Evening journal., 1898-12-22

II 4 Dol t49tb. dHu II - dppdltlJ ludl the
December statement will bring the to-
tai for the year above $3.50, ,O0O. 900.
The November exports were 1929, ,7S3,-
512, and. as those OF December are al
most invariably larger than those OF
November, it seems not unreasonable
to believe that they will be sufficient
to bring the total for the year past the
bl,hon and a quarter line. Certainly
the record for xhe year will by far sur
pass that OF any preceding calendar
year. The November EXPORTS are not
only the largest in that month, but
the largest in any month in the history
of our commerce, while, as already in
dicated, those Of the eleven months
ending with November are larger than
those Of any fun calendar year prior
to 1898. or breadsltuffs the exports
for the e,even months ending with No
vember, 1898, are the largest in our
history, being s277, 1884, against
1928 ,211 ,Gl7 in the great exporting year
OF 1892. Provisions are s14S, $50,
against $125,297 ,0O7 in The eleven
months Of 1892. Cotton amounts TO
1892 1923 ,391, a figure slightly below
that Of 1896, though the total number
OF pounds exported by far exceeds that
Of the corresponding months in any
preceding year. being for the eleven
months S.436, ,O32 ,5O4 pounds, or, meas
ured in bales, 6,722, ,2sS-a larger total
Il t.- 1kr Of 1tt
fun calendar YEAR preceding.
The import record of the year 1898
Will be as remarkable as that relating
TO its EXPORTS, but for opposite rea-
sons. the total imports for the year
being less than those Of amy calendar
year since 1885. For the month Of No
vember they were but S52 1O9 $50,
which was slightly less than Those OF
November, 1897, and less, with three
exec ptions, than those of any Novem-
Der since 1885. For the last eleven
months they were but s579, ,S44, ,153,
while those OF the corresponding
months Of 1897 were $691 ,0S9, ,266, and
OF 1896. S622, ,59S 500 1t is thus appar-
enc that the imports for the full CAL
endar year 1898 Will not exceed s640,-
OOO, ,OOO. sum less than that OF
any calendar year since, 1885, and fully
a hundred mnll.n lese than that Of the
,a.endar year 1897 With the largest
exports in our history, and the small
est imports in many years, the year
1898 will naturally show the largest
balance OF trade in cur favor ever pre-
81 nted in any calendar year. The fig
Tres for the eleven months show an
excess OF exports over imports amount
ing to S537 ,S37 ,046, and it's quite APP
parent that the December figures will
bring the total excess Of exports for
the calendar year above the six hun
dred million dollar line, making an
average excess OF exports for the year
mere than s5O,OOO,OOO month while
the highest excess Of exports in any
preceding calendar year was 1857 ,09O,-
) 9l4 in, 1897 and 1924 ,263, $50 in 1896.
With the largest exports Of merchan-
disc in our history and smallest i'm
> ports in many years, comes the larges'
Importation Of gold in any calendar
= year. The gold imports for the clever
I months ending with November are, il
round terms, s15OOOO,OOO. the accurate
figures being S149,S96,S7O, while NJ
full calendar year save 1896 ever reach
d ed the hundred million dollar line, ant
a in that year the total for the twelT'
s months was but s1O4,731, ,259. The ef
= !. feet OF this large importation Of goh
y in. conjunction with the increased pro
: duction from our own mines is plainl.
e visible in the increased circulation o
IS that metal The gold in circulation oi
: December /, 1898, was s65S, ,5lS
: against $544, ,74S on December
a 1897; s516, ,729 .SS2 on December 1, 1896
L and $l56, 6,12S, ASS on July /, 1896. Tn
IT total circulation on December 1, lS9S
l. was 81, $50. $40, ,5Oi, against S172l,OS4
u 5sS on December /, 1897; $3.50, ,22S, 40
g. on December 1. 1886, and s1,5O9, 725 20
IS ON Judy 1. 1896.