Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-18
COMMERCE OF THE YEAR
IT WILL GREATLY EXCEED THAT OF
ANY PREVIOUS SIMILAR PERIOD
Large Increase of ExpOrts, Pnrtlcu-
larly of charlottesville Beat
Record Ever Made.

| The commerce Of the United States in the
| fiscal year which ends this month will by
| far exceed that of any preceding year: Its
! exports will surpass those Of any earlier
year by more than $150,000,00O, and Its ex-
| ports Of manufactures will exceed those Of
| any preceding year by more than $50, 000.
| 00O. Its imports owing to the demands Of
| the manufacturers of the country for for
! egn material for use in their indus
| tries, will also be large. Raw silk. unmanu-
| featured fibers, crude rubber, hides and
| skins, pig tin for use in tin plate establish
ments, cabinet woods and the finer grades
of cotton and the coarser grades of wool
| all show a large increase as compared with
| preceding years. The value of unmanufac-
| tured silk imported will be nearly 30 per
| cent in excess Of that OF the preceding year
| and more than double that Of the fiscal year
| 1897 Raw cotton shows an increase in
| quantity of so per cent over 1890. unmanu-
featured fbers an increase of % per cent over
| 1889 and 100 per cent over 1e9S, and hides
and skins show an increase Of % per cent
over 1899 and 60 per cent over 1895
| 1t is on the export side, however. that
| the year makes Its greatest record. The
| total exports for the eleven months of the
year amount TO S1,2SG, 2145 34, and should
| the June figures prove as large as those OF
| May, which are just received. it would
bring the total up to 81 400 100000 or S1I3.
600 900 greater than the banner year 1899.
AS to the details of this wonderful year,
every class of articles shows an increase.
Manufactures as already indicated, will
show an increase of more than STJ,000o0O:
products of agriculture Will show an IN
crease of nearly $4,000. 900: products OF the
| mine an increase of nearly $4,000, 900; those
OF the forest about equal sum; fisheries
| are S2,oo0.00O larger than last year. and
the miscellaneous class shows marked in
crease. Probably the largest increase is in
| manufactures of iron and steel. though cot
ton will show a considerable increase owing
to the marked advance in price. Nearly all
grades of manufactures of iron and steel
show an advance. Steel rails in the ten
months ending with April, 1900, increased
from four and a half million to six and a
half million dollars; structural iron and
steel from ST. $50. 900 In the ten months end
ing April. 1899. to S2,076.0oO; wire, from
169.0o0ooo pounds to 100000 pounds. the
increase In value being from S3,0o0,o00
ing much greater than that in guam
tity, and this is true in nearly all
grades of iron and steel exports Builders
hardware increased from $6.332 900 to ST.
$500; railway engines from 81, 600 to
S4,>oJ,OoO; wire nails, despite the large in
crease in price, more than doubled In
quantity of their export. the total number
of pounds in the ten months ending with
April. 1909. being 1882, 900, against 81
:'56.ou0 year earlier. The total exports OF
manufactures of iron and steel will be
about S120,0o0.o00. more than 20 per
cent in excess of last year. despite the
frequently expressed fear that the advance
in prices would cause a reduction in ex-
ports.
Other lines of manufacture show largo
advance. Leather and its manufactures
show an increase from SO, O0O. 900 to nearly
S250o0,p0 during the period under con-
sideration. and mineral oils an Increase
from S40,0o0,000 to S56.000,u00, though This
Increase is chiefly due to the advance
in price, the quantity exported in The ten
months ending with April, 1899 being Co.,
100000 gallons. and that for the ten months
ending with April. 1900. 6S4, 900 900 gallons.