The evening times., 1900-06-30
THE YEARS TRADE RECORD.
Greatest Volume of Commerce I'm the
Country's History.

Greatest Volume Of Commerce in the
Country's History.
The fof,ign trade of the country for the
fiscal yearSe4ding today has been the Iarg-
est in its history, exceeding that of the
/ preceding year by sum approximating
I OOo0O,O00. Both the exports and the i'm
/ ports for the year have shown very large
increases over any previous record. the
/ gain in each case over the year which
/ ended June 30. 1893. being in the neighbor-
/ hood OF S200, ,000. 600. The figures for June
/ are not yet available, but the record for
the first eleven months of the year. with
the unofficial reports of large increases
during June, make it possible TO give these
approximate figures with some accuracy
Inc greatest increases in exports have
/ been OF manufactured articles, the growth
IN iron and steel manufactures of all kinds
having been immense
In every other class of exports, however,
there have been Increases. In keeping
with this record the chief increase in i'm
ports has been Of articles in a crude condi-
ton which enter into manufactures.
The total exports OF the country for the
I eleven months ending May 81. were 81
2S6,225.SoS, compared with S1.13G 629. .O75
for the same eleven months in the previous
year. The proportional increase in the
jane exports VIII make the total for
the year about 81, 100 OG0. .O00, but it is prob
aOle that this sum will be exceeded some
what by the actual figures
me total imports for the eleven months
ending with May, were S7sS, $50 722. com
pared with S535 3S1. $50 IN the previous pc
riod- proportional gain for June would
make the total imports of the entire year
SSoo. o.AOV,0o0. This figure also will pTOba-
bly, be exceeded by several clill.on dollars
These total export figures OF recent
years are as follows:
Exports in 1900 (estimatedD $1.4G0. .OOe.-
600; in 1899 (official), 81 227 G2S. .302: in 1898
toficiaD. Sl,231. 4S2 $50; in 1897 toficiai).
Sl.OoO, ,S93. $50. Prior 10 1891 the exports in
no yea- reached a billion dollars. In 1886
they were SSS2 93S. Il viii thus be seen
that the couatry's exports have gained
more than 50 per cent ir four years.
The total import figures are as follows:
Imports, IN 1900 testimated) $3.50. 500 900
10 $50 coo. coo; in 1888 (oficiaD S6gT.-
lfs.489; in 1883 fOficial), S6l6, ,049 654; in
1891 (oficiaD, 1864 730, 4I2.
The greatest total OF imports was IN
1898. when the figures reached the eno--
nous sum Of $S66. 400 922. After that unuI
1898 they gradually diminish he'd. Since 1888
they have increased rapidly again II Is
possible. but not probable. thai the i'm
ports for the year ending today sill aot
quite equal those for 1882
The exports by classes OF goods, f. round
numbers. during the eleven months elCIng
with May, were as follows; Amounts asd
percentages OF the total exp5rts beng sy-
en-.
Agricultural. s779 ,eooOcO. or 61.59 pr
cent; manufactures, 1893. eco. .0C0. OF 3l.s9
per cent; mining. So. .0O0 COO or 2.79 Per
cent; forest. $465G0.COG. or 3.69 per cent;
fseries. S5.CCG CG0 or As per cent; mis-
cellaneOus. $4500. .CO0. or 80 per cent.
In the same eleven months Of 1899 the
agricultural products exported were S73I.-
eO0.OoG. or 65.S6 per cent The amount
exported has increased this year. but the
percentage o. the total has decreased. In
the eleven months OF 1899 manufacturing
products exported were S337. .0G0. 600 or
2766 per cent II will be seen that in
this class of exports the increase IN the
this period was over $50, coo Oo0 II is not
impossible that the total increase for the
year viii be 500 900 900, as the exports
OF iron and steel this month have been
very heavy.
The imports for the eleven months
this year were divided as follows:
Articles OF food and animals. S2f2 000.-
Gee. OF 25-l per cent; articles in a crude
condition for manufacture $3.50. .00o eco or
1915 per CEN: articles wholly or partially
manufactured for use as materials IN
manufactures and the arts. $S1. .2a9 000. or
1871 per cent; manufactured articles for
consumption. Sil9.c00.CO0 o. 1903 per
cent; articles OF voluntary use luxuries.
etc. S10f0S2. 22O or 1919 per cent.
These figures. when compared with
these for the preceding period. show some
most Interesting differences. As here
tofo-e stated the greatest gain is in crude
articles. materials Tor manufactures In
the eleven months Of 1899 the total Of this
class was only see. eco Geo or 1924 per
cent. The next most important increase
is in articles wholly OF partially manu-
featured which are TO be used themselves
however. IN further manufactures. In the
former period this class was only 81 eCe.-
06e. or So per cent. On the other hand
the importation OF luxuries in 1899 was
a greater percentage Of the whole than il
has been In 1900 So also Was the i'm
portatiOn of manufactured articles general
ly ready for consumption.