STORY TOLD IN FIGURES Agricultural Imports of Great Britain. TWO-YEAR PERIOD COVERED Slfniflcant Eevlew of Trade Condi-tlons Condi-tlons and Possibilities Between tho United States nnd the United Kingdom Compiled by Chief of Division ForelBn Markets Department Depart-ment of Agriculture Great Briton the Principal Market for the. Sur-plus Sur-plus Produce of Export Countries. Washington, Aug 10-A report on the agricultural Imports of Oreat Hrlt-s Hrlt-s n for lMi-iooo Inclusive, with a slg-iilllcatu slg-iilllcatu levlew ot the Hade conditions and possibllltic., iwtweeu tho Unlled States and the United Klngiiom has been compiled by Prank II Hitchcock, chief of the division of foreign nnr-kets, nnr-kets, Department of, Agrlcultute. The United Kingdom Is the principal market mar-ket for the surplus ogrlcultutal prod- nL exporting ountrle The tcpott ssys that products of agriculture ag-riculture sent to that market from all sources In IDno reached the enormous value of Jl 578 000 000, forming 12 per "i. ?' ,hc '"tire Import trade of Oteat Urltitln nnd Ireland During the yenis mentioned the nn-!'al.llernBC nn-!'al.llernBC alllc ,lf e Imports Into the United Kingdom was J2 SOS 174 111, of which J143S9'1,776, or 1,3 per cent, were agricultural, nnd JSI3,:52 C05, or 37 per cent , non-ngrlcullural IJ S Pltl.NClPAL CONTItUIUTOn. To this cMruoidlnary Import trade In ngrlciiltuiul ptoduce the Unlteil States was the principal contributor, furnishing about 33 per rent., or nearly near-ly one-third of the supply. About 43 per cent come from foreign countries other than the United States The several uossesslons nnd dependencies of tho United Kingdom throughout the world together contributed about 21 per cent "The value of the agricultural produce prod-uce lecelvcd fiom the United States amounted to 511,000000, having over one billion dollirs of luoduce to bo supplied fiom other souiecs,' mys the repoit. "While the United States pos. Besses a market of exceeding Importance Import-ance In the United Kingdom, celling to that country more than half of the surplus ptoductlon of American farms, the DOfi'ihlllltes ot further extensions there In competition with other export ex-port countries aic well worth consideration consid-eration 23 AOHICULTUHAL IMPOItTS. "Among the agricultural imports into tho Ilrltlsh merket during 1000 there were comparatively fewv products in which the United States controlled the larger portion of trade Taking such Items as had a value exceeding J10 000-fOO, 000-fOO, of which theie were thirty-four In the year under consideration, only nine of them enme mure extensively from ine rtmeti tunics innu riom ine various vari-ous other sources These nine Items, with the percentage of the total supply sup-ply received lu each ease fiom the Unlled States, were ns follows larel, 03 per cent , hams, 3d per cent.: tobacco to-bacco S4 per cent , wheat flour, S3 per cent , fresh beef, 71 per cent , raw cotton "4 per cent cattle, 72 per rent ; Indian com, 70 per cent , and bacon, 64 per cent STAPLi: PQOD PHODUCTS. "While other countries ine the chief contributor of luxuries, the United State Is the source from which the lirltleh people piocure In large measure meas-ure those stnple food products that are absolutely necessary to thla in iln-tenance iln-tenance of life This causes the dependence de-pendence ot the United Kingdom on Anieilenn sources of supply "Din lug 1000 les than 2 per cent of the butter Imported was furnished by the Unlled States Por the Imports te-eelved te-eelved from other sources the United Kingdom paid over JM.OOOOo "The eggs Imported cost over JM.- 000000 Only nbnut 3 per cent went Into the pockets of American exporters. About J5". 000 000 was spent by the British Brit-ish people for Imported wines, less thnn 1 per cent of which mine fiom tho United Stales About lljouoooo worth of oleomargnrlne was Imported, of which Ihe United Slates supplied Ies than 1 per cent "Nearly Jliwuiono was spent for Imported Im-ported potatoes Practically the entire tinde wnt to other countries than tho United States "Ihe Unlled Kingdom spent overJIO,. 000 ooo In the Impoitntlon of ornnges. Lops than 1 per tent, of the shipments received rams from the United Slates. Numerous other agricultural products suggest possibilities In tho way of a largci sale In the Ilrltlsh market" di:vi:lopmi:nt or tkadi: Mr Illlchcock perdlcts thnt the greatest future In tho development of trade In the Utltlsh market may bo expected In perishable pioducts exportation ex-portation of which Is made possible by modern transportation methods. Prnnee Is the chief competitor of this country In supplying farm products to tho United Kingdom, tho ng"rlcultuiul 1m-potls 1m-potls from Pinnce uggiekatlng J10.300,-Ooi) J10.300,-Ooi) In value In fOO. -