The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-29
A GREAT INCREASE.
The Total Commerce Of the
Country.
Largest Amount in the History Of the
United States.
Value Of the Business OF the Past Fiscal
Year-0Ver Eighty Millions Greater
Than Any Previous Year.
srecisl to THE MORNING CALI.

WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The Bureau of
Statistics of the Treasury Department has
issued a review of the foreign commerce and
immigration of the United States during
The fiscal year ended June 80, 1891. 1t gives
also comparison of the imports and ex-
ports for the past nine months, during
which the new tariff law has been in effect,
as compared with the corresponding nine
months of the preceding fiscal year. Tie
total commerce of the past fiscal year was
the greatest in the history of the Govern
ment, and exceeded the total value of the
commerce of 1890 by So, 191, 1903. The COM
-merce of 1890 was the largest for any year
In the history of the Government up to that
time, exceeding the commerce Of the prior
year by Sl59606063. Our total commerce
during the past fiscal year amounted to
81, I29, $50, S96 During the year there was
an increase of our imports OF merchandise,
/ In the order Of their magnitude, in the fol-
lowing articles: Coffee, tin plates hides and
skins, fruits, chemicals and drugs, india
rubber and gutta percha, sugar and mo-
lasses, etc. There has been a decline in
value in our imports of wool and the manu-
factureS thereof, silk and the manufactures
thereof, hemp and jute and the manufactures
thereof, breadstuffs and animals.
The total value of the exports of mer-
chandise was SSS4. 43j 405. which shows an
excess In favor of exports during the fiscal
year of S39, ,5l9.9l4. There was also an ex-
cess of exports Of domestic merchandise
over such exports in TIE prior year of S26,-
941, 737. The increase in exports has been in
the following articles stated in the order of
the magn ltude of the Increase: Raw cot
ton, provisions, refined sugar, cotton man.
ufactures, copper and the manufactures
thereof, ir on and steel and the manufactures
thereof. The values Of the leading articles
OF exports from the United States during the
past year were as follows: Cotton $780,
70S.3gS, breadstuffs S127.66S, 092, provisions
SI3S l7663S.
Since the new tariff law has been in oper-
alton. from October 6, 1890. to June 80, 1891,
inclusive, the total value of the exports of
merchandise was S632, 2O6.o05, as compared
with S59S, 7G9, ,905 Tor the corresponding pc
rlod OF 1880, which shows an excess for the
nine months OF 1891 of S3l ,436, 100 The
value OF the imports of merchandise admit
ted free during tn nine months ending June
30 1891, was S295, ,963. Go, while the value OF
imports for the corresponding period OF 1890
was SOS, ,9S3.S73, showing an Increase in the
free imports during the past nine months OF
S6G,979, ,792. Durn. tie same period, which
ended June 80, 1891, the imports Of mer-
chandise paying duty were of the value of
1854, 242, $40, AS compared with $3.50, 7S6, 032
for the corresponding period of 1890; so it
appears there has been a decrease during
the last nine months OF the fiscal year 1891
in the value of dutlable imports of
S55, JAS, 692
During the nine months since the new
tariff went into effect, of the total value of
merchandise imported into the country
corresponding period of 1890 "a. o. per cent
was admitted free. Ii appears tnat the
value OF The merchandise imported free dur
ing the last nine months of the past fiscal
year was greater by $50, 100000 than the
value OF such merchandise admitted during
the Whole OF 1890 and nearly $40 GOO coo
greater than during the period of the fiscal
year ended June so, 1889 The exports of
gold and silver during the last fiscal year
were Sl0S, 729, 2SS and imports $50, 2l2, 334, an
excess OF exports OF SI2.5l6, ,953. The exports
oil gold during The last fiscal year were $751;
363, ,622, imports Of gold SIS. 246 jl2, showing
an excess of exports Of SOS ,li0, the
largest excess or exports in any year of our
commerce.
There has been a large increase in the vol
ume of immigration into the United States
during the last fiscal year. The total num-
Der arriving was 555 456 as against 451, ,2l9
during the year of 1890. This increase is
largely from the following countries: Italy,
23,354; Austria Hungary, u, SOL Germany,
Il, l22; Russia, including Poland IS, 245