The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-05
NATIONAL PROSPERITY.
A GOOD SHOWING FOR THE
YEAR 1890.

Tac Imports and Exports of the United
States for the Past Year Beat tho Rec
nrd-Our iuying and Selling Amounts to
Over IA Billion and II Half of Dollars.
The imports and exports of the year
just ended have been greater than those
Of any preceding year in the history of
the country Our buying and Sc ling
with other nations of tic earth amount
ed i'll round numbers to over a bi lion
and 4 half dollars TO BE- more ac-
"urate. the imports ANA the exports of
the year 1870 amounted to SI,Gs0. 942.
$50 These figures relate to the imports
and exports of merchandise. and do not
include those Of 20 d and silver. There
i no year in the history Of our country
in which its imports and exports have
been as great, And what is more graft
Tying ti!r balance j. on the right side of
Iii" ledger. The experts exceeded the
imports BY about So. 0op. COO The cX-
ports for The twelve months n
question were Ss51.G.3,G11.: the in,
Forts n,rr 500, BIS, .s2. There has
only been one wear in the his
tory III our export trade m
which the total exports were, Is great as
tho-c Of 1870. and there has been no
year in which the importations were Is
great a. thost Of 1870. Curiously enough
the figures JUST submitted hy the Bureau
Of Statistics IN regard 10 ths, mportations
do not show Tie marked increase for the
last half of the year that was generally
expected. The total import for the last
Sin months OF the y"Arare practically but
onc-half OF the total for IL" year En-
ports ant imports Of gold and silver do
rs show The marked change compared
with former wears that had been expect
yc,,. ,,nr,. t,,,, ,,l,,, ga nn, uot
ia tine ,r.c.3ir,r y.ar S2t Goa mo in
lSe~. and ~..,op.nro in I,,- m, inn
ports 81 rid wore. 10 tut o,n, for lSan
against ->l2.o,tn.uru IN iA~par,l Sfn.o3u.-
600 in is~>
The eXprfts OF silver for The wear were
S2E, 00u.uUn. against Stutitly ulu in iSeY
and ~2H. GtH, oUu in l~>~ The ilnuorts Of
| silver for the year / s1n wcr.. -, 900. QUO
| against >IJ.G0o. $50 in 1881. SIG. 600. CO.. in
| 1s>S. >1f;.JnD. 900 in 1857. Si-.fUn. 500 in
! I->tj. and ~11.1yn.U . IN I~S5
Cotton. hr"IdetUfIS. meats. and kero-
| srne oil continue to b. 1Iie. chief of tie
| articles expert, b} HE nitc.i States
| Cotton i still king. The expectations
| of cotton for the wear were ~oao. OUn. coo
| in value, being a sun! greater than that
| received for cotton in almost any other
| wear Of tic l,i.tnrv of nur ,o,nm.rr.
| Brcadstutfs and meat and dairy pro;I,c,s
| nan Il clos. race ~ Ii second place
| The brrad-tutTS. intending corn and
| cOrn-mrat. wheat and wheat -four,
! amount 10 over II tp.nnn.uop IN Tho. wear.
| The provisions. iArhl,ling meat and
| da Nv IRE durt~. Amounted 10 nearly
! sfio. oCn.o,u. OF coal oil the total ey-
| rurtation~ amounted in Xaii,, 10 about
! So. COS. Oiu. Really the provision list
! sEn,.h ucrLau. tato rrarodru,c over
| that Of hrrad-t,iffS. for thr cxporration
| of live animals, mostly cattle. amounted!
! To 20. Goa. 600 Ia yaIun and as n large
| nronartin,4 of tines. are sent abroad ia he
| s'a1oht.y,.l j, !. rrnn.. hoy Shnuld he
od,}nl =, ,!,, ,,,.nr,i,n which !. Given
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mas I.,:n,rf,.u 1l,a. ljn,. al Industry sn,.-
| ord in no lis, of oxnort,ri,,,s in yaI,o
| ir,,,a.d Observation-Disclosures a tnri,nio,,
! To- ,.lt unite q tirlIrc in the total of orr
| so,,s IN ,hpr countries Thcv amounted
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th,. 1ntaI irnn,ta,in,c If +,o hai,a h.,
81. nnn asa rs nrrainst ,ha f,,nrns ~,
coffee Indicated above In snit. Of the
fac; tlat W.. cr.,w ,uo.t If tho co+top of
the world. and pride ourselves ON having
machinery that VIII an almost apv+hinr
the ir,p,r,ation. o. manufactured cotton
amounted Ia nearly $50. oon, GOO. There
is also the same remarkable state of
| affairs with rnfarnrc. ia wool Tho inn
,o~1atio,s of p,,nrfo,t,,roJ ,,,ol fnr ,ho
wear amounted To over S5s.0no. 600 and
! w. ~ WIZ ~ wv ~
Goo, pr,.,;,, ,,,,,+;,,,,,, 80 ,,o,.
i,nortant crs,n1nnr aIra,d M an,
cow, ,:r.at Eri,.i, ,na,- goo no, ooa
worth arairst & ooo ono nv f:nr,,,ny
| and -. 800 ouO by France. OF our wheat
| Great Britain and Ireland took SOS. o00,-
600 worth aoainSt 81 aan n1n hv Erar,o