The New York herald., 1877-01-10
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
The Wealth of Europe Imported
in This Country.
Fruits OF American Soil Sent to
the Old World.

: nexcd abstract which Is here given will be
that the exports were only about S5ooo,poo less in
1876 than the imports The following are only few
OF the enumerated articles free and dutabc IN which
any fluctuations have taken place.
MERCHANDISE PAYING 80 DUTIES.
Drugs chemicals dyes and medicines In 1919
amounted to $40, ,69s 9ip; in 1876 slo,ose.2H cof
fee was imported ia 1875 the amount Of 22, ,3isds7
Ibs value ssl Sgl $50 and 1876 6', l32 5o5 lbs,
value xo6, 52s COS. Clutch and gambler, IN 1915.
6l52 42O ibs. valued s262 629; in 1876 lIil5,272
lbs value $6l2 257. Specie and bullion imported IN
1875 Sl3 5sG 400; 1876, s26,77Ile3 or the latter
about S. 800 900 received acre during the month
of December Paper materlals--ln 1879 were i'm
ported So COS 273 lbs. valued AT So 0O2 2os ia 1876,
IS 741, $50 lbs. value, S2.d55, l45. iaw sS-in ls'o
695 126 bs valued S2s7e Loo and in 1876 200 IS;
lbs, value, $16l9,G63 The falling OF IN this aricic
of imporiaton to the extent OF 1889, ,jO;s may
be accounted for by the fact that the rapidly
developing silk culture California has telling effect
upon this staple product, and the native Pacific CO.
coons yield line and IL much cheaper STOCK.
The importation OF 1875 amounted to 40 9l5 ll9
lbs value sI2 265 02; in 1876 to rs 900 i;is lbs,
valued Sl2 52i 5i3 The total amount OF Tree goods,
or goods which pay import duty, during 1872 asge-
gate $i02, 699, ,65l, and IN 1876, Slol oo5,o3o
WHAT TARIFF is ENACTED FROM.
Duty paying goods enumerucs very many articles,
and only few can be named here on the same condi-
tions those mentioned above in which the most hue
tuaon appears. Thus It Will be that in lS75 there
were imported here l6, 542 696 lbs of rice, valued
$4O7 5l0 while 1876 S25 496 lbs worth SlIj s55,
we're entered Drugs and chemicals in 1879 were valued
ut So 2ss against So 765 $40 1876 5a. S6 tons
OF coal worth SlSo $751; were entered IN 1876, against
g. o4s tons valued at SOS. .6o2, 1915 Copper in
1875 aggregated 13s, ,63l lbs, value $220 OIL, against
l2s s97 lbs worth 7,SG3, IN 1875. Cordage, 1879,
2Io ll3 lbs, value 1856; 1876, 5l6o5c lbs, value,
81 7s6. Value OF cotton goods imported during 1878,
s22 37s $40 and Tor 1876 s1o,9 700. Raw lax for
1873, l25, tons, worth $54o,52 and for 1876,
579 1900 TONS worth S+25,S7l Value OF flax linens
for 1875 sl3 I'll, ,666 against Sll,4S3 III in 1876
The importation OF common window glass was for
1875 24ss77al lbs, valued sl,15s, 2+5
against 16, OG3.7o5 lbs. value s6dl,997 IN 1876
Pig iron almost kept its own showing but Slight in
crease in favor Of last year The Importation amounted
to 63 go lbs. valued at $6i9 coo in 1875, against
e. 2l6 6i3 lbs. sG62, Io3, 1876 Sheet IRON ag
sregated in 1875 44s0 $50 lbs worth S35S.4o against
1900 ST. lbs value 1892, in 1876 The value
OF muskcts, sporting guns, psiols. &c, Tor 1876
amounted to sa47 .239, against s46s. G92 IN 1875.
on rHR RAIL AND SUBJECTS.
commentary on the stringent times may be made
from the fact that not single pound OF railroad bar
steel imported during the past year. while during
there entered al the custom HOUSE
Ibs valued AL S4lg5 53. Either all this material
now made this country or there was no use for the
article by the rallroad companies. The importation OF
cntlery for 1876 ioots up IA g45 against O47 Ijy
for 1873 Even the potato bug has eXercsed an iniu-
the customs OF The country Tor IN 1876 49, 300
bushels potatoes valued s267 SOC, imported
from Nova Scotia and other places, against s5,21
bushels, worth lG,l64 Tor 1915. The difference IN
the price this cereal also matter for comparison,
the large importation averaging about % cents per
bushcl while the smaller averages 81 80.
