Connecticut western news., 1875-09-03
THE UNITED STATES.
Imports and Exports for n Year--A Most In.
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Imports and Exports for n Year--A Most In.
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 The detailed statement of imports and exports of the United States for the year ended June 30, 1875, has just been issued by the bureau of statistics. Com. pared with the preceding fiscal year 8 marked falling off in the aggregate of foreign and domestic trade is shown. The total value of imports for the year was $553, ,9O6, ,253, falling off of nearly $42, 1000, ,OOO compared with the preceds ing year. Of the merchandise imported, $167, 18O, ,6A was non-dutiable, leaving 1886, 725, ,6O9 to pay $156, ,479, 131 collect in gold coin imported was $5, 773, SIS, and in silver coin, $2,205, ,916. During the year the excess of gold coin export 827, and silver coin $56O, ,252, which year of over $39, 100000.
 A glance at the leading articles i'm ported, contrasting their quantities and values with those for the year ended June 30, 1874, will be of special interest. In iron and steel, and their manufactures, the decrease was $15, ,317, ,296. Of this decrease nearly $7,00O,000 was in steel bars and rails alone. In brown sugar the decrease was over $7, 900, ,00O., This decrease did not affect the refining and exportation of that article, the value of rofned sugar exported from the United States rising from $1 ,O41 ,162 in 1874 to $2, 585, 382 ill 1875. In leaf tobacco and cigars the falling off was $1, 1854, ,566, which represents decrease of 3,OOO,0O0 pounds of leaf tobacco:and Al ,O00 cigars. In foreign wines, spirits, and cordials, we economized to the extent of $977,- 900, and the bill for malt liquors was re- duced BIO, ,439. What we saved in i- quors and tobacco was spent more than twice over in fruits and nuts, these cost ing last year $4, 256, 150 more than in 1874.
 Our coffee cost US less by $4, ,457, ,479, and yet we got for the money spent in 1875 nearly 37, ,OOO, ,OOO pounds more than we got in 1874. We bought over6, 145,- 274 more pounds of tea than in 1874, and increased our expenditures on that ac- count $1 ,561 ,4O9. For all kinds of but tons we increased our bill $269, ,31O, and for our silk goods 1884, ,O34. In human hair and it's manufactures we saved $319, 1000, but the cost of our ssfancy goods 2 increased over $1 100000. S In jewelry we fell off $161, $40, while per fumery and cosmetics increased $33,- 491. Sardines, which cost us $991, ,O3O in 1874, cost but $526, 179 in 1875, thus efecting saving of $465, ,OOO. In opium we saved $502, ,435; salt, $432, ,563 ]; india~rubber and it's manufactures, $82O, sos, and taking the amount saved on those articles expended it for precious stones, the amount expended for such adornments being $1,724, ,803 in ex- cess of the sum expended the pre- ceding year. In manufacture of brass, tin, lead, glass, leather, hemp, flax and wood there was large decrease, while in manufacture of copper, cotton, silk, wool, and jute there was an increase.
 The falling off in domestic exports for the year was as marked as the falling off in imports. The total value of commodities, the growth pro- duct, and manufacture of the United States, exported during the year was $643, ,OS1 ,433, against $693, ,O39, ,O54 in 1874, 8 decline for the last year of $49,- 957, ,621. The chief of the bureau of statistics says the value of domestic mer- ehandise exported to Canada in railroad cars, notincluded in the above figures, is about fourteen million dollars, which would make the actual falling off in do- nestle exports for the year, compared with the preceding, about thirty-six million dollars. It is noticeable that all our great staples show an unusual de- cline in values exported. Of breadstuffs aud cotton we exported $80, 1000, 900 less than in the proceeding year. The ag- gregate decline in breadstuffs, cotton, oils, tallow, and tobacco was nearly one hundred million dollars, the exact fig ures being $99, los, ,592. These form our great staples of export, and contribute more than half of all the values annually sent abroad. In breadst1ffs alone the falling off was $49, 743, ,56O cotton, $3O,- 584, ,955; oils, $11, ,157, ,914 - tallow, $2, ,443, ,117; tobacco, $5,179, ,146. The export of cotton was less than during any year since the close of the rebellion, except 1868, when it was $153, 900. 900, and 1872, when it was $181, ,00O, ,OOO. Of the production of the soil not embraced in <" breadstuffs," as that term is em. ployed in this letter, hops, seeds, and dried and green fruits alone show an in. crease. Hops bounded from $27, ,973 in 1874, to $1, 286, 497 in 1875, which is the largest exportation ever made of thai active plant, save that made in 1855 when it was $1, ,53O,OOO. The exporta. tion of hops for 1875 exceeds by $25O,. 900 that of the aggregate of the previous four years. Seeds increased $552, 53O and fruits $639,OOO. Living animals fell off $641, ,OOO, and agricultural imple ments $464, ,000. Crude mineral oils glided back over $1 ,256, ,000 and illum mating oil BIO, 800, ,OOO. Most of ou1 manufactures show a fair, and some o1 them very healthy increase. Of the leading manufactures, wood alone shows decided falling off, the decline being $3, 434, 117. The largest increase i1 manufactured articles is shown in manu factures of steel, which exceeded the previous year $2, 790,6 ,696. Leather anG it's manufactures increased $2, 537, ,595
 iron,, $1, ,416, ,167; cotton, $975, 946
 brass, $497, ,O98; sewing machines, $203, 633 clocks, $215, 4O4. Hides increased over 2,O00, ,000, and fur and fur skins over $1, 100000. Sugar and provisions also show a healthy increase. the value of the former exceeding the exportatior of 1874, $2,125, ,161, and the latter $1, 113, ,313. The value of rice exported was but $19,806. It is apparent thai American rice must soon cease to be a1 article of export. From 1921 to 1860 the annual exportation of rice averaged in value, 2,O0O, OOO. Since 1860 it's ex portation has steadily declined, the az gregate value for the ten years ending June 30, 1870, being only $2,453, O86 l Q sL-- IL. dh1 TF7 OO1