The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-26

WASHINGTON
CORRESPONDENTS.


Special Dispatch 10 the Fost~ Entegtgencer.
WASHINGTON. Dee. @s.-Igae experts
from the United States sn the calendar
year Ises Will exceed those 90 any former
year. osasy twice in oar history have the
exports In a calendar year passed TIE
hiion-do!iar line. in lS@s gaey VIII be "a
billion and quarter.
During the eseyeD months OF .Ss ending
Win November they are greater than IN
any fall calendar year preceding. the total
for the eleven months being Si.nT,6sl,l9s.
and il is apparent that the December
statement will bring the grand total for
IN. year above oue nssiion swA hundred ard
fifty miiiien dollars. Tae November. fsss.
exports We're <l2s. sSasl2. and as those ~
December ,.sS slsnoSt Invariably larger
than these OF November. IL seems not ufa-
reasonable 70 believe that they wia Dc
sufficient TO bring the grand total for the
year past the Billion and q quarter line.
Certainly the record Cor the year viii hy
far surpaSs that OF aay preceding calendar
year The figures of the treasury bureau
OF statistics show that the November ex-
ports are rot oa.y the largest In Novesu-
Der. bat the largest in any month in the
history of our commerce., while, rs already
Indicated, those of the eleven months end
ing with November are larger than those
Of any fpll calendar year prior 10 lSas.
o! breadstuffs the exports for the eleven
months ending with November. isAs. are
the largest in our history being SIT. 1881
against So. SIT in The great exporting
year OF fsa2: provisions are for the eleven
menths sI4S Al. so against SIS. 81 ues IN the
eleven months OF 1896. Cotton for the
eleven months amount to xis2,S-aSai, "a
figure slightly below that OF 1896 though
the total number Of pounds export&e by
far exceeds that az the correspondents
months In any preceding wear. being FOR
- s.ss s.aAa mi
Ell in bales. 6.l@2, 2sl-a larger total in bales
or pounds taan that OF any full calendar
year preceding.
The import record Of the year isS viii
be as remarkable as that relating To it's
exports, but for opposite reasons. the total
imports for the year being less than those
OF any calendar year since 1885. For the
month Of November they were but ss2.i"s.
5Go which was slightly less than those or
November. 1885, and less with three excsp~
tons than those of any November since
1885. For the eleven months ending with
November they were but x79. si4.is2. while
those OF the corresponding months OF 1881
were Ssa1 osa, 266. and those OF the eleven
months OF 1896. &c.. SO. ass. 1t Is thus ai'~
parent that the imports for the fun ca2en-
dar year 1875 will not exceed sei0,oSl.p,
a sum less than that Of any calendar year
since IsA5 and fully hundred million less
with the largest exports in car history
ard tho smallest imports In many years,
the year 1895 will naturally show tho laTg-
est balance OF trade in our favor ever pre-
sented ia any calender year The hEdics
fer the eleven months show an excess OK
exports over imports amounting - s5Sa.-
Ssg esG and II is quite apparent that mo
December figures Will bring the teal tx
cess OF exports for the calendar year above
the $500, coo line, making an average ex-
cess Of exports for the year moro than Sef9.-
coo "a month. while the highest excess
OF exports In any preceding calendar year
was 1885, G90,9l4 in 1897. and s32i. 265 .sS, IN
1896.
With the largest exports OF merchandise
In oar history and smallest imports in many
years comes the largest importation of gold
in any calendar year The gold imports for
The eleven months ending with November
are in round terms. $3.50. 0a.a0. the acc'l-
ra.a figures being si{a Sss.33a while no foil
calendar year save ist ever reached tna
$1,000 go lire, and in that year tho totai
for til. twelve months bu, sios 'Si 90.
against siaa ed. $50 for the e,even me1sns or
isaS
The effect Of this large Importation q
gold In conjunction with the increased
production Of our own mines. is plainly Is
ible in the increased circulation of that
metal Tie gold in circulation Oh peeem-
her / iSse vas ssss sS6 5l3 aga INST sill ia4,-
1ss on December /, 1897. ssis, $50 on De
GENDER ] isa6. and sAS lbs, isS on July !.
issS. The total circulation on December l.
1895 was 81. sss. sT9 ,sot. against s1,7Itsi.as
on December l. 1897: 81 .6io. ssgs. 40 De-
ceY,her /. 1856. and $3.50. ~. 30 on July ].
1856
The following table shows tho !InDorts
ard exports Of merchandise and gold III
each calendar year since lssi. and eleven
months of 1888