Arizona republican., 1899-01-18
RECORD OF EXPORTS
Greater Than inc Country
 Ever kneW.
Figures Which Tell inc Story of an Era of pro sperifY ThrouhOuf inc Unified States

to it's exrorss, but for opposite reasons.
 The total imports of the year are less
 than those of any calendar year in
 more than a decade, while the exports
 of the year are the largest on record.
 The imports fall more than one hun
 dred million dollars below those of 1897
 those of the years of great depression,
 1896 and 1894, On which occasions the
 imports were pnenomenally light That
 the importations in the early part of the year 1898 should have been light
 was no5 surprising because Of the heavy
 imports in certain lines prior to the
 enactment of the tariff law of 1897; but
 that they should continue light during the entire year in the face of the large home demand which prosperous busi- ness conditions would naturally create has proved surprising to those follow ing closely the commercial develop
 -hents of the year. The importations Bf a full years supply of wool, sugar
 tnd other articles of that class just prior to the enactment of the Dingley law naturally had a marked effect in reducing the imports in the closing
 months of the calendar year 1897; but that the imports Of the closing months of 1898 should remain as low as those of 1897 is a matter Of very considerable
 surprise. The November imports in 1898 are no greater than those Of No
 vember, 1897, and the eleven months Of 1898 when compared with the corre- Isponding months of 1897 CT 1896 show la remarkable reduction in certain classes of imports.
 The figures Of the treasury bureau
 of statistics presenting the imports in Ide.9il for November and for the eleven months ending with November show some interesting facts regarding the import trade Of the year The importa- ti1n of breadstuffs in the eleven months ending with November was but a lit
 tie over one-half that Of She core Ispording eleven months of 1897, the
 largest reduction being in barley, which fell from 79O, ,357 bushels in the eleven
 months of 1897 and 749145 bushels in
 the eleven months of 1896 to 79,33S
 bushels in the corresponding months of
 1898; while oatmeal, which in the eleven months of 1896 was more than
 one million pounds, was in 1898 but about one-quarter of a million pounds
 Chemicals, which up to ths time have shown little disposition to yield the America market to American manufac-
 turGrs, skCwed a total importation of
 $3S, ,653, ,190 in the eleven months of
 1898, against $40, 965, ,215 in the corre- spending months of 1897, and $41 272,-
 547 in the corresponding months Of
 1896. Coffee shows marked Ieiuc
 tion, though this is more apparent than real because cf a reduction in price. the number Of pounds imported in the f eleven months of 1898 being greater than in the eleven months Of 1897 or i in any preceding eleven months in the history of the country, though the value falls from $7O,203, ,532 in the eleven months of 1897 to S49, ,9S4, ,629 in the eleven months of 1898 Manufac- lures of cotton shjow a marked de- crease, falling from s29, ,31O,S39 in 1897 to $26 6,0SO, ,349 in 1898. Earthen, stone and chinaware falls from $9,180,067 in 1896 and $8, ,024,20 in 1897 tc S6,SOO,379 in 1898, and manufactures of iron and steel fall from S18,559414 in the e.eve1 's months of 1896 and $12,776,315 in the eleven months Of 1897 to S11 4S0, CAB in the corresponding period Of 1898. (
 On the other hand articles used by { shc,w an increase Veg I etable fibers, including hemp, flax, jute butts, sisal grass, etc., am -unt to S15,- 542,211 in the eleven months of 1893 against SIP 5,053 in the correspond S ing months of 1897, and 1926, ,3O6 in ' the corresponding m-nths of 1896. I The imports of hides during S the eleven months of 1898 I amounted in value to S36 2JS 400 I against $50, ,282, ,367 in the cores 2cnding i of 1897 and S17,915,S2S in the c mcnth3 of 1S96 India V rubber imports in the e'even months Of S 1898 amount tc' s22,712 1S3 in value f against $19, ,116,163 in the correspond t ng months of 1897 and SIP, ,867, ,579 in N he eleven months of 189S Raw s.lk t mpcrts for the eleven months of 1898 y Ire double these of the corresponding a months Of 1896, though slightly less | han these of 1897, when the inn I ,crts were unusually large. Wool inn ports in 1898 are of course far below d hose of 1897, these of that year hay ng been mcre than double the aver .ge years importation Of foreign wool Sugar imports have nearly regained Y heir normal average. the total for De- a embor being ever 300 million pounds C tnd fer the ful. year 5,417.OO1 ,553 f