New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-01
NOTES on TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

CorPsR-The statement is made bv The Engineer
ina and MRiag Journal that the contracts for ex-
ports of copper already aggregate about 81 100000
pounds This presumably refers TO the ingots
only and not to the ore, of which 1o.42J,2oO
pounds were exported last year. besides about
81 400 900 pounds of copper manufactured In
various forms Assuming that the ore contained
copper III proportion 10 It's officially reported value,
the net exports last year may have been equivalent
TO about 71,000,000 pounds of copper, or
about 81, 700 tons. A report by Henry *. Mer-
ton & Co., of London puts the total production of
copper in the world last year at 20S,3l3 tons. of
which the United States produced 63,950; Spain
and Portugal. 1866; Chill. 41.6iS; Germany,
l47S2; Australia, 1890, and all other countries.
80 800 tons. According these figures, the pro-
duction of the United states last year was over 30
per cent of the aggregate. If the net exports were
n 700 tons there were left for consumption in this
country g, $50 tons. little less than sixth of
the worlds entire consumption. But for the de-
cline Of ship-buildiug here. the proportion would
be much larger in telegraph and telephone wires
and supplies the consumption Is probably much
greater than in any other country.
ANTHRACITE Coal OUTPUT.-A curious table in
The RdilrOdi Gazette shows the capacity OF the
anthracite coal mines and the actual output in each
of the last five years, with the p3roentaEe or out
each wear. In 1881 the number of working days
was largest namely 266, aud in that year the
mines produced 9i.2 per cent of their full
canacty. according to the tables. But in 1894 the
number of working days was smaller than in any
other wear and the mines produced only 500 per
cont of their capacity. In effect, onefth OF their
earning power measured IN tons was thrown away,
beeause the market would not take more coal ut
the price which was maintained by curtailing pro-
dnction. But the statement of working days leads
to the impression that the actual capacity Is
greater than the tables show and consequently
that the waso of earning power In quantity by
cnrtalliuc production IS even greater IL 30.700,-
600 sean be nut out i'll 206 working days. IL would
seem that the capacity of the mines for productoh
in a full year must be moro than 3S.13Oooo tons.
In any case the progressive inability OF the mines
TO employ their full working force Is fact worthy
of notice. ,.
GRAIN ExpoRrs-In April, according to the Of
6ciol statement little over lO,OOOOOO bushels Oh
wheat went out of the country, including only
4 sos 517 bushels wheat, and IN -four the equiva-
Ie,t of r 1868 1872 bushels wheat In April, 1854,
,ho exoorts were but little less in aggregate guam
,ity namely @ 800 2O3 bushels but there WAS ln-
cIrded onlH 3277 1877 bushels IN The form OF Hour.
The yroat progress made each year In supplying
foreign markets with the manufactured producI
| instead of the unground wheat is encouraging
Tbe price this year has been so low. however, that
the value received go. S77 ,025) was smaller than
in April of last year. CS10,071,626l, although the
ouantlty exported was larger. The average was
only 9S cents for each bushe its equivalent this
year. against 81 o. for each bushel last year The
movement in May has not been as large, from the
Atlantic ports at least, as in the corresponding
month OF 1884 The incomplete trade statements
show exports from tho principal Atlantic ports OF
only 4.sO0,O00 bushels. flour included, against
8 O26 O40 bushels for four weeks OF Nav. 1854
The price has been held above 81 per bushel nearly
the whole month. and, with the supplies In sight,
| tbis has tended to check the outward movement.