Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-10-18
OUR TRADE BALANCE.
OVER s4-0.coo .ooo ron NINE MONTHS
ENDING APRIL 1.
Thls Vast Gerplus viii Enable the United
6Gates to Draw Large Amounts of Gold
FROM Europe During the War With
spain-Con<sr rning Exports


The buxea of statistics has issued a
statementsof the value of the principal
articles CT export for March. This shows
total Of breadstuffs of ga. 4s7, go,
against sai SOS. Ia in February; s2s,
S94, 256 d cotton in March, against
s2I, ,753, sFl-sn the previous month;
"a, 243, 80 of mineral oils last month,
against 81 ,sss ia in February: s3, oss.
55S of caaslo and hogs in March, against
So, IC2n Hr-ll1e previous month. and
sI4.as7. ss4 sf provisions last month,
against $ILssI. 7sI in February The
total va,ve-st exports Of all these arti-
c.es forxlisgl gls-hsw was $40, 7I2, Gas. against
$6I,634 In February and s72. Ss7,
$50 in JaIanAis. This is an increase in
March of $s,0ss, 551 in the value of
these artsal~s against decrease in
February ccIs pared with January of
S1l, ,253. $50.
Adding exports of foreign merchan-
disc and other items 10 the above makes
the total: exports for March $il2, 2,SI7,
s63, against s94, 9s1. OF in February,
1898, and $6se 2S2, 247 in March, 1897
The value If exports Of breadstuffs
for nine months to March 81 was $229,
500, I3s, Of cotton, sl96. l4l, ,274; of
mineral ellis Sal, 631. 704: of cattle and
hogs, s27. 1i9, SIS. and of provisions.
sII2, 903. 81. making total of s607.
755, 535, against 1922, ,292. loo to the
same date last year. S4S3, 744, SOS to the
corresponding period in 1896 and S409, :
ESQ, ,O75 TO aarch 81, 1895.
The merchandise imports for March
were valued at SCI, 5o7. 4S7 against
$53, ,OS2, III in February. 1898, and
S76,35I.441 IN March, 1897. This
shows the remarkable merchandise bal
ance in favor of this country of $5I, :
$40, 426 in March against S41, S9S, 900
in February, 1898, and SO, $50, s03 in
March, 1907. This balance for March
is greater by nearly $40, 600. 600 than
that of Marsas 1898, and larger by $46. :
500, 600 than that of the same month i'll
1892.
The mercI andise exports for nine
months Of the fiscal year to March 81
were 1926, 16l. 233 against SS22, ESQ, :
400 to the same date in 1897 and S67S,
1867 FOR the corresponding period in
1896. Imports for the last nine months
were sI55. Ia. 80 against s49S, S66, :
s38 to March 81, 1897. and s607, $50, :
496 to the came date i'll 1896. This
makes favorable merchandise balance
at the end Oh March this year of $40,
96I, ,693 agaiH Ht 1928, 4la, 6a2 at the
same time las !, ear and SO, $50. 561 at
the end OF N srch, 1896. The highest
favorable mrrs n; ndise balance on record
for nine mo ebs previous to last year
was S223, 16e / at the end of March,
1894.
1t may b4 sYiterest in this connec-
q n to coqsh trade balance. Ex-
r54ts .Lsz Lam s5sez geld s,ld silyer
for nine H.saS to March 81 were
s9S2, I46, 64iug.v hite imports OF these
items were b. 80, sos. 95s, making an
apparent ser s,ble trade balance of
$45I, 337, ecos .hieh is quite unprece-
dented ilre bsssshistory of the country.
These figu.S pmpare with an apparent
favorable valance of S29S, 245, SSS
for nine m OBJ to March 81, 1897.
1t is quit 81 sihle that exports of do
mestic nrodt isnay be somewhat check