Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-08-21
OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE.

The complete official returns of tn
foreign commerce of the United State
: for the month of June show that tn
aggregate of imports and exports o
merchandise was unusually large, slight
ly exceeding S120, 100000, which is $40,
100000 more than last year, and S21,
000, 900 more than in June, 1888. Th,
merchandise exports were $50, 3,067, ,766
, which is $5,900,000 more than last year
and $S,400,000 more than in 1888, bu
the merchandise imports reached S75,
462 ,406, which is the largest for any sin
gle month in the history of the trade
but the indications are that even thai
| was exceeded in the month of July, the
returns for which are not yet available
The reason for such large imports, as
| is well known, is the impending change
in the tariff. Importers have bought
largely of such foreign goods as were
likely to be subject to higher duty
under the new law, so that, notwith-
standing the considerable in exports, the
balance of the trade in the merchandise
movement alone was so ,394'640 against
this country, which compares with $12,
541 $40 last year. Yet with such large
adverse balance our exports of specie
and bullion in June were only $4,799,-
125, against $21, ,33S,377 last year, and
the excess of specie exports over i'm
ports was only S2,471,061 this year
against $19,2S1 $50 last year.
The report for the month of June
completes the statistics for the fiscal
year, making the aggregate merchandise
imports and exports slightly over ST.
647, 100000, and the largest in the his
tory of the country. We see it stated
in some journals that the aggregate was
larger in the fiscal year ended June 80,
1881, but that is erroneous; the mer
chandise exports were larger that year,
aggregating 1902 $1,000, but the i'm
ports were only S642, ,664, 900, making
together about 45,000,000; by ad-
ding the imports of specie, $110,574,OOO,
and the exports of specie, 81, ,406, 900,
the aggregate foreign commerce that
year was 81 100000. For the past
year the merchandise exports were
1851, 1856, 159, and the imports $7S9, 1885,
S55, making a total of $1,647, ,192, OLA,
which is $102,000,000 more than in 1880
81. Including specie, of which the ex-
ports were $52, ,129, POP, and the imports
$34 ,902, $40, the aggregate is 81, 1884, ,000,-
000,or $59,000,0 900 in excess of that year.
Another thing would be taken into con-
sideration In comparing with that year,
and that is that prices were then much
higher than now; if the quantities of
commodities exported the past year were
valued at the prices current in 1881 the
aggregate value would approximate
81 ,000,0 1000.
The merchandise exports the past year
were nearly $115, 100000 more than for
the preceding year, and the imports
were $44 100000 in excess of last year.
Including specie the net balance of
trade was $S5,746,557 in our favor,
against $64, ,948, 1873 for the preceding
year.
The greater portion of the increase in
exports occurred in provisions, cotton,
iron and steel and manufactures thereof, |
oils, leaf tobacco and manufactures of
wood, in the order named. OF the in
crease over $13,000,000 was in cotton,
over $30,500,000 in breadstuffs, over
$31, 100000 in provisions, and nearly
100000 in cattle, sheep and hogs.
The large exports of our commodities |
have evidently stimulated trade at home,
and the fact that we were able to take |
and assimilate such large quantity of
foreign commodities gives assurance of
a highly prosperous condition of the
mercantile interests of the country.
THE HARVEST PROSPECTS.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The drought has done considerable
damage to the crops in the Western
States. Reports from Kansas and Hi
nois are especially gloomy In Kansas
where, one month ago, the prospects of
the corn crop were stated to be 80 per
cent, are now reported at but 33 per
cent. of an average crop. The month
of July was the hottest Kansas has
known for twenty years. Out of the 102
counties in Illinois only four fail to
complain of the lack of precipitation
and its damaging effect on the growing
crops. The effect on corn can be esti-
mated from the following conditions
given for August l, as compared with
an average: In the Northwestern division
the condition is reported at 6S, in the
Central at 79, and in the Southern at 81
making the State average about 81.
These facts and figures correspond in
nreat measure with those of other corn
producing States.
In Kansas, however, the yield of wheat
is found to be better than was expected.
Thirty to forty bushels per acre are
reported, testing 62 to 65 pounds per
bushel. The aggregate wheat prod
uct will be about 100000 bushels.
The flax area has been greatly increased,
and the crop is very good. The oats
crop, although short, is yielding better
than was eXpected-a yield from 40 to
20 bushels per acre is reported from q
of counties.
The wheat harvest in Illinois is not so
as that in Kansas. The acre
age of wheat harvested was about ,300,-
600, and the total yield 14,560,000 bush
els. The estimated area seeded to oats
is $3.50, 900 acres; the average yield per {;
acre for the State is Is bushels, making
a total yield of 58,500,000 bushels as
with 142,000,000 bushels last {
year. The weather has changed for the
better since the figures were obtained,
and the final rOturns of the wheat and
corn harvest may prove more favorable
than the partial reports would indicate.
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