The times., 1897-08-04
TAKING GOODS FROM BOND.
yvifhd rawais From Warehouses Are
Dne to Change in Tariff.


mary OF finance and commerce ror the
month of June, 1897, about Co be lssuedby
the Bureau Of Statistics show heaYy
decrease as t. goods held in bonded ware
houses as compared with preceding years.
The causes for unusual Withdrawals nave
been mainly in anticipation of change In
the tariff and also an increasing demand
for consumption. The value or goods re-
naming in bond June 30 was S1S,135,723. 3.
AS compared with the same day OF the
preceding year, there is decrease OF
S33.3lS,6Ig The lowest point to which
goods in warehouse fell previously TO the
present was $31, 40, ,534, in February,
1895, and since July, 1898, the highest
point to which the value of goods In
warehouse has reached was in July, SS6,
S6c,O4I,1os. In anticipation of the VIII
son tariff act, the value OF goods In ware
house rose from $40, L 90, 900 in April, 1SS 4,
to SOL, 700 in July OF that year.
The value OF goods under the head OF
chemicals. including coal tar, colors and
dyes, dye woods, glyoerine, opium pre-
pared for smoking, sodas ETC., remaining
In Londed warehouse June 30, S96, was
S571 ,450, and the. value of such articles
in bond June 80, 1897, was $3.50 ,225.
The great increase in this list is in opium.
June 80, 1896, there were III bond 1928
pounds, OF the value OF Sso,136, while
on June 80, 1897, the amount had in
creased to 43,6e8 pounds. OF the value OF
SS0S,I13. There Were heavy Withdrawals
of cotton manufactures in anticipation
OF tariff changes. On June 80, 1S96, the
value OF cotton manufactures In bond was
. q ~K,,.t tho Snrfs.a
day OF June this year
The heavy decrease in this schedule is
found in cotton cloth. bleached, dyed and
coIored. etc, the value OF which was al
most S400 600 less On June 30, 1897, than
on the same day OF the preceding year. Of
carthen, stone and china ware tn e decrease
as compared with June so, 1895, when the
value was S525, ,01S, amounted TO S458,-
Ats. In the manufactures Of hemp, flax
and tute the decrease is heavy in the
higher grades. The figures for June,
80, 1896, as to those goods were 81 ,101,-
500, and for June 80 l S97 SCOT ,314. The
value OF fish, cured or preserved, remains
about the same as that given for June
80, 1896, a little over 100000. The total
value OF fruits held in warehouses June
30 1896, was $3.50, 206, and OH June 30,
1897, S4O.I13.
The remarkable decrease shown under
this heading relates to plums and prunes,
OF which there were on June 80, 1896, In
bonded warehouses 4,S02, ,S24 pounds OF
the value or Si76,517. while on June
80, 1897, there We're but 2,016 pounds
in bond Of the value OF S20S. There was a
falling off Of about 40 per cent In the hold
ings of currants, and the table shows only
36,669 pounds OF dates as against $780,
36S pounds Oh the same day OF the pre-
| cedlng year. On June 30, 1896, there
were 1,o3l ,6S7 pounds of almonds in
warehouses, as against sic, 231 pounds for
June 30. 1897, and the value of all rruits
| and nuts in bonded warehouses at the lat
ter date is something less than one third
of that for June 80, 1896
In glass and glassware there has been
no marked decrease, except perhaps, in
relation t. cylinder, crown and common
window glass, unpublished, which has fallen
| from 5000 ,21 2 pounds to I,762, ,S13 pounds
| for the date given. There has been an
| increase in the quantity of plate glass,
| however, for on June 30. 1896, the num-
| ber of square feet of cast, polished and
| unsilvered plate glass amounted to
| 39,912, and on June, go, 1897, 74,eo2.
| On June 80, 500, there We're held 80, 1877
| square feet of cast, polished and silvered
| plate glass, as against SO ,6S7 square feet
| for June 80, 1897.
| There has been but a slight decrease as
| to manufactures of iron and steel. there
| haviag been on June 80, l S96, such manu-
| factures in warehouses to the value OF
| 81 .o54.a43, while on June 80, 1897, the
| value amounted to S911 ,952 Some par
| ticulaT items under this head. no wever
show d marked decrease, as, for instance,
| tin plates, terneplates and taggers tin,
| which aggregated June 30.1a96, q, ,S42,:
| $50 pCun DIS of the value of $500 ,795, while
| on June 80, SGT, there were held $3.50, i,
| 015 poun ds of the value SflS.13 There
| is small In crease as to par iron rolled or
| hammered, an d ingots, blooms, slabs, bilIets
| etc, of steel.
| In lead Of all kinds, except manufactures
| thereof there Is a decrease from | ,63o, AS
| pounds to e.6S4.661 pounds. The value OF
leather not manufa etured June 30, S96
was S873,1o2, and on June so, 1897
| $240 .43+. In the manufactures OF leather
the decrease in gloves furnished the heavi
est item. from Sal o.0s6 to S1Ts,7s3
| Malt liquors in bond June 80, 1896 were
| valued at $5o.069; on June 80, 1897
| SO ,535. In the oil schedule the only de
| crease of Importance is that of salad OF
(olive), Of which there were 33.7Ss
gallons, June 3O,1S96, and IA ,o2S gallon,
| June 80, 1897 valued at5o percentiess.
Under the head OF provisions. compris
ing meat and dairy products, there is ar
| increase in the value of meat and mea
| extracts from $66 ,S37 on June 80, 1 sos. te
| 81 50 ,S47 on June 80, 1897. The item O
cheese, under the head of dairy products
! remains about the same, in the neighbor
hood OF 5000 pounds. of the value
of five or six thousand dollars, June 80
1896; the quantity of rice in warehouse
was 5,554,250 pounds, valued at 1894,
200, and on June 80, 1897, II $40. .45s
pounds, of the value OF S1s4,T9O.
The salt In warehouses has increased
from 1 ,s75 600 pounds to 1898, ,741 pounds
the value OF the former being given q
S3,T33. and of the latter, $3,661 Their
is heavy decrease in silk and manu-
factures thereof, the values Of which OF
| June 80, 1s9e in warehouse was S2,311,
| 774, and OH June 80. 1897, S719,9S1
| There is substantially no change I'm tht
| quantity or value of spirits in warehous