El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-23

Der CENT VI JUG bOboA VI ooS SO0ASA .
against 2. per cent in 1898, 1.6 per
cent in 1894, 1895 and 1896, and 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 l 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 ID per cent. while prior to that
time they formed less than l per cent
of the total.
The Gulf ports increased their ex-
pertations materially, especially in
wheat and wheat flour, though in corn
there was heavy decrease. Galveston
increased her exports over those of last
wear Il g per cent. while of those New
Orleans increased IL per cent over
those of last year. In imports Calves
ton made q marked increase, those OF
1898 being 49.1 per cent greater than
those of 1897, while New Orleans lost
materially in her imports, which 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
= IL per cent in 1897, .76 per cent in
1894 and 2.4l per cent in 1891. while
the exports were 9.15 per cent of the
total of the country in 1898. against
$3.50 per cent in 1897, 9.1S per cent in
1893, 1874 per cent in 1892 and 1868
per cent in 1890. Galveston's share of
the total expectations of the country
in 1898 was $50 per cent, against 5.5i
per cent in 1897, liz per cent in 1896,
1893 per cent in 1894, 3.43 per cent in
1892 and 2.8S per cent in 1880.
Pacific coast ports, as already indicat-
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ports. San Francisco exported in 1898
country, against 3.0S per cent in 1895,
,. 10 per cent in 1894, 1856 per cent in
1892, and 4.24 per cent in 1890. Her
percentage of the imports was in 1898
6 90 per cent, in 1897 4.50 per cent, in
1895 4.95 per cent, and in 1890 is per
Gems. The Puget Sound customs die
trict gained materially in her share OF
the commerce of the country. her ex-
ports in 1898 being Las per cent of the
total against 1.13 per cent in 1897, rs
per cent in 1896, .55 per cent in 1898,
porte 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 Allan
tic 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
1898, handled 1871 per cent'of the wheat
exported, handled but "a 9 per cent of
thewheat exported in 1S98;her percent
age of the corn export of 1893 was 26.1
per cent, and in 1898 but 20.3 per cent:
her percentage of the flour export,
which, in 1893. was 1862 per cent. fell
to 81. 3 per cent in 1898. while her per-
centsge of the expectation of oats.
which, in 1898, was 1873 per cent, fell
to $50 per cent in 1898 Boston ex-
ported in 1898 less than per cent of
the wheat crop, against over IA per
cent in 1897, and but 5.5 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 81 per
cent in 1897: Newport News increased
from less than l per cent in 1896 to
over = per cent in 1898: New Orleans
increased from less than per cent in
1897 to over IL per cent in 1898, and
Galveston increased from As per cent
in 1897 to over per cent in 1898. In
corn exports, however, New Orleans
and Galveston lost. New Orleans
dropping from l7.2 per cent OF the total
corn exports of 1897 to HI percent in
1898, while Galveston dropped from
3.4 per cent in 1897 to 3 per cent in
1898