Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-29
rho Foreign Commerce Of the United
States.

WASHINGTON, July 2s.-The bureau
NJ statistics NJ tho treasury department
has issued a review Ufthu foreign com.
murce aud immigration NJ the United
States during the fiscal year ended
July 30, 1891. II gives also compar-
i.0n II the impurlr aud exports Tor the
rast ninn months, during which tho
new tafll las been In effect, uA COM
pared with the corresponding nine
months ol the preceding year. The
total commerce OF the past fiscal year,
was the greatest In the history OF the
governments aud exceeded the total
value NJ the commerce Of 1880 hy fS9,-
i0i sos. The commerce Of 1890 was
the largest fof any year In the history
n the government up 10 that time, exc
cesding the commerce Of the prior
year by 1888, Bl6,OG3. Our total COM
metcc during the pact fiscal year
amounted 10 SL5ep, $50, 500, Du.
ring tho year there was an in
crease u our Imports Of merchandise,
In order Of magnitude, VA the follow.
ing articles. tOuuc, tia plate, hides
and skins, fruits, chemicals and drugs
india rubber aud gutta porcha, sugar
and mplsEsea, etc.
There has beuna decline In tho value
Of our imports Of wool anu manuiac.
lures thereof, hemp and ju.o aud man.
ufac,ures thereof breadstuns aud nui.
mails.
The total value ofcNports ofmerchan.
disc was 1854 A25, i05, which shOwt nm
increase IN favor NJ exports during the
fiscal year VI S31,bl0,9li, There was
also an excess Of exports Of domestic
merchandise over such exports the
prior yearof s26, ga 37. Tho increase
| In exports has been In the following
articles stated In the order Of magni.
tude Of increase: Raw cotton, proyis-
ions, refined sugar, cotton mnnufac.
! lures, copper and manufactures there.
Of, iron and steel aud manufactures
thereof.
The value Of the leading articles Of
export from the United States during
the past year was Rs follOwa: Cotton,
5000, 70S, SOS; brcad-tuilb, Sl27 1858, 092;
provisions sl2S, l75,O3S. Since the now
lnfilr law has boon In operation, from
October 0, 1890, to June 30, 1891, In.
elusive, the total value Of Imports Of
merchandise Is 5000, 300, OO5, compared
with sos, 700, COS for the corresponding
potlod In 1880, which shows an excess
Tor tho niue months Of 1891 Of s3l, iSG,-
100. The value OF imports OF mer.
chand!se admitted during tho nine
months ondcL June 30, 1891, was s20j,.
803, G95, While the value Of such i'm.
ports for the corrosrOnding period Ia
isgO was SOS, Ds3,s73, showing an In
crease Ia imports ffee during tho past
nine months Of Ss0,070, 702. During
the same period ended June 80, 1901,
The Imports Of merchandise paying
duty was Of the value Of 1854 2i9,-
$40 az compared with $3.50, 7S8 0S2 tor
tho corresponding period Of 1880. So
Il appears there has been n decrease
during the last nine months Of the fs.
Cal year 1891 In the value Of duliAblo
imports OF Si5,bi3iGn2.
Daring the nine months since the
now tariff went into effect OF the total
value Of merchandise imported into
the country 1898 per cent. cnme In
free, while during tho corresponding
period In 1890 3l.O2 per cont. was ali.
mitled free. II appears the value Of
merchandise imported free during the
Inst nine months of the past fiscal year
was greater by S3l,OOl,U01 than the
value Of such merchandise admitted
during the whole Of 1880, and nearly
O,000,O0O greater than during the
period Of the fiscal year ending June
80, 1880.
Exports Of gold and silver during
the last fiscal year were slOS 72g, 9S3,
aud IMPORTS S3G.2l2.3si. mn excess 0f