The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-13
FOREIGN COMMERCE.

WASHINGTON, Dec 12-The chief of the
bureau of statistics has issued the sum-
mary statement of imports and exports
for the month ending October 81, 1891, and
for the ten months ending the same date,
giving a comparison with the correspond
ing periods of 1890. From this summary
il appears that the value of the imports of
merchandise during the month of October
was S66. 1856 $50, as compared with SO. 550,
279 for October, 1890. The value of imports
for the ten months in 1891 was S693. .981, ,691,
as against S69S, 377, ,3l7 for the ten months
ending October 81, 1890 1t will be seen
that there is a slight decrease of imports.
This decrease was about 81 ,000, 600 in i'm
ports of animals free of duty, and about
5000, 600 in the manufactures of cotton
and So, 900, 600 in manufactures of flax, hemp
and jute; also decrease in the manufaC-
ture of silk of about 81 000, 600; of about
$4,000, 600 in leaf tobacco, and So 600 000
in barley. AT the same time there has been
An increase of nearly s. 600 900 in cheni-
Gals and drugs; of $20,000,O0O in coffee; of
$4,000, 600 in india rubber; of about 50 co.,
600 in manufactured silk, and of nearly
So 600, 900 in wool
In the matter of exports the summary
statement shows that the total value of
the exports during the month of October
1881, was about Sl02OO0 600, as against S19.-
00o.00 IN the same month of 1890. Dur
ing the ten months ending Oct. 81, 1891,
the value of American exports WAS S729-
55554l, as against 1860 529. .999 for the cor
responding ten months IN 1890. There is
an increase in exports since Jan. of this
year of $69.0 90 in round numbers. OF
the total exports during the ten months.
agricultural products were of the value of
S55S. 495. 442, as compared with S4S1. 2S5. 253
for the ten months of last year The
value of the manufactured products was
Sl4lO1o.9S2 as against $l29. 40S. 166 for the
ten months OF last year. 1t was observed
that there has been an increase of over S57.-
100000 in agricultural products and over
OOO0O0 IN the exports of manufactured
products. 1t shows very gratifying con-
dition in this country's foreign trade
During the ten months mentioned the
excess or exports over imports, or balance
Of trade in { is country's favor, was $46,-
449. BOZ. The increase in exports in bread
stutfs was over 81, ,000, 600; in cotton, about
$200OO,O0O; manufactures of cotton, about
S.o00,0 600; manufactures of iron and steel.
over S, ,0o0, 600; leather and manufactures
of. about 81 500. .000 At the same time
there has been decrease in the exports of
mineral oils OF something over 81 GOO 600
of Sl0,000,oo0 in the exports of provisions
and s.. 100000 in The exports of wood aud
manufactures thereof
AT the same time the condition of
American foreign trade has been very
encouraging, as the indications now are
that the exports during the mouth of No
vemoer will be largely in excess of what
they were in October, and this lsrce ex-
cess is mainly OF agricultural products all
OF which Is conducive OF good markets and
better prices for the farmers. During the
month OF october the excess of inoorts of
gold and silver over the exports WAS Sl5-
80, ,64 In other words, that much more
came to the United States than went out.