The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-17

or to 1 81. which was slo.751.S2s. During tho
s1itc eleven months Of lsoJ-H the viue
OF the cspuft. Of merchandise has ex-
{. edei the vaItfs sf the imports by the
sunI Of s77.sS .5s6 Tns iu1ro t,ree Of this
isrSc excess of exports 6ver im1
ports &:li be appreciated when IL w. eon'
pared with the eSct'.s ~ exports OF the hS'
cal year 1890, when It was .So t9sS.27i. In is,y
tse bui2nce OF tr;iie was against 5s. and tho
imports cxees.ied the exports 80 I3t27I i"
1883 the balance against us vas still larger,
and til imports exceeded the exports szS,-
OF, ,fo7. 1t will be observed that the ircreaso
In the value of our exports of merchandise
Is large and very gratifying. The value OF
our exports for the eleven months ending
August 81. 1891, viz: 1sI ISIS 1. exccrdStI
SLlne of the exports for any year in the his
tSrv 6f otfr comfncfre. exseps the nsch
Years tsSt and 1871. The value OF onr rxPoits
for the twelve I;.sIiflis tdinE August 81. 1881.
which includes Septeu1bes, IsTI Itnd tiie frst
eleven months under the new ist'ni was
70 e.-6i,i $, or In round numbers about 1871
UOH greater than during any previous h~cil
yeff fhis iaree volume Of exports Of nier-
chandise ana The 1zees. Of tIs same over
the value Of imports OF I,teEeh.paisc u very
gratifying.
CHARACTER AND VALUE OF ENroRfs
The large increase in our exports il al.
most wholly confined to two classes-viz:
Tile Products of agriculture and mannIac-
| trFs = THE valus Of the exports of agri-
| cultural prt',iucts aurtng the twelve months
ending August 81; Issii was ;65. iii.1,
against SC O,i!5 Ois. for the Ike period Uf the
prior year, an increase of 81. 2sh,!il: JnS
exports of manufactured products amonnf
ed 10 $40, 60 3ll, against 3i51 ,5i0il for the
priot III fiot, an increase of Sly.9SS,2I0. The
1 "a tiPzR classes of
KIP RI. aIfiotsritHd to IS. 269 81. During the
| month of Au gust; 1881; thete ~as mn lncrcIre
| in tn. v .lur of exports df the ffruinets OF
agriculture a. compared with AuEnst. IsyJ'
/ of $I5,.9,.9 ?, and an increase OF mariufasi
turts of 81 ss52. There WAS also an increa~e
in the products Of fisheries and of miscel-
lIncous products.
| INPoRTs AND ExToRIs UNDER RECIPROCITY.
| The reciprocity cause OF the new tariff Il
open Iig new Inarkgis and increasing the de-
| mlnd for our pr1ducts. During the year
| cndi,is June TO- ~. our exports of doinrstic
nroiutts to Hrstzil affiouittrd to Slt y2,i iy6
| and in 1881 to slfgIg g75, an Increase az fl.'
| 1871. The treaty W tn Brazil went Into ef
| feSt Apri! last; and IL II not to be expected
that the results will be very marked MS yet.
During the five months ending With August
| L. 1880, our domestic exports of mcr-
| chandisc to Brazil amounted to 81 1851,
| aud during the same period of lsyi. under
| the operation of the reciprocity treaty, to
| .6s05.lsa an Increase of .l.l695,2. During
| til. month Bf August last alCne, "a compared
| with August, lSE1, the. was nm Increase
| In the taIue Of ,ur exports OF merchan-
disc to Brazil Of ,+Ji This increase in
| exports to Brazil since the reciprocity treaty
4 went into effect was mainly In locomotives,
| steam engines, machinery and cars for
| tramuaYs and railways. wheat, flour, bacon,
| boards, planHs, etc. Theirs has been de-
| ere use In the exports Of wheat, lard and cot
| ton manufactures. Our trIdc with Brazil
| will doubtless continue to largely increase.
| The reciprocity treaties " tn Santo Domingo
| and with Spain concerning the trade re!a-
tions with Cuba and Porto Il co did not go
| intn effect until September /, and rs yet
| there are no available statistics to show
| the rffcrts Of the treaties upon our com
mcrce. Til, Sc will appear later on, and will
| probably show an In reased demand for our
| products. During the year ending June g.,
| 1881, the valnc of our imports of merchandise
was: From Cuba. ssl.5li.a9j: Por;o REQ,
S; Ifi. .Ii1. srnto Domingo, .I,6lOsi0. During
| she same period tile ya.ue of our cxport>tp
| these same countries was: To Cuba, S!2.-
| 2?I.sis. Porto Rico, :2,lbj,2I. san;o DO
mingo, 81 ln2a,.5i.
| our imports from these islands CONSIST
| principally of sugar anI mOlass ., tobacco
| and manufactures thereof, and fruits and
| nuts. our exports to these Islands are
chiefly Of prpvisioas. comprising meats and
dairy products, brradstun-. manufactures
| Of Irrn anil steel As these islands have
| importrd from other countri,s largely of
these and other articles, and by the recent
/ reciprocity treaty the heavy tyr II has b" n
| in part or whole removed from the products
| that will be exported to them from tho
/ United States, it Is a reasonable conclusion
/ that there will he a marked increase in our
| exports of agricultural and manufactured