The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-17
SOME STRIKING FACTS
Showing that One-Half of the World
Doesn't Know How other Half Lives


WASHINGTON, May 1.-Special.-Sta
tistics are usually very uninterestins TO
the average reader, but some very Inter
esting and significant facts concerning our
foreign trade are contained in the mass
of figures compiled by the Bureau OF
Statistics Of the Treasury Department
for the nine months ended March 81, 1913:
The report has not been sent out yet
but proofs may be seen ut the DEPART
ment.
The volume Of trade last year reached
unprecedented figures. and this year
promises 10 go far beyond that or last'
and il is estimated that the trade ball
ance in our favor for the current ilscai
year. which ends June J0th, VIII be SoV'
600 600.
The total value Of the export OF domestic
merchandise during the nine months end
ing March 81. 1897, was $sO7,7263lL Dur
ing the same period one year later II ran
up to 1910 6l2, 6jl, an increase Of SOP &6. 54.
The exports for March, 1897, were $50
420Or. Those for March, 1928, reached
Sll0.s l2.SS3. an increase OF 1882 SS3, an
increase Of $2j,592,Si2
About $4,000 900 OF this was handled by
land vehicles. A fact which IS entitled
To notice IS that the foreign trade In
American bottoms decreased from 49,
1886 TO $50 474, 800 n falling of or N,5lZ 10
O57. while our export trade handled by
foreign vessels increased from SIO5,-gl isO
to SSH 066 064, an increase or SlO5 ibs,oA.
OF course, a great factor IN the suu-
den Jump I'm figures for the period named
was the demand for breadstuns, but the
general demand for our products was
also larger The value of the wheat eX-
ports in the nine months ended March
81 1897. was $50 $50. In a like period
one year later it had gone up 20 SlOJ' =
81. 2Os. Flour exports OF sissy 72o went
IN to $50 9S7. 800. The total value of bread
stuffs exported increased from Sl59 OiJ
TO s237. 2i6. Tl3, an increase of $U,sA,b6S.
II will be a surprise to many TO know
that Notwithstanding the large produc-
tion I'm this country, the imports OF wheat
for the periods covered by the report
show an increase Of from SlO9,1hs 10
81. 500. $40. the total increase Of imports or
breadstuffs was nearly N,5W,OlO
Some very interesting features are
found in the tobacco exports. our trade
in tbs article with all European nations
EXCEPT France, which increased slightly.
showing a decrease. while the trade with
Asiatic countries and the islands of the
Pacific show marked increases in almost
every instance. although the grand total
shows decrease.
The exports of leaf decreasd from
t2O5i5.133 10 $l7.9il.O6l while the railing
of in exports of manufactured TOBACCO
Including cigars and cigarettes, was from
1881 .O93 TO S3.6l3,O9s.
Exports Of tobacco 20 Cuba increased
while those 10 the other West Indian
Islands and the Bermudas fell off. The
trade with China increased from Sl.o. zo5
to s234717; Japan from S2ls4S4 TO S5oS. isS;
British Australasia from S720,6S7 TO 1904.
239: other Asiatic countries and Oceania
almost stationary AZ $4,000 increasing
about $500. The exports TO British East
Indies also remained about 100000 with
a decrease Of a few hundred dollars.
Exports 10 Africa fell from S2s2'2l 10
$l3S4T7.
Tee importation OF tobacco leaf from
every country showed a reduction taliihs
from 3l4 to s42i2,0N.
No recapitulaton showing the aggre-
gate OF our trade with foreign nations for
the three-quarters named is available yet.