New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29
FOREIGN TRADE.
DETAILS OF THE VAST INCREASE IN Do
r MESTIC EXPORTS AND OF THE De
CREASE IN IMPORTS TRACED.

r MESTIC EXPORTS AND OF THE DE-
CREASE IN IMPORTS TRACED.
The increase Of 141.4OOOOO in domestic ex-
ports for eleven months OF the year 1898 over
those OF 1891 can now be traced TO details. the
nnal report for November having been Issued
No further details need be given as % the prin-
cipal products-breadstufs. cotton, provisions
cattle and oil-in which the increase was
sol 100000 But outside these remains an In
crease Of so 10000 which It IL interesting TO
trace. over a third OF II was In manufactures
OF iron and steel Of which exports in the eleven
months Of 1895 were S74.722.112. against soo-
SIS 1903 in 1891. In electrical and mctal-work-
ing machinery there is an apparent increase or
S7GDDOO0 such exports not having been sepa-
rately stated in part OF 1897; in steel rails the
increase was 81 10000, in locomotives S2Vo-
90 in structural forms and wire about
100000 each, and in builders hardware and
sheets about 100000 each. besides smaller In
creases in nearly all iron products. In aSri-
cultural implements there was also increase
OF 100000; In cottonseed oil, S2SOpUp
mainly to "other Europe; In oilcake. chiefly
cotton. 81 10000 in leather, s2,2OOOco; In cop
per. 100000. mainly to England and Ger
many; in seeds. mostly linseed. sl.SOOOO: in
hops mainly to England. 81 10000; in coal to
Canada and Mexico 81 200 OOO in fruits canned.
about 81 10000: In printing paper. Sl4UUOo:
in tobacco. mainly 10 France. $4,000: In car
riages and cycles. 100000 and IN glass
much in zinc manufactures and twne, about
100000 each. This leaves an increase OF less
than 100000 III smaller amounts on hundreds
OF products.
ANTICIPATORY IMPORTS.
The decrease in imports compared with 1891
md ali very widely
tributed. But much the greater part Of it is
due 10 the anticipatory imports during the first
seven months Of 1897 Thus. a decrease Of
$40 100000 appears in wool imported for the
eleven months and imports in 1891 were S33-
100000 greater than in 1896. There is also
decrease Of $25.O00OcO in woollen goods, Of
which about four-fifths probably due 70
anticipatory imports. So in fibre manufactures.
mainly in burlaps and bags, a decrease %
$4,000 appears; In tea, 100000; in cotton
manufactures, S3,30O00O and in chemicals,
S2,3O0,OO0 As the total imports In eleven
months Of 1897 were s6S. 400 900 greater than in
1896. owing to such movements. most Of them
are accounted for In the classes above named.
Another cause Of large decrease the fall
In foreign prices for some articles, especially
coffee Of which largely increased quantities
have been imported in 1895 with decrease OF
over S20.000000 in foreign cost. On the other
hand quantities imported decreased largely in
several cases. such as in sugar. about SIOOOOOoO
pounds, causing a decrease Of Ss300O00 in
value: In tobacco, lead and in silks. chiefly
from Japan. these changes in quantity being only
in part due TO a difference in duty But in a
great number Of manufactured products the
decrease was undoubtedly caused by the higher
duties imposed in July 1891 In chemicals there
were numerous instances OF this sort, the general
decrease In spite of important gains in some
dyestuffs owing to more active home manufact-
ure having been 81. 300, 900. In art works the
decrease was S1100000 in earthenware 81 .20O,-
600 in fruits Sl,3000OO, In feathers 100000. In
glass 100000 chiefly In cylinder silvered In
leather $1,000 600. and in gloves 100000. The
great number Of such comparatively small de-
creases accounts for a large aggregate. and also
explains increased activity in many branches OF
domestic manufacture.
WHY SOME ITEMS DECREASED
In turn the great development OF domestic
manufacture Itself caused important decrease in
some items, such as in tinplates 10000 in
cutlery $500 600 and in steel ingots 100000. 1t
also caused a great increase in imports OF many
materials besides the dyes above mentioned sui
phur and bleaching powder. Imports Of raw
nDre increased s-'oVV'VVv' hV'' ds HiIS"' NC ca
pected. In value Of Manila hemp, but because
imports Of ssal hemp from Mexico gained So
100000; in furs the increase S1,9O,OOO, in
hides $4,000, 900 In spite Of new duties In india
rubber S35O0000 and In tin $1,000 0OO The IN
crease In some other products. such as S440O,-
900 in jewery. results from the improved condi-
ton Of business giving people in this country
larger profits to spend: and without doubt the
Same Influence materially added TO the imports
OF the more costly textile goods, OF which but
for that change in articles produced but little or
not at all in this country, the imports would
have been much more diminished by the opera
ton OF new duties.