The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-31
NATIONAL TRAFFIC.
Statistics of Our Commerce
with Other Lands.
TOTAL COMMERCE FOR ONE YEAR.

IS90-Over Fifty-Five Million Dollars
Deeysase I'm Imports of Dutiable Goods
In Nine Months of the Present Fiscal
Year and an Increase OF Nearly Eighty
Seven Millions I'm the Non-DutiabIe
Articles
WASHINGTON, July 29..-The bureau of
statistics of the treasury department has
issued its statement of foreign commerce
and immigration for the month of June,
1901. In this statement there is also a ne
view of the commerce of the United States
during the fiscal wear which ended June
10, 1891. There is much valuable informa-
ticn in the statement, as it covers not
only our trade with foreign nations DUR
ing the twelve months, but gives a COM
parison Of the imports and exports of the
past nine months, during which the new
tariff law has been in effect, as compared
with the corresponding nine months Of
the prior year.
Increase I'm the Nations Commerce.
1t appears that there has been large
and gratifying increase in the last fiscal
year when compared with that of 1890.
The total value of the commerce of the
past fiscal year was the greatest in the
history Of the government, and exceeded
the total value of the commerce of 1890
by the sum Of $50, 19l 1903. The commerce
of 1880 was the largest for any year in the
history of the government up to that tine,
exceeding the commerce of the prior year
by the sum of $l59, 606,066, so that the
value of the total commerce of the last fis-
cal year exceeded the value of the commerce
Of 1889 by $24l, 797, 500. Our total co-cl-
merce during the past fiscal year amount
ed to 81, 729 330,S96
Import and Export Statistics.
1t is noted that there is an increase in
our imports of merchandise in the order
of magnitude, in the following articles:
Coffee tin-plates. hides anS skins, fruits,
chemicals and drugs, India rubber and
gutta percha, sugar and molasses, etc.
There has been decline in the value of
our imports of wool and manufactures of
silk and manufactures of hemp and jute
and manufactures of breadstuffs, and an
imals. The total value Of our imports of
merchandise during the last year was
$S44 ,90s, 49l. The total value of our ex-
ports of merchandise during the same pc
riod was 1884,, 425, 405, which shows an ex-
cess in favor of exports during the fiscal
year of $50, 519,9l4. There was also an
excess of exports of domestic merchan-
disc over such exports of the prior year of
SOC, "a, 1857. The increase in these exports
has been in the following articles, stated
in order of magnitude of increase: R&w
cotton, provisions, refined sugar, cotton
manufactures, copper and manufactures
of iron and steel.
Imports of Articles Duty Free.
Since the new tariff law has been in OPP
Grafton, from Oct. 6, 1890, to June 30, 1891,
inclusive, the total value of the imports
of merchandise was $500, 206, COS, as COM
pared with $59S, 100 905, the value of such
exports for the corresponding period of
1890, which shows an excess for the nine
months of 1851 of s31, 1876, 100. The value of
the imports of merchandise admitted free
of duty during the nine months ended
June 30, 1891, was 1895, 963, 665, while the
value of such imports for the correspond
ing period of 1890 was sos, 9S3, 1873, showing
an increase in the imports of free merchan-
disc during the past nine months of $50,
$40, 792.
Merchandise Subject to Tariff.
During the same period ended June 80,
1891, the imports of merchandise paying
duty, was of the value of $685., 242, $40, as
compared with $3.50, 7s6, 032 for the CORE
spending period of 1890; so it appears
there has been decrease during the last
nine months of the fiscal year 1891 in the
value of such imports of $50, 543, 692. 1t is
seen then that during the nine months
since the new tariff went into effect of the
total value of merchandise imported into
this country 46. 90 per cent came in free,
while during the corresponding period of
1890 "a. 90 were admitted free. In fact, it
appears the value of merchandise inn
ported free during the last nine months
of the past fiscal year was greater by $50,
600 900 than the value of such merchandise
admitted during the whole of 1890, and by
nearly s4O,ON,OOO than during the prior
year 1889.
The Business In Gold and Silver.
The exports of gold and silver during
the past fiscal year were sos, 729, 2SS; and
the imports were 1886, 2l2, 1874, an excess of
export of S72, 516,954. The exports of gold
during the last fiscal year were $50, 1853,
622 The imports of gold were SIS, 246, 512,
showing an excess of exports of gold of
s6S, LILO, the largest excess of exports of
gold of any year of our commerce.
There has beena large increase in the
volume of immigration into the United
States during the last fiscal year. The to-
tai number arriving was 555, 496, as against
451, 219 during the fiscal year 1890, showing
an increase during the last fiscal year of
lO4,277. This increase is largely from the
following countries: Italy, 1884; Aus
Hungary, 1851; Germany, 81, R2;
Russia, including Poland, 2S,245.