The importation OF SILK goods during the past year
amounted s2l,23i 800, against SaS l6l, ,a2a falling
SWEETNESS LONG DRAWN ouT
The sugar brokers have been preaching up panic
in this commodity, and Their cry OF sbort crop" has
been made the cover to advance the price 0 the ari
Gle sugar dearer to-day Than has been for years,
and the importers plead scarcity no doubt Tor the
purpose OF ''bulling the Market The imporatOns
into this port Tor 1876 amounted TO the enormous
amount of 033 500 ygs lbs, valued at S43, 4i2 g95,
against 970 go lbs. valued $50 $780, Tor 1873,
or an 62, 95S 1gS lbs over he entries
1873 Moasscs seems To have held It's own the
only nuctuaiion apparent beng IN lavor OF gallons
Tor 1876 aud in dollars and cents Tor 1870 Tho en-
tres Tor last year amounted to l20lo.3l3 gallons,
valued at So $50 04S 1875 to L., 500 4s5 gallons,
value s3,ol2, l72. Meiado and syrup OF sugar cane
was imported in 1876 the amount Of g. 1887 lbs,
valued at sl,g9O,315, against 'i,lll,3l3 lbs, value
WINES wooLLENs TINS.
The importation of spirits and wines in casks has
also fallen OIL materially last year us compared with
the entries OF the previous year The imports for
1876 amounted TO sol, 73s proof gallons, valued at
sSg7213, against 9l5,JO gallons worth 81, lO2 l2l,
in 1873 The difference IN the same line
of Importation bottles Is sun less,
lcny over 900 bottles compared
win 1879 Last year the number entered for
sumption amounted TO 43.sJ2 bottles, valued at
sg47 25l agansl 81, S23 botties worth 200, in
is,5 In ..wool, raw the importation Tor last
cropped of seventeen per cent The entries OF
thai s,anle in 1876 were 1898 9sl lbs valued at
81 0l6 O54 against 20 4,G 04S lbs, worth s499, 090
1873 In manufactured woollen goods the difference is
about si3 900 900 in favor OF 1870 The total value Of
those oo,s IN 1876 So SSl Sjy against S 3g O65
for tne year previous Whether more carpets
manufactured here OF less amount consumed is
problem not easily solved IN con nection with this ar
Gle. 1t is, however, apparent iha the importation oil
this line of merchandise for 1876 was only 600 100
saunre wards worth sSl9 46G, against lai IA yards
vaiued at 81 453,75, or 1919 The importation OF TN
ir blocks 1876 9O4 $40 lbs value S4sSlo, aud
in 1875 y9s Oh lbs worth s57,307 The same material
in sheets ioots up In 1876 to 1,ll6553 lbs, value
s72l5s and In 1873 sg7 $50 lbs, worth S37O, 4S3
Not TO PAX.
The value OF goods entered for transportation with
out upprasemen 1876 6amouned 10 So 1a2 900 and IN
1875 20 50. $685. os2 The total sum OF dutablc goods
entered o a n iS ,ns s American vessels brouSht
SCI, 55i Dos and foreign vessels S23i $50 t0 IN 1876,
and IN 1879 American vessels oarrifd 929 and
forcipu ye sells 1863, ,505 100 worth.
IL wIli he seen IRON that the imporiations
OF non duty paying goods exceeded IN valne for the
nast vcar nearly 81 500 600 while the entry OF duti-
mbc goods was very nearly $35 OU0, 900 less IN 1876
Tne gross amount IN port Tor the years may
be summed up thus For 1876, s4l262 49,: Tor 1915,
SAG, ,004 104.
on the 3oln day Of June 1877, the last duty of &C.
Nor 10 on coffee l5c. per IT, tea was paid Dur
inr the fiscal cnd that date the imortations OF
these articles amounted To los. 81 l2S lbs ol coffee
onJ al lI6 y.2 lb- nf tea. netting income to the
roveruincnl of sll gSJ, ,60s 20. 1t was thought by
sho,ishng ,le duLes coffee aud tea these articles
nnid hec,tn cucaper but the that he Chinese
nrd Japancse factors have taken advantage ol me
limited states government and exact the difference
which prior july 1872 helped TO swell the revenue
of this country and the same articles command
higher price now than formerly
WHAT would HAVE BEEN
notwithstanding the notoriOusly dnll trade of last
wear Inc importaons would have come up IN value To
The amount the year 1870, bat The unsettled con-
d,,ion of The country has shaken the confidence o tho
muor,.rs and orders Tor millions o doiias worth oi
ncrsband ready tor shipment TO this country were
couatcrmandcd. especially since the election.
In coutraiislnclion to the decrease IN imports a
spcndia showing made IN the tables ol exports from
Ills port during the year just past Especially THIS
,ha ,,sc IN re;Isuls ana prOvsions The following
~ careillly prepared statement OF articles exported
10 Europe from New York from January TO Dccein-
Der 81, lsIG:--
srArrugxr or QUANTITIES AND VALUE oF ALI ART-