New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-26
TIE COMMERCE OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR
A GRATIFYING IHCREAsE-TOTAL VALUE OF EX-
PORTS AND IMPORTS TIE GREATEST IN
ttrcropv or THE COTrNTVY
THE HISTORY OF TIE COUNTRY.

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| Washington, July % (SpacaD.-The statement of
the Chief Of the Bnrean OF statistics, showing the
| foreign commerce Of the country during the last
| wear. was made publc to-day. A comparison OF
this country's foreign commerce during the last ifs
cal year, ended July 30 1890. with that Of tho
preceding fiscal year, presents q gratifying ana
noticeable increase The total value of imports
and exports during the last year attained the high
est point ever reached by United states commerce,
amounting 10 G47192,014, against Sl,47''1 DID
O27 during the preceding fiscal year. increase or
$3.50 05s ,0s7. The values Of imports OF meichan-
disc also during the past fiscal year we're the hig-
est in the history of the commerce Of the country
amounting 20 7s0335, $50, against S'4o'lJloo2
during the preceding year, an increase OF S44'@U4'
2O3. Tho greater portion of the Increase In I'M
ports of merchandise occurred in the following ar
ticles banned in order of magnitude Of Increase:
sugar and rnOlasses. coffee, silk raw and manu-
factured crude India rubber and guttapcrcha.
manufactures Of cotton, vegetables and fruit There
was q decrease in the vaue OF imports OF raw WOOL,
hides and skins and manufactures OF iron ana steel.
The excess of exports over imports Of merchandise
during during the last fiscal year w0s S6712o,3o4.
OF exports, the value Of domestic merchandise was
3s45 ,302, s2e and Of foreign merchandise, $l2053,
831. The exports OF merchandise amounted to 1857
o5eI50, ~ against $7424OI,375 during ,hc fiscal
year 1850. an Increase Of Sl1j454,7ti.
During the last fiscal year. the value Of ex-
ports Of domestic merchandise was Sl1j,o2O,2l0 in
excess Of the value Of such exports during the pro
oedng year The greater portion Of the iucciI-e oc-
CURED In the following articles stated IN Tn" 0ricr
of magnitude of Increase: Provisions, bNadS'uhs,
cotton. iron and steel and manufactures there
OF; vegetable oils, manufactured tobacco ana
manufactures Of wood. OF this incra-e f@o,S7J,I2A
were in the value OF export, Of the following articles
In exports OF cotton cl3,lbO,07J, IN brcadstus,
F3O,146.431; In PROVISIONS @3l231,5lO. ana in cat
tie, sheep aud hogs, Sl1 ,G0I .4Or.
go last
70 about $2jl ,OOO, OOO-the largest annual export III
the history Of American commerce, excepting ia 1906
when IT valued at S2si,3-j ,223 but ms large
export value due 60 the high price OF cotton At
that time. In lrO6 GjO.j12.--D pounds were eA-
ported, while during the last year 2.4I,7OJ31S, or
nearly four times that quantity, were exported and
this the largest crop ever shipped ont Ot the
country In one year The combined value Of exports
Of cattle sheep aud hogs during tho year larger
:hau before IN any one year.
The exports aud imports Of gold and silver during
the last fiscal year are as follows: Exports,
esq, 92o2 imports. :3i.eo2ei0; an eSccss # cx,;
ports imports II Sl7,27i ,49I, and tho import Of
gold to 4l2,1l6,202, an excess Of exports over I'M
ports OF S435s iO6. During the months II Nav and
June last there was an excess Cf import, II SLY
amounting during the two months "a @3.O163OJ The
only fiscal showing On excess % imp rt> o! silver
over exports since I-47 7@2, Wien It Amounted
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