New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-21
FOREIGN TRADE GROWING.
soME INTERESTING FIGURES FOR FREE
TRADES.
IMPORTS AMOUNTED TO 81, 100000 MORE IN THE
srvrx MONTHS ENDED JULY 81, 1891. THAN
IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR AND
90 PER CENT OF THE EXPORTS
AMOUNTED TO NEARLY
s4o,oOoOOo MORE.
1sr TELEGRAPH TO THE TsIBUsE.I

,ro.A,rrtoD Cont ooThe Bureau OF Statistics yes
to-day issned a summary statement of imports anu
exports for the month of July ms sta|eiheh' 40 -
Of unusual interest and importance, because II nov s
comnares the exports and imports for July, 1871 VIII
those ~ July 1890. but makes like comparison mi
the period Of seven months ended July d. lsVl' nlU
the corresponding period Of last year me eAPoi'
t-ono 10 neither Of these periods could have been
ceatIv affected by Me Tariff law which became
oneratve October g. 1890 inasmuch the first nalneu
period began three months after the law was en"0
and the other ended three months before inc I'D" "
enacted The import trade was affected Cueny III wv
items sugar and tin plates. The Imports OF 1ne
increased after April 1, 1891, when sugar "a -
mtted free Of duty and the imports OF the iat'eF III
o,oaaod mn 70 JuIv I. when the duty was advanced
when they Immediately fell or the imports ior july
1901 amounting to only 1925 o33 against S22'''"42
I'm July 1890. ,,. ,or thu
rhe total imports of dutiable merchandise TOT tne
seven months ended July 81, 1891 were
as compared with 1897 s67 for the correspondents
period of last year the imports Of merchahaiSe Sua,
tod free of duty In the months ended July or
800, ro so5o aA3 776 as compared with S161 ,32o,-
oso in the like period Of last year. The total Imports
IN tho seven months ended July 81 1891, announced W
S4oo $3.50 346 In the months ended July o. low,
the amount was 1883, $685. 1885, being an increase III r
figures of 81 100000 In the seven mohUs enueu
July 81 1891, so per cent of all tho merchanulSo In
ported admitted 1Teo VI uuVJ IA VIZ
ended July 81 1890, only 33 per cent Oh inc 'o4 ~,
pors was admitted free Of duty. In other "orus'
nor cant more of foreign imports are admitted Tree Vi
duty than were so admitted before Republican ION
press built Chinese wanS to exclude them' anu ei'
volume of imports has increased S11' ooo'ooo In 'e
short space of twelve months.
Tho odious Mckinley tariff" was also TO in)ure anu
finally destroy the export trade of this country acco
ing TO Mills, Flower and all the other feetraue pro
nhets Let us see. The exports OF domestic mercnah'
disc for the seven months ended July 81, 1871 ahoV
ed To s4744O1 256 for the seven months ended July
n 1890 they amounted TO S44O, 042O 24 being an IN
crease Of 232 The increase for inc 'uohVu VI
Inlv 1891 over the corresponding month OF last year
was Ss O8s 552 This indicates gain In INC ra''o Vi
increase as we'll as in the total increase
The statement of the Bureau OF Statistics groups te
nrncpal articles of export by countries under e loF
lowing heads: Agricultural implements, animals, BOOKS
mans etc breadstufs, COAL copper, cotton ana ithu
ftrcs ~ fruits and nuts, furs and fur skins, hops,
iron and steel and manufactures thereon lea'er' NAV %
storos ocale and meal oils, parafline and wax, pro-
visions seeds sugar, refined; tobacco anu
thereof wood and manufactures thereof. the totai
value of the exports Of all articles thus claSseu io
the month Of July, 1891 was S3o'oo2'ooo Ior july
90 IT, WAS S4s 100 541 increase, $7,o23,o04 for
+bo seven months ended July 81, 1891, the Otal was
sA3A 81 : 9G4: for the period OF last year III
mounted 70 s3o4 $50 505 increase, 1893, $4,000. The
exports Of the articles included IN inc ABOVE H'
caes COMPRISE about 90 per cent Of the total exports
of domestic merchandise. The amount OF tne exports
% tboee articles 10 each of the several countries OF
Europe for the months OF July, 1871 and july Ao'o'
respectively, was as follows: