THE ECONOMIC INDICATORS IN EASTERN SLAVONIA AND SRIJEM

Cilj je ovoga rada prikazati gospodarsko stanje i njegove karakteristike u istočnoj Slavoniji i Srijemu na osnovi relevantne literature, kao i dostupne arhivske građe vezane za drugu polovicu 19. stoljeća i početak 20. stoljeća. U radu se promatra gospodarska aktivnost, koja uključuje proizvodnju i razmjenu roba, na području istočne Hrvatske i Srijema s kraja 19. i početka 20. stoljeća uzimajući u obzir cjelokupno društveno-političko okruženje. Na poljoprivrednim površinama istočne Slavonije i Srijema izrazito prevladava proizvodnja žitarica (pšenice i kukuruza), voća (jabuke, šljive, kruške), razvijeno je vinogradarstvo i stočarska proizvodnja u kojoj prevladava svinjogojstvo. Zbog gospodarskoga razvoja, koji dominantno obilježava rast poljoprivredne proizvodnje, obrtništva, prometa i trgovine, razvili su se Osijek, Vukovar i Vinkovci.The aim of this paper is to present the economic circumstances and their features in Eastern Slavonia and Srijem, based on the use of the relevant literature as well as of the available archival materials related to the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The paper deals with the economic activity, including the production and the goods exchange in the area of Eastern Slavonia and Srijem at the end of the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century. In the agricultural area of Eastern Slavonia and Srijem, the production was dominated by the cultivation of the cereals (wheat and corn), fruits (apples, plums, pears); the viticulture was developed and the livestock breeding was dominated by the pig farming. Due to the economic development, being characterized by the growth of agricultural production, the craf- tmanship, traffic and trade, the cities of Osijek, Vukovar and Vinkovci had experienced a certain economic development