The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-03

fls.ssl.s $40 worth o. goozs. ard shar ,r,1 MI
:. sssy ma &c! ally Increased as thu corr
kes IL tudieaIy csia,iyats=g by AT,1ertrsr, -
sfsy aflss intelligence. The producing MAJ
1fs<ss1FtssE and business ceuJers q the
United states sre q course ruucA uas~s-
&c Porto Rico thar thams os 49, 80
paft q TIE World, ard the t3s-5gAa az rFaf
seano. ~ Reason q their nex relAtsor4sb.r9
IN their sales @'@
i1e details Of the import trade OF the
Eslsd Slatss IN the year last enaasf havs
been completed by Tie bureau, yg stats
Les They show the smallest ltaps.YtAtlf,ns
u. s%efiy years. girA the single exception
Of The year ls<.. TIE total srarsrts e,~ tne
year are ts1f s.2-9. the revised figures be.
.iAg sitghtlY 70 excess OF these OF the pre-
iaIn4iaaFy statement issue. bv tina Luya,a.
% statistics earlier i8 iae month This q
s'.so.Fn less than The !mg45sts ef 1885,
ana $2@sbj,ss* less than those OF lsgg
WIZ. a. already Indicated they are ne
Fo@ssk ia Ia efsty years wita ina single
exception Of IhSs The rslucfss,re ~ s.,,,.gs,a
y a-se+s ether III articles free u duty ,he
eat4t4s4e Imports III 1885 beng sSS ss5 -
ssa1{e taose ~ 1sgs aafs safs 40 e.s a,tf
TIE free q duly articles imported Amounted
q. ta+ue II ISIS IA So, ~. ss9 as-a.ns; ssg7-
s%@iiH ~ 1877. This Ftzs4ltsssas Of 4sSa go sss
IN tfla ltlisU~ta ten % Yofi-tfgtfsffe s-vfa5~x
= alke. Hfsk, ia very great F>~fis,rtfnr, 5r
tsss aH5Fof cations u wo9l gslsi the tfansf~r
- 800 ttts-si tiae Tree 70 tbs duttahi. r-t
second, IN 81 reduction ia fhe ffees f,,s..s.yt
tsaE al manufactured art1cie=s sfaeTf,e-. F<r
use N il4e mechanical arts OF for efszIl,1,-,
ts1tas lOlFd. 10 the transfer oE ia rr.,.o 3,
tree list To The Guuaf.e .asf ur.f forr,S
- rFdpffion In the prlces and $50 a
s sr.., rs7ius5lon In the quantity " coifee
tAat"Fts7L ihc class. articles ii food ard
i've animals aaIea arreglntsvs !. xlis -
- ID last, WAS Bur $s-,&23.6ss Ia irss ana
it..s, a alrt&dy Indicated. Is realty a.
..eap,s2 ior hy ihe transfer OF sea frosn H.,
free 10 the 6lIt.aiss Asf and sses4 ~ -, 20
.vd1Ssd prices, rs well ae rsuftxcs4s f,,se,e,
sas,tIohF q eoiIee and certain other srtj-
g.sHr Mh}s-a sta GENE ia free VI duty is,,f
ths price having beer reduced. do M u,s,e,.
80 safke total in values as las wear A.
&c, @ ltaTe Tor tse IA the nall-
sSAi sFts feR frora s., 2Ss 80 in lSsS Ia xia
AhS.ai' IN lse. articles rlaas,fart,s%e3 g.
resumption feu from $50 SO g9T Ir iS4- -
s 80. n is's. ane eFtie.es Of voluntary
q - s1lsSaI in Isss Tho above stAten.rta
az relate 90 the uon-dutiahte g1gl1rt l,s,s
,se nisaeF me dntiahie head he imports ~
Is's az already INDICATED differ b,lg liz.
from those or 1877 Arf!eies o. fsos ST4
I'VE animals, coming in under the t,ftfsfts
i is amounted IN is.ss 20 sl0a5csfp aeaI,St
sle4sfs.s4a IN ls9.. articles in a crude con
d4tfon fer domestic Industry sn1w q r,,ert.st
l1steaks heffg sfs.gse. ~ "A ISIS aeain4t
-. " u 1850. this being due to he gen,
eT AZ activity on the par az rzal,I,f no
ard 70 TIE fact that wool usas - a., tsas
Transferred frota The free 10 the dttitshT6
dsf. Articles manufactures for Use il me
useciaaftc arts amounted sn iSgS 80 80 All
ihs' ok aii4st 81 9s2 Tn 1877 ana artirt[s
NEtssQfaH&Nre1 f1r CorStm pt4on arst,sars.f
i, 90 ~" ~. go; ~ ~ against 49, Nss 90 IN
~, ara Slso. ssI. asS In Iss;. Articles OF vel
0taRFY USE. Injuries. etc. Uude- the duf}-
alIe iist. amounted N value 10 ysa. "a Y1g In
lss's, sga'nst So, l0a in 1887 81 mo T0.fi
iipportations = 1sas a. per cent were TN
ported Tree Of duty. aga nst z39 per cent
IN iss7 ~ per cent. in tsas. s6 per cent II,
IAs@ 81 per cent IN 1851 e ner eenr ia
lss@. ana from = - 5 per c~ns in the v,A7 -
ranging frvu 1884 81 1891
The reduction q 8lnge thar 500 GO GO IN
imports II airport }ofsd arrouw ths gr.,at
groups as follows: Articles ma rtffs r,fyI-s-l
or ccasvfoTf fnfs g. { 80 or. articles rf,an,s
[acf3Ee8 FOR Use IN fhe mechanic arts see
!sassa. artkle~ - foot AMI rve animals
81 "o and articles ir 81 s-ru-fg con1lflan
70 3ofnsetic Industry. So 81 .ssl
TIE following table shows Fhe }'7lporta-
1rs by eaaesas ta i>s9. compared with
Year. ending Dec q.
Imports free~ 1877 ISIS