New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-18
FOREIGN COMMERCE. INCREASING.
FIGURES FOR EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS
YEAR THE HIGHEST IN THE
COUNTRYS HISTORY.

Washington. Sept. II (SpeciaD-The foreign
commerce Of the United States In the month OF
August 1890 is the largest in the history OF
that month. The exports are nearly - per cent
higher than those of August OF the phenomenal
wear 1S9S and 33 per cent higher than the
average of August in the years 1894 1895 and
1896 while for the eight months Of the calendar
year ending with August they are the highest
in our history. The total exports for the eight
months ending with August 1899 were SI92-
so .332. against SITS 632. 2O7 in 1898. S64l 919-
$50 in 1897 and $500 29S 412 in the great
export year Of 1892.
The mpOrtatons for August also show a
marked increase. being S66 1871. against
S496T1.3 $40 in August last year, and S39,S44,6O3
I'm August 1897 While the details OF the
August importatons not at hand, the de-
tails Of the July imports which have recently
been completed indicate that the growth in i'm
uortation Is largely in the class Of materials
used by manufacturers ard In tropical food
stuffs In the seven months ending with July
the importation Of raw fbres for use in manu-
featuring amounted to $13 2G0,J3O against So
3S2321 in the corresponding months of lS9S
ard 50 O32 9S3 in the corresponding months OF
1891 Rubber importations in the seven months
Of 1899 are S21 1892 against $1,000, 1872 In
the corresponding months OF 1893, and ST. 3d.
936 in the corresponding months OF 1897 I'm
ports Of raw silk for in manufacturing
amounted in the seven months of 1899 to $40,
3S1 197 against So 221 1903 in the corresponding
seven months Of 1898 and S12.3SO. 16O in the
corresponding months Of 1897. Imports Of hides
and skins I'm the seven months ending with
July. 1899, we're S27501 .356, against S2i,5S3,O92
i'm the corresponding months Of 1S9S and SO.
466 4O2 i'm the corresponding months OF 1891.
In tropical foodstuffs the increase is also APP
Parent The imports Of fruits and nuts in the
s. ven months Of 1899 were SO 9S9.623. against
81 14927S in the cOrresp )nding months or lS"S
and SaO1t1lS I'm the corresponding months or
1897; cocoa $35IS 1i6 in the seven months end
ing with July 1890 against $2,3l6,9IO In 1898
and S1Tj4 7:2 in 1897. while OF sugar the i'm
norris Of the seven months Of 1899 were S6l.IU,-
30S against $4S.913,6sO in the corresponding
months Of last year.
The growth In exports is in hott agricultural
nroducts and manufactures. The August eX-
portation Of breadstuffs was $3.50 3d. In lSD'
against SO 900 800 In August. lS9S. SZool3,
491 in August, 1897. and Sl46lSi33 IN August
1896 OF provisions the expectation or Az
gust 1890 was 1854 15j. against Sl3,4S9, O9S
in August 1895 $40 400. 566 in August, lS9i,
and SO 1870 152 in August. 1896. Mineral OILS
also show an increase. being for August, lsV'
81 80 OOo against $j.01O.J01 in August, lS,S'
August 1896. Taking the four great articles
which are named in the advance statement OF
cxports OF domestic Observation-Disclosures pro-
visions mineral oils and coton-the total Tot
tho month Of August was S53.921 IN against
S44 55S 80 in August Of last year. S4S3Oouoo IN
August 1897 and S36,63l 49, in August. ISM
The following table shows the expectations IN
rho eight months ending with August lSJ9,
crmpared with the similar period of correspond
inc wears since 1870: