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Of statistics Of The treasury depsrsosos
has issued = summary statement =
review Of tho foreign commerce and
immigration o6 the United states ~
ing the fiscal year ended jane ~ ISL
aud . comparison Of the imports end
exports OF the past nine months. durie9
which the new tariff tsw has been n
effect ~ compared with the corrs-
spcnding nine months Of the preceding
fiscal year.
The statement says that tho total
vaius Of the commerce Of the past 6scsi
year was the greatest Ia the history OF
the governmeut and exceeded b total
value Of the commerce OF 1880 BY eea.
l9i, sos The commerce OF 1870 va b
largest for any yesr In the history Of
the government up 20 that time. ex
ceeding the commerce Of the prior year
BY si59.ee -. 061 The total commerce
during the past fiscal year amounted 10
81. 10, so. s?6 During the year there
was an increase in imports of merrhan-
disc in the order Of magnitude. in the
following articles: Coffee. tin plates
hides and skins fruits chemicals and
drugs India rubber and gu,ss p-rcha,
sugar and molAsseA etc. There has
been . decline In the value of imports
Of wool and manufactures thereof. silk
and manufactures thereof, hemp and
s.s. ~rl .~..-a ~~-l hIanA-
tn s and animals
The total value Of imports of mer~
chandise during the last year was sss+.-
9O5. s9l. The total value Of exports OF
merchandise during the same period
WAS ess4. 42+.O5s. which shows An excess
in favor Of exports during the year OF
$50. SIG. GA There wAs also IN cxccss
Of exports of domestic merchandise
over imports of the prior year Of ~ ,eti.-
49,. The increase in these exports has
been in the following articles. stated in
order Of magnitude of increase: .
cotton. provisions refined sugar. cotton
manufactures copper and manafaci-
ures thereof, iron and steel and manu-.
features thereof
The value OF the leading articles OF
export from the United States during
the past year was rs follows: Cotton.
$500, 7os. s9s; brcadstuffA> sis7. s6s. oss.
and provisions si3s ls9. 63s.
Since the new tariff law has been In
operation. from October 1890. 10 June
80, 1891, inclusive. the total value of b
imports of merchandise was s6so. so6,-
COS. as compared with S59s, 100. 9os, the
value of such imports for the CORE
spending period Of 1890 which shows M
excess for the nine months OF 1891 OF
SCI, 436. 100. The value OF the imports OF
merchandise admitted free OF duty dur
ing the nine months ended June -. 1921.
was sos, 963, 65j. while the value OF
such imports for the corresponding
period Of 1890 was Sos. 96a. SO, showing
an increase in the imports OF free
merchandise during the past nine
months Of $50, 1927 During the same
period ended June 30. 1891. the imports
of merchandise paying duty was OF the
value Of s33s, et2, $40, rs compared with
$3.50. 80. 0S2 for the corresponding period
of 1890, Nd that 1t appears there has
been u decrease during the last nine
months OF the fiscal year OF 1891 In the
value Of dutiable imports OF s55. s43. 6ga
1T will he seer then, says the state
ment. that during the nine months
since the new tariff went into effect, Of
the total value of merchandise import
ed into this country s6 @ per cent
came In free. while during the CORE
spending period Of 1890. "a .. per cent
was admitted free. In fact, IL appears
that the value Of merchandise imported
free during the last nine months Of the
past fiscal year was greater by $50, 0oo.-
900 thar the value of such merchandise,
admitted during the whole OF 1890. and
nearly $40. 000. 900 greater than during
the prior fiscal year ended June 30.
1889"
The exports OF gold aud silver during
the last fiscal year were Sos, 's9,2ss.
and the imports were SO, si2. 3Jt. an cx-
cess Of exports Of So SIC. 95t The TX
ports of gold during the last fiscal year
were $50, 800. Or The imports of gold
were SIS, e46, 5i2, showing an excess Of
exports of gold Of SOS. III. Hottie
largest in any year.
There has been a large increase in
the volume Of immigration into the
United States during the last fiscal
year. The total number arriving wa
SIS. &56 as against +5l. 2I9 during the lis
cal year 1890, showing an Increase dur
ing the last fiscal year Of ioI.27T. This
increase is largely from the following
countries: Italy. .23.3 s.; Austria-Hun-
gary. I4,S1i; Germany. 81. isa; Russia.
including Poland. -. 24s.