The sun., 1900-11-26
Orr FOREIGN COMMERCE.
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N. rss wear . Record H''str. sh"w'.s az
,,,,.s.. IN Ten Month. NJ si"s''o','-
o,., the Corresponding we"'hs Of se""
A,,,,p, In Al line. ~ Pf"dstbo"'

Ma, A.. R.e,,d Rssstsr. shewtns an
,.',,.,, n, Ten Month. NJ stWs.S5t,t1-
ass, the Corresponding weoths Of $50"
.,u,,,, q. Al Lines ~ prodsetion
u.,uyaroy. Sov Is There Ia ample food
., rh,nk ayiytng reflections IN -oine nRure'
.,,ch tho Trea.ury Bureau of statistic mas
r,,., pr...nt.d regarding the commerc" ot w"
''J s,,,o. in ,hr.r closing months OF tho
., 100 a. compared with conditions NJ th'
,,.-ondlng date In preceding years ana
,,,,,,iry prosre,ity IN th' United states with
h,, tno o,h.- countrie, While the whole world
,. prosperons. the United state, seems To Dc
..,c,i,llv 40 our exports show an increase
-, ,ss l9ii7s In tho ten months ending with
oc,oher 1000 ~ compared with the correspond
,,g ton months Of 1870. and the total for the ten
months Il practically double what II was III 'he
,o,rs.,ondiny months Of SO. This Of itself
shows A remarkable activity In all lines OF pro-
auction, while the import ~ well ~ the export
nsures indicate that the activity in rnanuiactur-
Ing lins., and consequently the increased earn
,ns. Of the millions engaged In these industries
must he very great A very considerable share
y, the materials required for use In nanliiactuf-
ING comes from abroad. such. for instance. as
India rubber. tin for Use In manufacturing tin
Mate hemp jute, sisal raw silk. cabinet and
dyewoods chemicals. hides and skins ana GER
tain grades OF wool and cotton and by nleGsur-
inv tho growth In the importation OF these
articles some idea OF the growth in manufaItur-
ing may be obtained
The total importation OF materials OF this
class used in manufacturing during the ten
months ending with October. 1900. Is S2Ss 2S7.9iS.
A compared with s?l+, ,soO,7S7 in the correspond
ing month. Of 1899 and Sl27 30l. .s+5 in the same
months OF 1894 Turning again TO the export
side IL 10 found that The expectation OF manu-
factures alone amounts in the nine monthsend-
ing with September i9co TO SS3s.o's.2iS. against
s277 5o2. e49 in the corresponding months Of is09
and Sl45 57s3,S34 In the same months oi 1925.
Thus the expectation of manufactures has
increased nearly rs per cent in one year and
more than doubled in the four years from 1895
10 1900. while the importation OF manufacturers
materials has also increased at very RAPID
rate Exports OF manufactures OF iron and
steel alone amount to siio.0O0.oOU In round
numbers in the ten months ending with october.
1900 against Ss5.OOc.Vv in the corresponding
months OF 1909 and sj .UtD 900 in the correspond
ing months OF 1897 thus having more than
doubled in the three years from 1891 TO 1870
Not only have the manufacturer and the mil
lions dependent upon his industry shared IN
the prosperity OF the year. but those engaged
In agriculture and mining seem to have been
equally prosperous. judging from the record
shown by the figures OF our export commerce.
The expectation OF agricultural products in
the ten months ending with October. 1901, is
In round terms S1OJ.UJD,US as against SG-5,-
tOU,OlU IN the same months OF 1890 while the
products oil the mine. the forest and the fisheries
also show an increase In is00 as compared with
me figures OF 1899.
1his increase In the products of industry
s especially mi terestng In the fact that in many
cases II shows higher reward for a given
f N IT..
prices received for the article itself. ms wei
As an increase in the quantity produced lLt
aold In cotton, for instance. the average
export price per pound IN the month Oi sep
ternber and October. the beginning OF TIE
new cotton year, has been 30 cents. sytlust
67 cents in the same montns OF the preceding
year. while in other Agricultural productions
and in various lines OF fuanufgc'uras, e.pe.
nal tao -eoli 20 aud steel ard IN the products
u lne mine there are increased prices per unit
NJ quantity, and thus better earnings for those
rho produce them
co uparison Of Coudtlors in the United
states with tlo-e n other countries a, nef -ured
~ the torel IN co ninerCa. indicates u degree
- prosperity which GO ~ re- llvorably with
or the ten months ending with October Show
an Increase a. mas already been noted. Of $780,
Ooo,ooo. while In the exports of the United King
dom. the increase in ten months ts Sl25 5.OO,O0,
while the iaND figures for Belgium, France
spain and Italy how no increase in eyporta-
lon. during 1rnnsd h. ns az hS ys' iSSe 800
Germany and the nted Kingdom, the
the imports are greater than the exports. while
in our own case tho exports vastly exceed the
imports. the excess Of exports over imports
in The ten months ending with October being
S4ga ss7, ,a3s. or greater eNcess man In the
corresponding period Of any preceding year
and greater exccss than that OF any other
country OF the world.
i, is not improper in this review of the COM
merce ~ the year 1909 and COMPARISON With
preceding years to nlso briefly review tire decade
and century II which II forms the closing year
While ~ is not practicable Of course, 70 give
he total import and export figures for the
calendar wear Inn. the Bureau ~ Statistics
'ano ending with June 30, and thus made 1t
practicable to compare the commerce 81 the
fiscal year with preceding. fiscal wears nun
81 Government THIS table which shows the
imports and exports and excess of imports
or exports in each wear from i!% to 1909. is
further condensed by the bureau into table
showing the imports and exports in ten-vear
periods from 1870 70 1000. with me eNce,S q
This table is interesting not alone in ifs pre-
eenta ion of the import and export record.
bnt especially in its showing relative 10 the e1-
cess Il imports or exports during the 10 wears
Under consideration II will he seen by an
examination Of the. fnal column of the table
exports almost continuously prior. 10 the do
cade ls.l-sn. and that since that time exports
nave almost con,lnuoysly exceeded imrorls.
N the decade Just ending. isai-lHon. ts ,cy-
-romely large as compared with any preceding
aynorts over in'rorts in the single vear 1000
viii also he greater than in any preceding year
IN our history
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