New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-15
,,cT YEARS IMPORT RECORD
.rvAR1E AS THAT OF EXPORTS,
u 1T FOR AN OPPOSITE REASON
.,,,rIrsr TOTAL OF ANY CALENDAR
'"' 20, MORE THAN A DECADr-LEs-
cons TO BE DRAWN FROM TIE
TREASURY FIGURES.


80, -r,rcr,ru TO THE TRBrNE.l
TO, Ian !. (SpecaO-The Import record
aaa,s,aar year 1895 is ms remarkable "a It's
'"e s hi, for an oppc site reason. The total
1po'' :, tho wear are less than those OF any
mpO wear IN more than decade while the
atns ., the year are the largest on record The
np'rs ~ wore than s.OOOO00n0 below those OF
np'.Sa roarly s50Oooo0D below those OF the years
a. 80 depression 1896 and 1921. on which occa-
- ,,o imports were phenomenally light That
cons or.,,lons IN the early part OF 1925 should
ue zen rcht was not surprising. because OF the
lave ants IN certain lines before the enactment
iea,' -. law Of 1927 hut that they should con-
,,rA, during the entire year In the face OF
p"" ,,-ro home demand. which prosperous business
VIZ ,,.,s,s would naturally create. has proved sur
W., 20 those following closely the Developments
y the year -. ,,u ,.oo-.s .rno,, q, voo,
- and other articles OF that class just before
Se n,,ctnent Of the Dingley, law naturally had a
$50 effect in reducing the imports in the clos
o,,hs OF the calendar year 1897 but that the
,o-,s Of the closing months OF 1925 should remain
as those OF 1891 is a matter OF considerable
surprise. arm =,
A., those in November 1897 and the eleven
1.-The Of 1895 when compared with the corre-
soo,d,ng months OF 1897 1895. show remark
tfa rcd
Ts. figures OF the Treasury Bureau OF Statistics,
sa,,ine the imports in detail for November and
-, ,he eleven months ending with November, show
o,s interesting facts regarding the import trade
:, .he year The importations Of breadstuffs In the
.,svsn months ending with November were only
uue over half those OF the corresponding eleven
The NJ 1897 the largest reduction being in barley.
h,ch fell from 7s0.S57 bushels in the eleven months
=, ,s7 and 1915 bushels in the eleven months OF
,sx 10 70 sSS bushels in the corresponding months
:, ,sos. while oatmeal which IN the eleven months
:, SOS WAS more than one million pounds. was In
SOS bu, about quarter OF million pounds. Chem
trails which UP 10 this time have shown little dis
roe,tlon 70 leave the American market 10 American
manufacturers showed total importa ton OF $685.
eslso in the eleven months Of 1898 against sos65,2lS
IN the corresponding months OF 1887 and Al 2547
IN the corresponding months OF 1895.
conee shows a marked reduction though this IS
ro-a anrarent than rea,, because OF a reduction in
nrice the number Of pounds imported In the eleven
months Of 1895 being greater than In the eleven
months OF 1885, or in any preceding eleven months
IN the history Of the country though the value
aus from SO 20s $50 in the eleven months of 1897 to
AssSis2e in the eleven months Of 1895.
Manufactures Of cotton show marked decrease
falling from 500 31OSs9 in 1897 s26OsOsi9 in 1885,
rar,hen stone and china ware fall from S.lsoS7 In
,se and sSO24a5 in 1897 10 s6,SD,979 in 1898. and
manufactures OF iron and steel fall from SIS $50 Ala
IN the eleven months OF 1896. and sl2T6.95 in the
e,sven months OF 1897 10 81 iS0.03 in the CORE
spending period Of 1895
on the other hand articles used by manufact-
ure-s show an Increase Vegetable fbres including
henp fax jute butts, sisal grass. etc. amount TO
u5 5422l in the eleven months OF 1885, against N2.
soO5s in the corresponding months Of 1897, and ST.
SSSG IN the corresponding months OF 1896 The
imports OF hides in the eleven months OF 1895
amounted in value 10 s56 POS 400. against sso,2s2s
in the corresponding months Of 1897 and Si7,MS32s
in the corresponding months Of 1896
India rubber imports in the eleven months OF
1898 amount to s227l21& in value. against slell6sS
in the corresponding months Of 1897 and $40 in
the eleven months OF 1895.
Raw silk imports for tho eleven months OF 1895
are double those Of the corresponding months OF
1896 though slightly less than those CT 1897. when
the imports were unusually large. Wool imports
IN 1885 are OF course far below those OF 1897 those
OF that year having been more than double the
average years importatons Of foreign wool. Sugar
imports have nearly regained their normal average,
the total for December being 300 900 900 pounds
and for the full year 3i170ol $50 pounds against
2l59 pounds in the preceding year and 4,l0S,
Isl M pounds in 1895
The following table shows the imports by CAL
endar years from 1855 TO 1898 December OF 1898 be-
ing estimated.