New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-02
The MONEY MARKET


"aAi0e anu specie Tor the whole United Stat. a
tne month OF August. Mr. Joseph Nimno ir Co.,.
oi BUREAU Is entitled to communication 10, a.
| promptness with which these statistics OF frs, =,
pof'ahce 10 the whole commercial and ipanei.,
community, recently have been prepared and puA
nshed' IhE TRIBUNE OF September 4 In rsyiewn,
the returns Tor tho mouth Of July, and the copars
tive results OF the movements for the months eud.s
July 81, 1881 and 1882, ventured TO say: "Tbs
month OF August did not do much. If anything
| toward lettering the situation in the balance :,
trade The official returns show that in the month
OF August the imports of merchandise exceeded thu
| exports $3,056439, and that including the specs
movements the imports exceeded the exports
$939,235. For the same month Of 1881 the mer.
chandise exports exceeded the imports S.. 7S3 425
and including the specie movements the ports ex
ceeded the imports $9s7,318
Inc following table shows the totals Of imports
and expor;s of merchandise and specie for the
| months oil August, 1881 aud 1882:
IMPORTS.
553 .s ~ BE- :s:,
Total imports. sG7,74I24s sG6sl49s7 Dec ss9e-sii
EXPORTS.
s; ssss s:;$s
Total Ts. s5Saoa7Oa Dec s2822s5s
owe over 4 IMPORTS ports: sas7alc ......... .....
over exports. s939236 sie2ebSl
For the eight mOnths-January to August 81
OF this year, the merchandise movements were a
follows: Exports. $459,395,eI4; imports
$513,2S6,111; excess of imports, 500, $50 49Z
For the same period Of 1881; exports
5000 ,969; imports, SAL oil ,642; excess Of
exports, Sl14,394,327. There is a comparative
difference against the country of $16s 2s4, s24 Bat
the change in the specie movement for the r-spec.
tive periods reduces that difference to 500 985,
thus, in the eight months of 1882, specie imports
were $50, 453s5 exports, $50 sol 173; excess Of
exports, 81 .437.3lS; and for 1881. imports
$4l 677.475 exports $14, 247. 1874; excess Of i'm.
ports $27, 429, 541-diflerence TO credit Of this
| country, $6s,s66S59. We, however, con-
tnue our comparative tables from date of October
L, making up comparative record Of the
movements for eleven months For the eleven
months ended August 81. 1882, compared with the
same period of the preceding year, there an in
crease in the merchandise imports of S95, 100 s3s.
and decrease in the merchandise exports Of
S149763, 100; difference against the country,
$245, 550; the changes in the specie move
ments being a decrease Of S62 900 $50 in the i'm
ports and an increase of $34 752, 305 the exports
reduces the net difference 10 Sl4s, 747 GG3. For
chandise exports exceeded the merchandise imports
1888 AZ 500, and for the eleven months to August
81, 1882 tue merchandise imports exceeded tho
merchandise exports 81, 1913. The grand re-
sult-includng the merchandise and specie move
ments-Is that the excess of exports over the i'm
ports for the eleven months ended August 81, 1892,
is only $17603,299 against an excess Of
$166.3J0, 962 for the eleven months ended August
81, 1881 decrease, S14S,7 500.
The following is the comparative statement OF the
entire foreign movement of merchandise and specie
for the periods of eleven months ended August 81,
1881 and 1882:
IMPORTS.
August 81 lsso's1. lssI!s2. Diserencss
SO33Yss5 b E%S ss SS
Total imports sG77 8I2 s7IlIgs 100 Inc s3S7S62as
EXPORTS.
Merchandise sgd lsS $50 81 c1s 81 81 D.c
2Sssf5 s'5Sd7s3 RsS 5Ss
Total exprts. ssiSsl2s74 s72s.sOli5s Dec sn6Oll+5
Overinporis. le6o6csG2 l7sOs.29s Dec lls.7a7,6es
If the movement at New-York may be accepted
a criterion for est nates of the movements Of
the whole United STATES, the month of September
has passed without placing anything TO the credit
side of the merchandise account. During the last
four weeks the imports of merchandise at this port
exceeded the exports of merchandise 80, S4l.274,
against an excess for the same weeks oil last year
of only So, % 576-a difference to the wrong SIDE
OF So, 5S9, COS.
The record of the foreign merchandise movements
last week at this port shows imports in Of
exports, to the amount of 81, 007 998, against
cess for the week of 1851 of $44s, 93l-dfference,
$l,559,0G5 The value of the merchandise imported
last week is $10,29l, 260, or SSss, $3.50 more han
for the week of 1881 the value of the merchandise
exported is $685. 6i, or 500, 396 less than for
the week of 1881. For the thirty nine weeks since
January l. this year, the value of the merchandise
imported is $5l 1854, 945 greater than for the CORE
spending time in 1881. while the value Of
the merchandise exported is $39,256sH
less; difference against the port, 500, ,7s6.
For tue thirty-nine weeks of last year tho
imports exceeded the exports only S42 023 1885, thus
year the imports exceeded the exports 1872. 6355St
difference rs before stated, $9061l.7o6. To date
last year the imports of specie at this port
$40 $50, 500 exceeded tho exports by the sum OF
$3S O01 1888 to date this year the exports OF
specie S43 1S7 696) exceed the imports by the sun
of $40, 090, SOFA change of $7S,092,377 to the
credit of the port, yet lacking Sl2.5l9.iO9 Of
equalling the increased debit in the merchandise
account.
The following shows the imports and exports
other than Of securities. at NewYork since January
l. for 1881 and 1882:
IMPORTS.
1881 1880 Differences
Merchandise 1891 235 $40 sss2 ss5 me S5sg
specie 46,5s9,565 S097So2 Dee. iSis-ss
Total s877 $50 500 1856 6ssis7 Inc s7se2sa
EXPORTS.
1881 1882 Difference .
saS s35553 's issSsj R Ss
Total exports s297 709 ia s293 42997 Dee s4esSTT
the pot .'' s0O25.7sI s2.5l5.l9O Inc l2,'isVe
The weekly bank statement of averages pup
| shed yesterday shows loss of $2,5955Oo