New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-16
A YEAR OF III r M'KINLEY ACT
THE EFFECT ON FOREIGN TRADE.
,nr.r INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF EXPORTS
TO COUNTRIES WITH WHICH RECiPhooAA
AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE-DE
CREASED IMPORTATION OF TIN.
rar 1xLEGRAPH TO THE TRIprAcs

CREASED IMPORTATION OF TIN
rsr 1xLEGRArH TO THE TRIBuNr'
washington, Aug 1.-The summary statement OF
,,rorts and exports for the month Of june ioS2'
rbcb has lust been issued by the Bureau OF STATISTICS
contains much important Information In wnicn every
,ohv Is deeply interested. For the first time tho COM
Mat. results Of the operations Of the new tarn for
u wear are set FORTH as the rates OF duty on TIN
and terne plates and taggers' iron did not become
operative until July I. 1892.
The total imports during the year ended June 30,
1902 amounted to 1927 .401, 513, OF which *4oeSoo-
772 or 5535-1OO per cent were admitted rree OF
duy The imports for the year ended June 30. 1891
amounted to $s44.916.196. Of which S366.2413o" or
a. 351OO per cent, admitted free OF duty The
increase as compared with average yearly imports
durns the five preceding years was 1868 ,o48.
The average percentage Of free imports during those
years was 1901 per cent.
Tho heaviest items Of increase compared with the
average Of the five preceding years were
sugar sls123164: coffee. 1868 Coz, 343; India
rubber gutta percha. crude - 461 chemicals
drugs and dyes $3,971,737 ores, slver-bearing 49,
14321o: silk manufactured, - .507 .461; cotton,
unmannfacturcd. 81 s77,11O: wood, manufactured
s1,o4O319: tin, bars. blocks or pigs, $l,152.429;
oils s171OOOO: earthen. stone and china wares,
I'll 9O4 3O6 breadstufs, $2,415 900; lead and mann
factures Of 80, 626,973; metal, metal compositions
etc. 81 ,377 ,391; wood and manufactures Of $3741-
S2<: WOOL, unnlhHuIdCtureu r-,Soi,'fo. lncrc was
m increase Of s12 276041 in the amount Of textile
grasses etc. admitted free Of duty, and a decrease
Of S12 5s4 BAG in the same articles subject to duty
The chief Items Of decrease were: Barley, $4573-
o74: cotton manufactures. $685. $50: hats bonnets
and hoods 50, Ss4. 982 hops 1902 O31 tin and terne
plates and taggcrs' iron. $1O442. 900; other manu-
features Of ron and Steel S. 232, 665 musical instr
ments $63O798 seeds 81 1874 G65 silk manufactured.
81 1O4 747 leaf tobaccOs 81 935. 500 manufactures
Of tobacco 1892 243 vegetables 81 500 237 manu-
features Of wool, $13OOO315. IT will be observed
that the decrease in the mportatons OF silk manu-
features than counterbaanced by the
increase in importations Of manufactured silk: that
mporsons Of tin In pigs, etc. Increased VI
while there was a large decrease in the imports OF
fin pstes and that while the imporations Of woollen
goods decreased more than $13 900 O0O the increase
In the imports Of raw wool was nearly S3.OOOOoo
The total exports Of domestic merchandise during
the year ended June go 1902, amounted to $lo1o-
1901, a. against 1872 ,27O,2s8 for the previous
vear being an increase Of S143, 461 .72s, and In
creaae OF S24s, ,662 compared with the yearly
average for I'VE years ended June 30, 1891.
The chief items Of increase in exports compared
with the yearly average Of five preceding years were
as follows: Cattle $15 2s4, 493 agricultural nipple
ments, 1907 .s49 corn and corn meal, $ls,474,219
wheat and wheat -four 1926 946 1877 all other bread
stnffs, S15 965142 chemicals, drugs, dyes and med
cines $685. 442 COAL So .O97 ,29s copper ore, $685.
