The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-08

In 1895 rs per cent. in 1894 81 per cent.
and in 1880 81 per cent. Her impor-
tations in 1898 were IL per cent. of the
total imports into the country, in 1897
Ia per cent, In 1896 IL per cent, In
1925 1.6 per cent, in 1898 and In 1894
Is per cent. and in 1891 "a per cent
Her share of the total foreign COM
nerce of the country in 1898 SO per
cent, in 1897 SO per cent, in 1895 and
lSoC 4.s per cent, in 1894 5.S per cent
and in 1890 SO per cent.
Newport News shows n rapid gain
In her exports which In 1898 were "a
per cent. of the total of the country,
against 81 per cent. in 1897, ]. per
cent. In 1894, 1895 and 1895 and q little
less than / per cent. in 1893. Her i'm
ports have also increased materially,
being In 1898 more than three times
those OF 1894, the total, however, form
Ing less than / per cent. of the total
imports into the country, while her
share of the total imports and exports
of the country was in 1898 Ii per cent.
in 1897 1.2 per cent. while prior to
that time they formed less than / per
cent of the total.
The gulf ports increased their ex-
wheat. and wheat -four though in corn
| there was a heavy decrease. Calves
ton increased her exports over those
of last year 17.6 per cent. while those
of New Orleans increased IL per cent.
over those of last year. In imports
Galveston made a marked increase,
those of 1898 being 49.7 per cent. greater
than those of 1897, while New orleans
tnrf fo11, s,, Il.
in 1898 were 41.9 per cent. less than in
1897. The imports at New Orleans in
1898 amounted to 1.57 per cent. of the
total imports into the country. against
2.17 per cent. in 1897, 276 in 1894 and
2.41 in 1891. while the exports were 9.15
per cent. of the total of the country
In 1898 against 9.66 per cent. in 1897,
9.1S per cent. in 1893, 1874 per cent in
1892 and 1859 per cent. in 1890. Gal
veston's share of the total exporta-
tions of the country in 1898 was $50
per cent. against 5.54 per cent. in 1897,
4.12 per cent in 1896, 1893 per cent. in
1894 3.43 per cent. in 1892 and 2.SS per
cent. in 1890.
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
Pacific coast ports, as already indi-
Gated, show a gain both in imports
and exports. San Francisco exported
in 1898 3.34 per cent of the total ex-
ports of the country, against 3S per
cent. in 1895, 2.79 per cent. in 1894. 3.96
per cent. in 1892 and 4.24 per cent. in
1890. Her percentage of the imports
was in 1898 69S per cent, in 1897 45O
per cent, in 1895 4.95 per cent. and in
1890 els per cent. The Puget sound
io1I -,
her share of the commerce of the
country, her exports in 1898 being 1.45
per cent. of the total against 1.13 per
cent. in 1897, rs per cent. in 1896. So
per cent. in 1898 and 80 per cent in
1890, while the imports of the year.
although slightly less than those of
1897, were much greater than those of
| any prior year.
Taking up the leading articles of our
exports, such as wheat. corn. flour,
etc, it is found that the North Atlantic
ports have lost materially in their
proportion of the export trade, while
their loss becomes the gain of ports
| farther south. New York, which in
| 1893 handled 33.7 per cent. of the wheat
exported, handled but $50 per cent. of
| the wheat exported in 1898; her
| VI the corn export
| in 1898 was 267 per cent and
| in 1898 but 20.3 per cent: her percen-
| tage of the -four export. which in 1898
was 36.2 per cent. fell to 1878 per cent.
| in 1898 while her percentage of the
| expectation of oats, which i'm 1893 was
| 1873 per cent. fell to 5s.2 per cent in
| 1898. Boston exported in 1898 less than
s per cent. of the wheat crop, against
over IA per cent. in 1897, and but So
per cent. of the corn exports against
over 10 per cent. in 1894.
This loss of grain exports by New
York and Boston became the gain of
Baltimore. Newport News, New Or
leans, Galveston and certain of the
northern border ports. Baltimore
handled in 1898 14.7 per cent. of the
| wheat expectations against ST. per cent.
| in 1897; Newport News increased from
| less than l per cent in 1896 to over
per cent. in 1898: New Orleans in
| creased from less than per cent. in
| 1897 TO over II per cent. in 1898, and
| Galveston increased from As per cent.
| in 1897 to over I per cent. in 1898. In
| corn exports, however, New Orleans
| and Galveston lost, New Orleans drop-
| ping from 172 per cent. of the total
| corn exports of 1897 to Ill per cent. in
| 1898, while Galveston dropped from 3.4
per cent. in 1897 to 2.3 per cent. in
1898.