The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-07
FINANCIAL AND COTTON
FINANCIAL.

TuE November statement OF imports and ex-
. vorts nv the bureau os statistics. says tbs Cht-
3 esgo Times. shows a total 81 free merchandise
Imported duIins he eeNen moi'a lss esEed NO.
Sha same lime in ISL Probably II Will worry
some of our statesmen TO learn that our Imports
nom ;he Hawaiian islands amounted To S7,GS9
S,r,'~s, me earlier one. The imro' Is OF sugar
incre ased from S5l79 90I pounds 10 l07,995, $50
IN this increase in sweet imoortS from the little
ialand KINGDOM some statesmen VIII no doubt
tses eyiden,e that touch Of ire trade viii ruin
~ infant industry down IN Louisiana where
0ianters waste one third of theirerop and p.y ~
; Lei cent for borrowed money, and thank their
4blassed stars for protection
( II The total value of dutiable merchandise I'm.
n y,orted during the eleven months was Si9S 672 .
Y IN against s456. 80, 4s7 the same time in 1881
81 The largest Increase was In wool and woolens
81 cotton and linen goods, and some terms of iron
y and steel. The largest inc. ease in iron imports
comes under the head OF steel ingo,s, bars
sheets, and wire, which goes 10 show what the
steel rail men INT ant by inducing the tariff IN.
mission 70 reduce the duties on ingots Of "a GER
tain kind
The exports of domestic merchandise fell oiY
from S759 ~ 2S3 in 1881 TO s659 55i 1876 In lSS2
aoThe excess OF merchandise exports over imports
.~Slyer slSg, ee3O0, which fact win give much
,aS"Nt SslOn 10 our brilliant balance-of. trade
,,yatiho.s Va Nevertheless we impaired only
Iheorlsss NJ sold, while we exported
al, 2boSo.nSS of~ that metal This important
SS7, Ss'.W move lylnOse same theorists 10 llt up
iact wam"cSsin anenialion They win. how
ever, DC IN }polled 1871 1874 in silver while
fact thas I'd ply SlG6S6 $50. The balance lad.
We eNposss sr}aller IN the case OF silver, and so
verse MARY ~ The treasury has to beg congress
t 9ns S ssS v''''F'O0H
,ocrsese of the national debt In January
Tux $50 against sl5. 4lS 229 in December
was ei9oreas since the beginning Of the fiscal
Ths e Mss bsa s95OO7 6G7. Considering the great
year ". sle appropriations for the current
incresN|. tose for the last, and considering also
yeat,oO,IA fot revenue IN consequence OF The
taS anu a rate of debt redsc,
that blld be maintained As no
Non Auon will be likely to take
taS SO the end of the current year, the
siieycpow seems to be that the total pay
pryohe year will exceed even that OF last
ny web ives not far from SIS, co. 600. me
Yetitin the amount of continued 81 out
fdiulsas about Sls,Uo00O0 during January
thscrease IN 3 was only about 81, GOO COO
he retted cash balance available is sl43 25s /.
lSswtl is nearly St OUD,USJ less than II was a
nonihO This would seem to indicate that
lths r.3r dangerous process OF depicting the
Iresery still geing on. About that however
we CA i better when the treasurer's monthly
4 statei is received. The amount of gold and
Z siivet tifcates outstanding increased during
4 iheu h from sl37 46S 500 TO si45 622,Il0 The
mere consisted wholly or mainly in gold Gel
thca though the statement il, Ms usual silent
upCSn point Why the two items should be
incl in one is II conundrum that nobody but
tr(ry official can answer.