67s manufactures Of copper, $4.194 $780, cotton un
manufactured $16722 OS8; cotton manufactures 1914
AS: fertilizers, $1I6s7O3; fruits, including nuts
S3.O76 9c6; hops, &016521; manufactures OF Inala
rubber and gutta percha s444,132; manufactures OF
iron and STEEL ,935 O43; leather and manufactures
Of S7s779o manufactures Of tobacco, $342, 1898 !;
naval stores 81 311 ass; Oil cake and oil cake meal
q 400 49a vegetable oils 80 14s 1928 meat products
e27 1877 7o3 Seeds 764, sO4 spirits, distilled, $685.
500 vegetable, Soo05o3 wood and manufactures o.
s9b4,311.
Tho chief items Of decrease Fish, $507 ,4o3 I;
furs and fur skins. s8l7,1sO; crude petroleum,
eos7 4o2 refined petroleum. $406s,771; dairy PROD
ucts, e524,7o3; sugar and molasscs, @314e'@oo' uh
manufactured tobacco S1.1S97O4
New and interesting features Of the summary state
ment are those which relate to trade with countries
With which reciprocity agreements have boon con-
oIudel and to exports Of hog products to countries
nom which such products had been excluded during
number Of years. In the fifteen months during
which the reciprocity agreement with Brazil had been
IN force on June 30. 1892. the imports from that
country into the United States increased S56s362O6
and the exports from the United States to that
country 81 764 49, The total exports to Brazil dur
ing that period amounted to $1sO444 49, being an in
crease Of 1884 per cent compared with the nrteen
months ended March 81, 1850. The items OF export
were as follows: Breadstufs almost entirely hour),
ss 3os 794 cotton manufactures. $s63.777 chemicals,
drugs dyes and medicines 81 O6s 100; iron and steel.
and manufactures Of So $50 illuminating mineral
oils 81, 456,e31 provisions tmanly bacon. hams and
lard) 81 ,549.e12; lumber. 81 ,O1e.7ss an other
articles. So, 56O.eO1.
The total imports from Cuba during the ten months
ended June 80. 1892 during which the reciprocity
agreement was in force). amounted to s64,374'Os2,
being an increase Of 81 965 the correspond
ing period OF last year, and the exports to Cuba
amounted to $16o95, 4es, being an increase OF $oS2-
1877. The increase In exports OF leading articles was
as follows: In breadstufs. 81 .4s4.37s. Of which
o. o35 179 was value OF wheat -four IN coal $780,
4sO In iron and steel and manufactures OF. $l.13o,-
OIL. OF which the value OF machinery not elsewhere
specified was 5000 O79: in sewing machines and parts
OF. S12s73s; in steam engines, $17s.O71. and In
rarts Of engines $117 .46S. There an increase
In the value OF provisions, comprising meat and dairy
products of 81 O75 of which in the value OF bacon
and hams was 1922 5s2; Of lard, $s69,7o3 There
was an increase the value of exports of vegetables
OF $500 s56, and in the value of lumber and manu-
features OF $344.319
The reciprocity agreement as TO Porto Rico has
also been In force ten months The imports amounted
to 60 $50, 944 which q decrease OF $l12773. ana
the exports amounted to 81 3o9,075, which was an
increase of s5eO,959. The leading articles and
amounts OF increase were: Breadstuhs, $l7o,Sso,
chemicals, drugs and medicines, $16,s79' cotton
manufactures S13369; oils, mineral crude and re-
fined S71 GA. paper and manufactures of, $12,70S;
provisions Sl44 AGO. vegetables, $50, 800; wood and
manufactures OF, $S4,So9
The increase in imports from Santo Domingo In
the ten months ended June so, 1892. amounted 10
S777, S45 and the increase in exports to VA oIo.
The reciprocity agreements with the BRUSH west
Indies became operative February 1, 1897 ana inc
imports from those Islands during the five months
ended June 80 decreased S4341O while the ex-
ports thereto Increased $113214 ds compared with
the corresponding period Of 1891. The agreement
with Salvador had also been in force five months.
There was an increase of $s35,3e2 In Imports ana
decrease Of s50,S92 In exports The agreement
with British Guiana became operative April l, l"S%'
and during the three months ended June 30 the I'M
ports thercfrom the United states decreased $Se
4ss, while the exports thereto decreased $25,29l
The reciprocity agreement with Guatemala had been
In force one month on June 80. and the imports
had increased $l31 1854 and the exports $23144 dur
ing the month, O. compared with June 1891. The
acre with Austriac Hungary aisQ had been In