Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-11
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
Figures Cleaned from statistician Brooke
Statements.

Figures Cleaned from Statistician Brooke
Statement.
WASHINGTON, Aug. dissatisfaction
Brock has issued statement of imports
and exports which is interesting. 1tis the
monthly summary statement of imports
and exports by articles, quantities and
values for the month Of June and the
twelve months ended June 80 last. A
comparison is made with the correspond
ing month and twelve months of the
prior year, that during the month of
June the imports were of the value of
$73, ,458, 148, or about So ,000, 900 less than
one year ago. Of this value $39, ,997 1889
represented the value of merchandise
that came in free of duty, and $34, $685.
957 the merchandise that paid duty.
During the twelve months the value of
imports of merchandise was $Sf4,-
907, III, or $55, ,596,70s over the prior
year.
There is q large decrease in imports of
dutiable merchandise and large in
crease In imports of merchandise free OF
duty. The decrease of dutiable mer-
chandise as compared with 1890 was
&44, 973, ,324, and the increase of free mer-
chandise was $l00,570, ,032. This de-
crease in dutiable merchandise was, in
order of magnitude: Sugar, which was
transferred to the free list in March,
&86, ,942, 172; manufactures OF wool, $l5.-
622, 352; fax, hemp and jute, "a 1897 1876;
manufactures of tobacco, "a ,32l $50
There was an increase In the imports of
about $15, 600 600 in tin plates, and Of
nearly $3, 900, 600 in metal compositions,
and of over $1, ,00O, 600 in fruits and vege-
tables.
In free merchandise the large increase
was made up of $42 ,505, ia in sugar and
moiasses, $l1 1866, ,245 in coffee, $l4,606,-
600 in textile grasses; jute etc, "a $685.
794; $3, ,b55, 900 in fruits, $3, l55,28 in
india rubber. There was decrease Of
o., PAS, 1856 in free raw silk. II will be
seen the increase in the value of imports
of free merchandise was on articles Of
necessity, such as sugar, coffee, textile
fibers fruits, hides and india rubber.
Under the operation of the new tariff
for the coming year the increase Of mer-
chandise imported free of duty will be
much greater, and they are principally
Of such articles rs are not to great ex-
tent produced in this country.
Exports.
The value of the exports of domestic
merchandise from the United States dur
ing the month Of June was $50, 1858, ,G92,
and nearly a., 900 900 greater than for
June, 1890. The total value for the
twelve months ended June 80, last, was
$S72, ,270, ,2S3 or $2G, or ,455 greater than
for the prior twelve months. The prin-
cipal articles in which there has been an
increase were cotton $780, 714, ,106, refined
sugar "a 900, 900, manufactures of cotton
Al, ,685, $50, manufacturer of iron and
steel q, ,35G, 961, meat products $2,752,-
985, copper and manufactures of g., $685.
20D manufactures of cotton $3,605, ,205.
During the same time there has beel
decrease OF $26, ,S04, ,27l in the exports of
breadstuffs, of nearly $4,000, 900 in man
ufactures of wood, 81 900, 600 in canned
salmon, 81 ,432 900 In furs.
In the order of value there were ex-
ported from the United States: Cotton,
S290, 712, 1893; provisions, $189,017,47l;
breadstuffs, $l28, l2l ,65e; mineral oils,
$46, 100, ,262; animals, $32, ,935 ,0S6 manu-
factures Of iron and steel, $2S, 300, 175;
manufactures of wood, sec, 08,0l4; to-
bacco, $21 ,033, 750.
Immigration.
The tide Of immigration still keeps up.
During June last the number that ar
rived was 6S,817, or an increase Of 49,
707 over June, 1890, OF these 10,537
were from Germany, 9,842 from Russia,
1887 from Italy, 1910 from Ireland, u
60l from Sweden and Norway. During
the twelve months 554 ,496 immigrants
arrived on our shores, an increase of
1O3,277 over the arrivals Of the prior
wear