The evening times., 1899-10-06
THE EXPANSION OF TRADE.
Comparative Figares From the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics.


Manufacturers material and manufactur-
ers' products form an important share In
the increased imports and exports which
the Treasury Bureau of Statistics is now
recording from month to month. The i'm
ports of eight months ending with August
are SS,000,000 larger than the very low I'M
ports of the corresponding months OF last
year, and the exports for the eight months
exceed by about S12, ,oOO,G00 the phenome-
nally high figures of the same months last
year. Indeed. it seems probable that the
exports of the calendar year 1899 will be
the largest of any calendar. year in Amerl-
cas- industrial history, while the imports,
though much above last year, are more
than $50, 600, 000 below those OF tie cor
responding months of 1897.
In the growth of both imports and ex-
ports, the manufacturers OF the country
have had an important part. Ince-d, the
increase in exports is almost sole-y due
to the growth in expectation OF manutac-
lures, but for which the exports of the
year would fall below those of last year.
AS TO the increase in imports, it is divided
between materials for manufacturers AMI
tropical foodstuffs which We are unable to
supply from home production.
The expectation of manufactures in the
eight months ending with August is S4o,-
000,000 greater than in the corresponding
months of last year, an increase of % per
cent. During the eight months of 1899,
the export of manufactures has averaged
more than s1,000,000 per Gay, including
Sundays and holidays, the total for the 2i3
days being $246, ,22S, ,916, while in the same
months of last year the total export of
manufactures was S201, ,444, COG. OF this in
crease in exports of manufactures, iron and
steel form the largest export item, the to-
tai value Of iron and steel and their manu-
factures exported in the eight months end
ing with August being $6S, S,00S.07l against
S52 925 0S2 in the corresponding months or
last year. Cotton manufactures also show
gratifying increase, the exports OF the
eight months of 1899 being sl6,S6l,022
against sl2. ST, ,0SS In the corresponding
months of last year. while the exports OF
refined or manufactured mineral oil amount
TO So, $50 against s31, ,353,6 ,657 in the cor
responding months of last year.
In importations the increase is largely
in articles used in manufacturing and the
classes of foodstuffs not produced in the
| United States in sufficient quantities to
meet local requirements. Most OF these,
whether material for the manufacturers or
foodstuffs. are the product of tropical or
sub tropical regions Crude rubber shows
! an increase from SIT ,496, 291 in the eight
months of last year to S22,971,396 in the
| same period of 1899; unrnanufactured yege-
/ table fibres including hemp. sisal. and
! jute increased from S11, 9S9, ,146 to S14,3T7,-
! 75S; raw silk. from s17.0l0,942 to $23,S59,-
! 9l4 hides and skins. from $27, 1884 to
/ $32, see. $50. while raw cotton, unmannfac-
tured tobacco. lumber. and chemicals used
( in manufacturing also showed an increase.
/ In foodstuffs. cacao increased from 32oi5.-
40 TO 1854, ,522; coffee, from S5S,74S.44S to
I SAL $50 ,3Gl: fruits and nuts, from SS.S14,-
/ 233 to Sl2, ,353. 612, and sugar, from S53,914,
/ G7S to SIG. .3S5. .240.
The following table shows the increase
/ in importations in the principal articles of
4 foreign production used in manufactur-
!