the exposition grounds. Directly in front of
tha* eastern entrance to tha' Agriculture
Building is growing a raise garden six
acres in extent, the largest rose garden in
the world, containing 60,000 ruse trees of
the choicest varieties. In a section to
the northeast is a map of the United
.Mates worked out in plants, the States
being represented in growing iraaps characterise   a.f   tne   State   shown.     Cinder
Farm restalta  ;ainl live stock barn of BU  Heine;*. I lella**. matS i.f cltv .an Thar
Year.
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points of production to Xew York, refrigerated, with the low ocean rates
which have been secured by the Department for exporters there seems n.a reason why enormous export trade in our
better clnss of fruits cannot be built up
in  I.onilon  and other British  markets.
Mr. Taylor is doing excellent work. A
talk with him shows his mastery of the
many peculiarities and details of the export frilit trade. For instance, it is
useless to put up fruit in fancy small
package*, as the Englishman never buys
by the package, always by the dozen or
weight. Mr. Taylor, too, is no theorist
but a practical and successful peach
grower from the Michigan* Lake peach
ivgion( near St. Jo I where he and his
father raised peaches for years in the
sain.* county where the writer an.l his
father lived on a twenty-acre peach farm.
Washington, D. ('. G. E. M.
Agriculture and Horticulture at the St.
Louis World's Fair.
In the Agriculture and Horticulture
Departments the exhibits at Chicago do
not begin to compare with those of the
exposition at St. Louis. At Chicago the
Agriculture Building oovered an area of
9.2 acres, exactly half the size of the
building devoted to that purpose in St.
r.aauis. Tbe Horticulture Building at
Chicago was 5.7 acres. At St. Louis
the Palace of Agricu.ture covers 18.4
acres and the Palace of Horticulture is
7.1 acres in extent. In Chicago the Agriculture Building was in the south. .*,*-t
corner of the exposition grounds. The
Horticulture Building was far away from
walks separate the Stata*s. This map is
six acres in extent, and with the rose-
garden comprises a space larger than that
.leva,teal to the total of outdoor planting
at the Columbian Exposition. In .addition to these two features there will be
found in the Outdoor agricultural exhil.it
at St. Lonis the giant dock with its dial 10(1 feet aa-raass. and hands 50 feet long,
constructed, apparently, entirely .af flowers. There are splenalial exhibits of .*\ar-
grcens. shrubbery, aquatic and arid
plants. Hi.wers of all kimls. and a model
strawberry farm two acres in extent, and
containing 400 varieties of plants in bearing.
INDIANA AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.
Corn and Fruit Reckoned as Leading
Crops.
Indiana's State pavilion at the World's
Fair is a departure, aud is patterned after the fashion of an up-to-date club
building. It is from an original design
iu the French rennaisance. Marshall S.
Mahurin, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is the
architect.
It occupies a splendid position in the
Stata. group, facing the north, and fronting on two of t.ae main avenues. Arkansas' state Building is across tho avenue
on the north and Iowa on the east. Rhode
Island's builaling is Immediately west.
The  outside  dimensions  of  the  building
aire 100x185 feet It Stands on a rise of
ground .'in-1 terra.es reach down to the
street level.
Tha* main entrance is through a portico iu the center of tbe north side. This
is highly ornate an.l is supported by large
columns.    The  porch  ou  the  north  siah'
serves   mainly   t naincnt   the   entrance.
t.n the easl  and  west  ends are porches
Vi IVa*t wide tne entire length of tha'
building, thus screening the visitor from
tin* sun at  all hours.       Three doors am
ilia* north siale open Into a lounging hall
62 fa-et long anal 25 feet wide. On
either side are rest rooms fair laalia*s au.l
gentlemen. On     the   same     floor   are
check rooms, a paist office, an.l the custodian's room, A wiale stairway begins at
the rear aaf the lounging hall and ascends
six feet to a landing, south of whiah is
the reading and music room, 43x18 feet.
Under this  is the  lunch  room.
On the second floor on the north side is
the state reception roaam, 50x18 feet. This
r ii   is   decorated   with   historical   relics.
Apartments are provided on this floor
faar the Governor and for the commissiam-
its. Several private sleeping rooms for
the officials are provided on the second
floor.
Over the space 20 fact square occupied
by the grand stair case, rises a dome of
stained glass. This does not appear
above the roof, but forms a part of it. This
ih-iiia' is in the center of the building and
admits plenty of light. The building is
Of staff and the cost of construction is $40,-
000.
Indiana's  commissioners  are    sanguine
that their State will occupy a proud posi-
tis,ii   among   the   .Commonwealths   tit   the
World's Fair. The Legislature has appropriated .$150,000 anal this sum will be
largely Increased by contributions from
corporations^ linns anal individuals. At
the Chicago Fair Indiana's appropriation
from  all sources  was $129,000.
In displaying her splendid resources Indiana will prepare exhibits showing the
richness .if her great oil fields, her practically inexhaustible bituminous coal
mines, her clay banks and her famous
quarries.       The entire State is fertile and
j easily takes rank among the leading agricultural  commonwealths.      In    Indiana
| there are 221,.897 farms valued at $841,-
786,840.     The annual value of farm proil-
jucts is $215,000,150. Her live stock is
rained at $109,550,701. Indiana is a
great fruit producing State, and boasts
of s.ame of the largest green houses ami
botanical gardens in the country. The
State leads in many branches of manufacture. Her educational system is excellent and derives the benefit of a permanently invested public school fund of
$10,5-00,000. Ten thousand dollars has
1 " appropriated for Indiana's educational exhibit.
W.   W.   Stevens,  the  commissioner    in
charge of the agricultural  display,    pro-
poaea to expend $15,000 in the universal
aoi-n  exhibit,   which  will   be  a  feature in
j the Palace of Agriculture.
A space 50x100 feet is required. On
this will be constructed a typical Indiana
farm in miniature, made entirely in corn.
The building will be constructed of com
stalks. Caarn will be seen growing in the
Balds. The fences will be made of corn.
Wagons and all kimls of implements will
show bow the crops are handled. A railroad will be built in a circuit and a miniature train, propelled by electricity, will
be running. On the walls will be pictures showing familiar and historical
scenes. Tin's,,   scenes   will   be   made  of
corn, the grain, stalks nnd foliage being
artistically blended, and the effect pleasing.