The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-12-10
The nnrenu Of Statistics.

Inc total value OF the foreign commerce OF
the United States during the year, embrace
ing both the imports and exports OF mer-
chandise and specie, amounted to Sl,675,-
O24, 3lS, and was larger than during any
previous year in the history Of the country.
The total value Of the exports Of merchan-
disc from the United States during the last
fiscal year amounted to 1902, 81, 346. 1t eX-
ceeded the value OF such exports during
the preceding fiscal year by SOC, 73S,6SS, and
was also considerably larger than during
any previous year. The value OF the imports
OF merchandise into the United States
amounted to SG42, G64, 62S, and was larger
than the value Of such imports during any
previous year, with the exception of the
year ended June 80, 1880.
During the years ended June 81, from 1850
to 1873, the value Of the imports Of mer-
cnandise into the United States exceeded
the value OF the exports Of merchandise
from the United States, the excess OF i'm
ports ranging from $50. 81 1868 in 1878 to
SlS2, 4l7,491 in 1872. But during the last
SIX years the value OF the exports Of mer-
chandise from the United States has greatly
exceeded the value OF the imports of mer-
chandise in the United States, this excess
for the six years amounting to the sum OF
81, 1870, 66S, lO5.
the imports OF merchandise during the last
fiscal year amounted to $3.50, 712,IlS. Dur
ing each year from 1861 to 1879, inclusive,
the exports Of specie exceeded the imports
thereof, but during the last two years the
imports of specie have exceeded the eN-
ports thereof. This excess has, during the
last fiscal year, amounted to SOL, l6S,6jO.
The total value of the exports of domestic
merchandise from the United States during
the last fiscal year amounted to $685. lj,9iI.
III exceeded the value OF such exports dur
ing the preceding fiscal year by Sj9,979, 50l,
and was larger than during any previous
year.
The value OF the exports of bread and
breadstuffs amounted to S27O,332 80; of
cotton and manufactures, S2,2Gl, 2G1, l33; Of
provisions, SOL, 52S, 2GS; of mineral oils,
S4O,3l3,6D9; Of tobacco, 100, SIS. SS4; wood
and manufactures OF wood to SIS, 600, 3l2;
OF iron and steel and manufactures to &c.
Cos, I67; and Of live animals to SIG, 4l2,39S.
The total value of exports Of thee eight
commodities and classes Of commodities
amounted to SO, 943, $50, and constituted
30 per cent. OF the total value of the exports
of domestic merchandise from the United
States.
The value OF the exports Of bread and
breadstuffs during the last fiscal year was
less than during the preceding fiscal year
by 81, ,3lG. The value OF the exports of
the following commodities exceeded the
value Of similar commodities exported dur
ing the preceding fiscal year by the amounts
named: Raw cotton, 1856, $50. S4l; pro-
visions, S24, ,026; mineral oils, -, 006,9S4;
tobacco and manufactures thereof, -, 436,
Gil; wood and manufactures of wood, .,
3G2,932; iron and steel ana manufactures
thereof, 81 500, 243; live animals, $3.50, 27S.
The specie value of the exports of domes-
tic merchandise from the United States in
creased from 1928, 39S, 9OS during the year
ended June -, 1871, to 1888, 925,0i during
no. Ia ,DF
S455,527,039. This increase was due mainly
to increased exports of breadstuffs, provi-
siOns and tallow, cotton and manufactures
thereof, live animals, leather and manufact
ures of leather, and wood and manufact-
ures thereof. Increased value Of the eX
ports of these commodities during the fiscal
year 1881, as compared with the fiscal year
1871, amounted TO the sum of 1914, O59, 4T6,
and constituted 80. II per cent. of the in
creased exports of domestic merchandise.
The value Of the increased exports of
breadstuffs, provisions, tallow and live
animals, which together amounted to
1922, SO2,76S, constituted 100 per cent.
of the increased exports of do
nestle merchandise. These exports
were chiefly products of the Western and
Northwestern States. The increase in the
value of expectation from the United States
OF the products of the Western and North
western States has been largely the result Of
the reduction in the trans OrtatiOn charges
ON the railroads, on the lakes and on the
Erie Canal. Such increased exports have,
however, been mainly the result of the gem
eral extension of railroads throughout the
States referred to in connection with the
important reductions which have been made
in railroad freight charges Under the
stimulus OF cheaper transportation, the
value of the exports OF wheat from the
United States increased from Sal, III, 229 in
1870 to Sl67, 69S, 4Sj in 1881. The value of
the exports of corn increased from II ,2S7,-
go in 1870 to $50, 7O2, 500 in 1881. 7 he value
of the exports of provisions increased
from 500, 17j, 539 in 1870 to S15l OBS, 26S in
1881, and the value Of the exports of live
animals increased from Il, 045,O39 in 1870 to
l6,412, 1893 in 1881. The value of the prod
ucts of agriculture during the last fiscal
year amounted to S129, 65O,O16. IteXceeded
the value of such exports during the pre-
ceding year by S43,GSS, 025, and it was larger
than during any previous year in the history
of the country. The value OF such exports
constituted 500 per cent. of the entire
value OF the exports of domestic merchant
disc from the United States. The value OF
the exports of the productions of agricult-
! ure during the year ended June 30, 1881,
| was about seven times the value Of such
| exports during the year 1880, nearly three
times the value of such exports during the
/ year 1860, and more than twice as great as
the value Of such exports during the year
/ 1870.
| The value OF Ihe products OF agriculture
exported from the United States during the
! years 1880, 1910, 1880, 1870 and 1881, respect
] lively, showed a tiuctuation OF only about
three per cent. compared to the total value
| OF the exports of domestic merchandise
! This indicates that the growth of the eX-
pOrtation Of commodities other than the
/ products OF agriculture-uamey: the pro-
/ ducts of manufacture-kept pace with the
astonishing growth of the expectation o.
the products Of agriculture.
The total value OF the imports Of mer,
chandise into the United States during the
last fiscal year amounted to $G42, 1894, 62S, o.
which the value of the imports of sugar
/ and molaSSes amounted to ;HB3. 4O4 Us