The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-08-06
| STUPENDOUS FIGURES
OF AMERICAS TRADE WITHTHE
WORLD.

Exports of Cotton Roach S20I,OOO 900.
Provisions SI3s.0oO, 900, and Bread
stufs &I2B,OOO,O00-The Total Tratie
Crowds $4,000. OOO. OOO-The Past Year
the Keaviost known.
The Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury
Department has Issued summary and
review Of the foreign commerce and I'm
IN 9rat!on of the United States daring
the fiscal year ended June aN 1su1. 1t
gives also comparison of the imports
and exports during the past nine months,
as compared with the correspond II
nino months of the preceding year
The statement says that the total val
ne of the commerce. of the last fiscal
year was tho greatest IN the history f
the Government, and exc, cdcd the tot al
value Of the commerce of 1890 by the
sum Of So, l9l. SOB The commerce Of
$50 was the largest for any ycar In
the history Of the Government up to
that time, exceeding the commerce Of
the prior year by the sun Of S159 GOG, O'i;,.
our total commerce during the past iis-
cal year amounted to 81, TO, 800 :! g.
During the year there was an increase
Of our imports OF merchandise, in order
Of magnitude, In the following articles:
Coffee, tin plates, hides and skins, fruits,
chemicals aud drugs. india rubber aud
gutta rcrcha, sugar and moasses,
ct:- There has been decline IN tho
value OF our imports of wool and manu-
features thereof, silk aud manufactures
thereof, hemp and tutc and mauufuct-
urcs thereof. brcaastutfs, and animals.
IA al
chandisc during the last year was ss44.-
9c5, 4,'l. The total value of our exports
of merchandise during the samc period
was ssh. AIS, 4O5, which ,hows an excess
In favor Of exp rts, during the fiscal
year, Of $50, 5l4,9Ii. There was also an
excess Of exports Of DOM site mcrchan-
disc over such exports of the prior year
of go, .'41, TH7. The increase in the cY-
ports has been III the following articles,
stated IN order Of sna2n!tudc Of increase:
Raw cotton, provisions. refined sugar.
cotton manufactures, copper and manu-
factures thereof, and from and steel and
manufactures thereof.
The ,ulue of tho leading articles Of
exports from the United States during
the past year was as follows: Cotton,
5000, 10, sos: brcadstufs, SET, GGe, 092;
provisions. sl3s. l7d,G3s
Stncr Oct. IL 1880, to juno 30. 1904,
Inclusive, the total imports Of mcrchan-
disc We're 263o 2of, O0., as compared
with sos, 40, sos, the value of such i'm
ports for the corresponding period of
ls:'o, which shows an excess for the
nine months Of 1901 of sal. !3f, 100.
The exports # gold and silver during
the last fiscal year were Sos. 12y. 2es;
and the imports were S3H,2l2, 334, an
excess OF exports Of .o,51G."34. The
exports Of god during tho last fiscal
year were $50, 3h3, G22. Tho imports OF
gold were S1>,24G,5l". showing an cx-
cess of exports Of gold Of S6s, ll7.lln,
the largest excess Of exports Of &c d In
any year OF our commerce.
There has been large increase in the
volume of immigration into the United
States during til" last fiscal yoar The
total number arr wing was 55l, 43f. as
against i1l,2l9 during the fiscal year
1880, showing al increase during tic
last fiscal y ar of 1Oi. 21.. This Increase
is largely from the following countries:
Italy. 23,354; Austria hungary, II, sci:
Germany, 2l.112; Russia Gnclud'ng Po-
landl. 2s.2i1.