New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22
BIG INCREASE IN EXPORTS.
THE PRESENT FISCAL YEAR PROVING A
RECORD-BREAKER
Inv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE


Washington, May N.-American manufacturers
have shared in the general prosperity of the ex-
porting business in the present fiscal year. The
reports Of the Bureau OF Statistics. covering nine
months of the fiscal year, which ends with the
month of June. show that the exports OF domestic
manufactures from the United States will be
greater In the fiscal year 1895 than In any other
Year in the history OF the country This IL espe-
cially interesting in view OF the fact that the i'm
ports OF manufactures have greatly decreased.
The exports of domestic manufactures from the
United States nave increased in the nine months
of the present fiscal year at the rate OF nearly
600 a month. while the imports OF manu-
features have fallen off at the rate OF over &~D-
900 a month Additional interest Is given 10 these
figures by the recent complaint OF English news
papers and economic writers that the exports OF
the United Kingdom have fallen off in the present
year. while the imports In the same time have In
creased
These developments In this country and the great
manufacturing nation of Europe suggest an inquiry
as 10 the progress which American manufacturers
have made IN invading the markets OF Great
Britain the chief manufacturing rival and the de-
crease in imports Of manufactures from her. An
examination Of the latest detailed reports or I'M
ports and exports Of manufactured articles cover
ing nine months OF the fiscal year, shows that the
United States has I'm that period made marked
increase in her exports Of manufactures to the
duced her purchases Of manufactured articles from
that country An examination OF the records or
the Bureau of Statistics. giving the value OF the
chief manufactured articles imported from the
United Kingdom, shows a decrease OF over ~ per
cent in value in the first nine months OF the present
fiscal year. while the exports of manufactures from
the United States to that country INCLUDING houl)
have increased In the same time nearly 10 per cent
OF the twenty-five principal classes of manu-
featured articles imported from the United King
dom more than one-haif show a falling off I'm 1925
as compare with 1897. the most important of these
being woollcn cloths. manufactures OF cotton TN
plate. carihenware and certain grades OF sugar
while the articles In which there was an increase
were jcwclry. -four. furs cocoa. dyewoods ana GER
tain manufactures Of silk In the twenty-five
classes OF manufactured articles, the details Oh
which are accessible. the imports from the United
Kingdom in the nine months were SZos-H'o-'
against ssias335i in the corresponding months of
the preceding year.
or the twenty-seven principal classes or manu-
features exported from the United States to the
United Kingdom, there an increase IN sixteen,
these being furniture, boots and shoes. leather
typewriting machines. scientific instruments. clocks
and watches cars. oilcake. cottonseed oil. oleo-
margarine lard cheese and -four, while the articles
I'm which there was a reduction were manu-
features of tobacco mineral oils. manufactures of
cotton sewing machines and bicycles Taking the
entire commerce between the United states anu
rho United Kingdom for the fiscal year il is found
that tho exports to that country Increased in nine
months from s3ss27Tsa to sili s6l while Imports
from that country fell In the same time from slO2
So 1863 to ss4.3lOIso the comparison in each case
beirx nine months OF the present fiscal year with
the CORRESPONDING period Of the preceding fiscal