New-York tribune., 1892-01-06
THE ADMINISTRATORS AND E4POR1S.

rur lDufNySTR47ION AND EXPORTS.
The whole country is rejoicing, and with good
reason. at the magnitude of domestic exports
The wonderful enlargement in the foreign do-
,rand for American products, which has llited
evnorts for some months past higher than ever
before. Ia not entirely due to misfortunes abroad
Tho loss of crops in Europe does indeed account
for part of tho increase over previous years
But after deductng all brcadstuifs exported Tor
November there still remains heavy Increase !;
after deducting breadstuffs, cotton, PROVISIONS
cattle and petroleum, there still remains an IN
crease Of nearly 10 per cent for the month OF
November in the great variety OF minor exports
which tells of larger demand for the products
of many industries. Apparently similar returns
will come for December, as tho increase in value
Of exports from New-York alone appears to have
bcen 81 per cent for that month, which is by no
means wholly due to the great movement or
breadstliffs.
It is due to the Administrator to consider how
far its direct assistance may have contributed to
this extraordinary increase For it has been the
avowcd object of many and long continued dplo-
matte efforts of tho Administration to enlarge the
Nations foreign trade, and particularly to open
larger and better markets for its surplus
products There have been many things
accomplished, also, which clearly tend to
bring about such results. There was first
tho Meat Inspection bill, by which the
Government at onco removed the only pretcxt
for excluding American meat products from for
eign markets, and at the same time gave notice
that retaatory measures Of the most severe
nature could and would be adopted if removal Of
restrictions was refused. Diplomatic efforts, con-
tinued with great tact and patience for years,
have at last cleared away tho barrier so far that
meat products of this country arc again admitted
into nearly all the countries Of Europe.
Then there followed tho Reciprocity treaties,
which have already opened to the United States
for great number of its products thc markets of
The WeS. Indies and of Central and South
American nations, and similar negotiations are in
progress with various nations of Europe. 1t is
impossible to say as yet. official returns of ex-
ports 10 different countries not having been pub
iShed for the recent months, how far these
measures have contributed to the present expan-
sion Of trade. Bat ii is reasonable TO believe
that they must have had considerable effect, be-
cause tho utmost interest has been shown by
merchants Of this and Of the other countries in
the new conditions which open TO them oppor-
tunities Of a far greater and more profitable
commerce.
Without attempting, in advance Of official re-
turns, TO estimate the benefits already derived
from thosc efforts of the Administration, it is
proper to assume that thcy have contributed not
a little to that wonderful expansion of exports
which has followed them, and which now arrests
the attention OF the commercial world. Indeed
the increase is so great that the United States
may ere long become the foremost Nation of tho
world in the magnitude of its export trade az it
is alrady tho foremost in the manufacture of
iron and in some other respects. For many years
Great Britain far surpassed all other nations in
this particular. But British exports have been
declining, while those Of this country have been
expanding. In the comparison, il is necessary to
remember that Eng and is nero channel for tho
passage Of foreign goods by Transatlantic steam
crS to this and other countries though this trade
nuy return TO Great I}r ain no advantage what
eyer. About S22, 100000 If the British ex-
ports in November and $50, 0O0. 900 of the Brit
ish EXPORT; in October wcre of this character
officially returned as reShipmentS Of merchandise
Imports while the movement Of products from
this country for similar reasons amounts to not
moro than S1,O00,OOO per month in value. The
exports Of British products compare with Amcri-
can exports for November thus:
Amrr.con, British.