Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-03-30
.u.p9r.- nrsi Exports OF the
sDi.rti States.

sDi.rti States.
From the quarterly report of the
chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the
/ Treasury Department of the United
States, relative to the imports, exports,
etc, for the three months ending Sept.
SO, 1880. which has lately come TO
hand. and with the aid OF a copy of the
Revised Statutes of the United States,
we can make some notes and state some
facts which, perhaps, are not generally
known to the people of this county.
The total value Of dutiable merchan-
disc imported into the country for the
three months was, in round numbers,
100 millions Of dollars. and this was
about orc-third larger than that for the
same quarter Of the preceding year.
The largest items of this, according to
value, We're brown sugar SO million
pounds valued at IL million dollars
Ground numhers): manufactured silk
valued at $l2 600 600; wool, and hair
of the alpaca goat, manufactured about
Sl4 900 600 worth, unmanufaetuTed ST.
435. $40 Iron and steel and mauufac
lures Of pig-iron So, 1894 worth; Old
and scrap iron S3,742 1874; railroad
rails Cf steel. S2035. 9lS, of iron ST.
$50 T2S; o together of iron and steel
about Is million dollars worth, which
was much larger than usual for quar-
ter Manufactured cotton about So
0G0 600 worth; manufactured fax
ab2ut $4,000 900 worth; buttons ST.
or, 1856 chemicals sl,430,6S9 earth
ern, stone. china and fancy ware !
million dollars worth; fruits and nuts
sl,3l5.56 manufactured leather, in
Guiding kid gloves, p million d,llars
worth; paintings and statuary $685.
1856; precious stones S2,0ll,S23; soda,
and the salts of, II million dollars
worth ; tobacco and manufactures of !
million dollars worth; wine. spirits and
cordials. about , million dollars worth;
boards, joists, etc, form Canada, we
suppose) about 2 million dollars worth;
some II million pounds Of rice were
imported duringthe quarter, but was
valued at but $403.T2S.
For the twelve months endinr Sept |
80, 1880, the total value of articles i'm
ported that wer datiablc was s4G3, 0l3.,
93l
Brown sugar is taxed according TO a
test of strength or value at from : to
4 cents a pound, sugar candy at 10
cents pound, confectionery 80 per
centum ad valorem, molasses 5 cents a
gallon; wooden cloths, shawls, etc. SOC
per pound and 81 per cent ad yalorem;
fannels, blankets, etc, 80 to soc per
lib and 30 per cent ad. valorem; pig-iron
81 ton E; railroad iron roe per hundred
pounds; steel | &c per pound : manufac-
turcd cotton and G cents per yard and
from 10 20 80 per cent ad. va!orcm. In
addition to the other duties there is a
duty imposed on goods, wares, etc,
produced in countries east Of the Cape
of Good Hope, when imported into this
country from places west Of the Cape
of Good Hope This is called dis
erinlinating duty and Includes many
articles otherwise on the free list
The total revenue derived from Gus
toms amounts to about $50 millions of
dollars per year, which with that re-
ceivedysfrom the internal revenue,
about 10 millions per year, forms the
bulk of the receipts of the National
government at present.
The total value of goods, free of du-
tics, imported during the quarter. was
S46, ,T94 906, Inc largest items of which
were, coffee 81 million pounds, valued
at II million dollars Ground nun!bers);
hides, skins and furs valued al Sj,6l2,-
3S5; crude india-subber and gutta-percta
81 9o5 22l; rags. 81 ala 90j; raw silk,
81, 435 $50; tea 327l3 095 pounds val
ucd at $6,Gl3.2l0; chemicals $l.45l,-
OF; gums $6Sl ,252; bar and block tin
$59S, ,9@1; unmanufactured wood $780,
4S2 Brown sugar, admitted free from
the Hawaiian Islands, under reciproci-
~ treaty. IA million pounds valued at
50 ,GSf For the ~ months ending
Sept. 80, 1880. the total value of art-
cles imported free OF duty was $2l3,-
1929.
The principal experts OF domestic
merchandise for the months were
wheat to the value OF $50, 331, ,09G F;
wheat -four $l0036, ,0l2; corn $l6276,-
96l; unmanuiactured cotton S2l9T3,-
SO; horned cattle $5,Gl6,8 ,899; illumin-
ating oils (mineral) about 10 million
dollars worth; bacon and hams Si2,-
S95 4G4; cheese Si.453 T36; butter 81
T25. 1872; lard S6.695 rs; tallow So, ,25T,-
0S4; leaf tobacco ~ .4l8 SCI. The to-
tai value of our exports for the three
months was $20G. 557,5l5, of which 27
million dollars worth was carried away
in American vessels, III million dol
lars worth in foreign vessels and tho
Aa!anee in care, etc. Che most CT the
goods brought to this country were
also brought in foreign vessels The
total value Of merchandise exported
during the II months ending Sept 80,
1880 was S85z7l9,04l.
The total value in dollars OF The
gold aGd silver coin and bullion brought
into the country during the II months
ending Sept 80, 1880, was $86l88.-
546, of that exported $7,l5S, 799
Court EOnsc nOing.s
A rule was granted On Il G. Pop-
terfield to show cause why he as ex-
ecutor should not pay a judgment COM
ing to j. n Patterson
The following wills were probated by
thp Registers
Eliza S Adams of slipperyrock
township. Josiah Adams, executor
Dixon Atwell Of Venango county,
John Kimcs, executor.
William A. Krumpie of Buffalo
township, Mary Krumpe, executrix
Esther A. Flick of Mddlescx town
ship j b Flick and S. Montgomery
eyachtors.
Levi Dale, guardian Of s NJ Nc