Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-31
EXPORT AND IMPORT
An Increase of Over $40
100000 IN a Year.
An Interesting Comparison of The
Nine r1onIhS OF This Year win
fhe nrreSpondi0q pcriod of
Last Year.

washington, oct. 0U--(Speclal.) !
The table of imports and exports for
the nine months ending with Septem-
ber. 1898, just issued by the treasury
bureau of statistics, gives some inter
esting facts regarding the, classes of
articles in which the increase of i'm
ports predominates and the classes
most affected by the increase in eX-
ports. Importations have increased
from s475, $780, 9S3 in the nine months of
1898 to $685., 1884, ,124 in the nine months
ending with September, 1899. An ex-
animation of the imports by classes
during that time shows that the in
crease is almost exclusively in articles
used by manufacturers and foodstuffs,
| largely sugar and coffee. The class,
| articles in a crude condition for use
in domestic industries increased from
s14S 937 ,651 in the nine months of 1898
to s19O. .252, 29S in the nine months of
1899; articles partially or wholly man
ufactured for use in the mechanic arts
increased from $44. 4.547 ,097 to $51. .957, ,507;
articles of food and live animals in
creased from s14O,S16,034 to s178 $50, Az;
manufactured articles ready for con-
sumption increased from S79, ,94S to
$S7, 7,91S, 9S1, and articles of voluntary
use luxuries, etc, from $61 ,5S2, ,16S to
$77, ,14S, S99. Thus, articles for the use
of manufacturers increased in round
terms, s5O, 900, 900; foodstuffs, $37, 7,0000,-
600; manufactures ready for consump-
tary use, luxuries, etc, s15.0OO,OOO
The export side of the nine months
statement is equally interesting. The
total exports in the nine months end
ing with September are more than $780,
900, ,OOc in excess of those of the COR
responding months of last year. An
analysis of the statement by great
classes presents some curious and sug-
gestive facts. especially when consid-
cred in connection with the import
figures. The exports of products of
agriculture, for instance. are nearly
U,UUu. .Juv- less than in the nine months
of last year, while those of manufac-
lures are $500 600 greater than those
of the corresponding months of last
year. This enormous increase of $780,,
O00 coo in the exports OF manufactures
is especially interesting when consid-
cred in conjunction with the increase
of 100000 600 in imports of material for
use of manufacturers. Exports of man .
ufactures in the nine months ending
with September, 1899, amounted to
$277, ,5c2, 649, against 1927, ,S22, ,045 in the
nine months of 1898, and formed
3134 per cent of the total exports, while
in the corresponding months of last
year they formed but 1856 per cent Of
the total exports. Products of the
forests and mines also show a material
increase in expectation, those of the
mines having increased from $19, 49,
SS7 in the nine months of last year to
s23, $40, 72O in the nine months ending
with September, 1899, While the eXpOr
Lation of products of the forests in
creased from s3O,775,57S in the nine
of 1898 to $50, ,129, ,159 in the nine
of 1899. Agricultural products
show a decrease in value of eXporta-
ions of s29, 100000 in round terms, the
.otal for the nine months of 1899 be- l
ng $542, ia, ,469, against $571, ,294, ,955 in s
he corresponding months of the pre- {
,eding year. This decrease, however I
les more in reduction of values than l
n the amount exported. Expectations {
# wheat fell off 10000, 900 bushels, but I
he value fell off $4,000 900. The total c
Wheat exports in the nine months end :
wi
erms 100000 bushels and the value e
81, 900, 900, or an average of seventy-fve
ents per hushel, while in the cores G
onding months of 1898 the total wheat e
xports We're in round terms 6.OO0005 f
ushels and their export value $92,- o
90, 900, or an average of ninety-five V
ents per bushel. 1t is interesting to t
bserve that the industries which are W
ngaged in Transforming wheat into e
our have been less affected by the t
aduced demand abroad than those t
ho have exported the wheat in its
riginal form. Flour exports in the
inc months of 1899 amounted in round
rms to 100000 barrels against H. II
)O 900 in the nine months of 1898, the
alue of the exports in 1899 being IN
,und terms $50, 500 900, against $780,,
4, 900 in 1898. Thus the export price
: wheat during the nine months end 9"
lg with September, 1899, averaged % -
II cent less than in the nine months 9
last year, while the export price of u
,,,,+ - ,,a,. cont loco thai, ell
1ring the corresponding nine months 6
last year.