The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-12-15
Repert Of Tie Chief Of tho Buroau q
Statistics.

Report Of The Chief Of The Bureau q
Statistics.
The following interesting statements are
given in the report Of the Chief of the Blu.
reau Of Statistics:
The total value Of the foreign commerce e
the United States during the year, embrae.
ing both the imports and exports Of mer.
ehandise and specie, amounted to $685..
O2l, 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 500, 377,3l& 1t ex.
ceeded the value of such exports during
the preceding fiscal year by $66. 7Ss, esS, and
was also considerably larger than during
any previous year. The value Of the imports
Of merchandise into the United Ntatas
amounted to $642, GA ,8ea, and was larger
than the value Of such imports during any
previous year, with tho exception Of the
year ended June 30, 1880.
During the years ended June 30, from 1850
to 1873, the value Of the imports Of MGR.
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 $40. 81 1893 in 1878 t.
$lS2. 7,491 in 1872 But during the last
six years the value of the exports Of mer-
ehandise 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, 105.
The excess OF the value OF exports over
the imports Of merchandise during the last
fiscal year amounted to $3.50, 712,7lS. Dur.
ing each year from 1851 to 1879, inclusive,
the exports Of specie exceeded the imports
thereof, but during the last two years the
imports Of specie have exceeded the OK.
ports thereof. This excess has, during the
last fiscal year, amounted to sol, 16S, $50.
The total value OF the exports Of domestic
merchandise from the United States during
the last fiscal year amounted to 1888 ,0a5, 9a7.
1t exceeded the value OF such exports dur.
ing the preceding fiscal year by $50,079, SOL,
and was larger than during any previous
year.
breadstuffs amounted to $270,332 $40; of
cotton and manufactures, s., 26l ,267, l3S; Of
provisions, $l51, 52S, 28S: Of mineral oils,
~, 3l3, 900; Of tobacco, $20, S7s, SSl; wood
and manufactures Of wood to SIS, GOO 1872;
Of iron and steel and manufactures to $16,.
COS, 767; and Of live animals to $16,412,39a
The total value Of exports Of these eight
commodities and classes Of commodities
amounted to $795, 943, $50, snd constituted
90 per ceut. 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 $17, 7o4,8l6. 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, 500, 159, S4l; pro.
visions. $24, 49, 26; mineral oils, $4OO6, 0S4;
tobacco and manufactures thereof. -, 1885,.
Gil; wood and manufactures of wood, g..
S62, 1882; iron and steel and manufactures
thereof, 81 49,, 243; live animals, $03), 27S.
The specie value OF the exports of domes.
tic merchandise from the United States in.
creased from $42S, SOS. 500 during the year
ended June 80, 1871, to 1888, %, 947 during
the year ended june 30, 1881. an increase Of
$45S. 527 ,OS9. 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 OK.
ports Of these commodities during the fiscal
year 1881, as compared with the fiscal year
1871, amounted to the sum of $374, 059, 476,
and constituted 81. u 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
$322. SO2, 76s, constituted 79.5 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 transportation charges
on the railroads, ON the lakes and on the
Erie Canal. Such increased exports have,
however, been mainly the result Of the gen.
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
StluuIu6 Va CucHUcE tTauSROTtatlOus the
value of the exports Of wheat from the
United States increased from LII ,229 in
1870 to $167, 696, 4S5 Ia 1881. The value Of
the exports of corn increased from Il, 2S7..
575 In 1870 to 500, 7O2 ,G69 in 1881. The value
Of the exports Of provisions increased
from $29, 175, $50 in 1870 to $151, 81, 26S In
1881, and the value OF the exports Of live
animals increased from II ,045,U89 In 1870 to
SIG, AZ, 398 In 1881. The value of the prod.
ucts OF agriculture during the last fiscal
year amounted to $129. 65o.018. Itexceeded
the value of such exports during the pre-.
ceding year by $43, 6SS, 915, and it was larger
than during any previous year Ia the history
Of the country. The value Of such exports
constituted S2.55 per cent. Of the entire
value OF the exports Of domestic merchan.
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 1850, aud more than twice as great m
the value Of such exports during the year
1870.
The value Of the products Of agriculture
exported from the United States during the
years 1880. 1870, 1850, 1870 and 1851, respect
lively, showed a fiuctuation Of only a0out
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 griculture-namely: the pro.
ducts of manufacture-kept pace with the
astonishing growth Of the expectation OF
the products Of agriculture.
The total value OF the imports Of mer.
chandise into the United States during the
last fiscal year amounted to $642, 1854 ,62S, Of
which the value Of the imports of sugar
and molasses amounted to $93, 40, 2SS,
or 1853 per cent. The va:uc OF
the imports of coffee amounted to
$50, e., S8l, or aA per cent. The valuesof
the imports Of iron and steel and manufact.
ures thereof amounted to $46, 439, TAI, or
7.28 per cent. The value Of the imports Of
silk and manufactures thereof amounted to
$43,9A, 965, or 6.6S per cent. The value Of
the imports of wool and the manufactures
thereof amounted to 81, S6O, 394, or q. SO per
cent. The value Of the imports Of chemicals,
drugs, dyes and medicines amounted to
$780, 9O, Ala, or $50 per cent, and the value Of
the imports Of cotton and manufacturer
thereof amounted to $31, vac, 6S7, or 4.97 per
cent. The total value Of the imports OF
these seven commodities and classes Of com.
modittes amounted to $Sl9, 00O. S06, and con.