The daily gazette., 1875-08-17
Decrease an Our Exports.

-EAEZET Eog AGRICULTURAL FRoDCcTS
EEIN0 RUINED.
The detailed statement Of United States
imports al exports for the year ended
June 80, 1875, has just been issued BY the
Bureau o. Statistics. Compared with
the preceding a5cal year marked falling
of il the aggregates Of our foreign and
domestic ira is shown The high rate
Of duties under the tariff laws is causing
foreign countries 10 seek trade in other
land, and the consequence is the low
price il our products and the decrease
IN the value Of the soil also followed
by lower rates for al mechanical work
or manufactures. because the farmers,
WHO constitute about seven tenths of the
population, have not the means to buy.
It IS noticeable that all our great sta
pies snow an unusual decline in values
exported OF breadstufs and cotton we
ex ported $50 0,0Oo,Qe0 less than in the pre-
ceding year, the aggregate decline in
breadstufis, cotton, oils, tallow, and to-
figures being $99, ,592. Thee form
our great staples Ut export, and contrib
ute more than halt Of all the values an
nualIv sent abroad. In breadstuffs alone
the falling OF was $40, ,7+3, $50; cotton,
S3u, 5SI ,955 oils, Sll l,151sl4; tnIIow, S2,-
ii2ll7; tobacco, S5,l19 ~. Tne export
of cotton was less than during any year
since the close of the rebellion, except
1873, when II was SlJ3. 900, 900, and 1871,
when IT was Sl5l 100000. Ot the produc-
tion OF the soil not embraced in bread
stufis," az tina; term is employed In this
letter, hops, seeds. and dried and green
fruits alone aLow any increase. Hops
bounded from So, ,919 in 1874, to 81 .286,
497 in 1875, which is the largest exporta
ton ever made of that active plant save
that made in 1855, when it was 81 $50,
000- Tne exportatlon Of hops for 1875,
exceeds by $4,000 that Of the aggregate
of the previous tour years. Seeds in
creased S552, $50 and fruits S639, ,0O0 Liy-
ing animals fell of SGil 900, and agricul-
tural Implements S464 900 crude mine
raj oils glded lack over 81 900, and
illuminating oil sl0, ,5G0, 900. Most Of our
manufacturers show fair and .ome of
them q very healthy inc ease. OF the
leading manufactures wood alone shows
6 decided falling OF, the decline being
IS ,434, III. The largest increase in man
ufactUred articles is shown IN Inanufac-
IN1S CI steal, Wn1-n exceeds the f)reYl-
Gus year S2.790,6sG. Leather and its
manufacturers increased 81, ,537 ,595; iron,
81 l,4l6,167; cotton, Ss75 SAC; brass, S497, :
0e5; sewing machines, S203,6 ,639; clocks,
S2l5, ,40l. Hide7 increased over e, 600, 900,
and fur and fur SKINS over 81 900, ,o0o.-
Sugar and provisions also show healthy
increase, the value Of the former exceed
ing the expectation CT i57. s, ,l25, ,lGl ,and
the latter 81 Sl,Il3,3l2 The value Of rice
exported wa2 but Sle, ,S06 It is apparant
shat American 1ice must soon cease to
b an article Of export. From 1921 to
iS60.the annual erportction Of rice aver
aged in value S2,VQ0,Qoo. Since 1860 its
expectation has steadily declined, the
aggregate value for the ten years ending
june 80, io70, being only s24s4, ,0s6. The
last five years its value was sll7 ,9sl
while the value of rice imported for the
fiscal year just ended was s., al, ,697.