Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-07-25
OUR FOREIGN COMMECE
kn Increase of e-Silth Over
 That of Last Year
The Two Billion. Dollar MsTk Crossed for the First Time - Two Other Notable Features of the Years Showing.

Washington. b. C.. July .S.--l SperlaD. The total foreign commerce of the United States during the fiscal Year lse9 exceeds by Is 2-S Der cent that of any preceding year. being f52oeca.eie greater than that of lss9. the heaviest one on record preceding the one which has just ended. The total commerce of the year. as shown by the figures Of the treasury bureau statistics, Is S2,2ii,- ia5. 5tS. The exports are Sl.JS4. .4iS.2l4. or tisS. eco eoo in excess ot those of lsSA. which held the record of the largest eN- ports until the record of lseo was made. All of the great classes show an in- crease in exportation: Fisheries. q H.0Ce.- ooa. mining and forestry. nearly $io.- coo 0ea. agriculture. nearly $So.e0ecoo: and manufactures. nearly sioo,eoe,ooo over the phenomenal year of iSs9.
 Imports are also heavy. especially in the class designated as articles in . crude condition. which enter Into the various processes of domestic indus try" Of the five great classes of i'm ports. articles tn crude condition for use in manufacturing show by far the largest growth. Manufactures show R gain of about go .0o0. o0e over last year; articles of voluntary use. lixuries. etc. also about so 900 coo: articles of food. about Sl5.ee9. .eeo: articles wholly "r partiaIly manufactured for use m insnufacturing. Ss5 .es'o eoo. and articles in crude condition which enter into sH.. Era dustTy or-er SIS. .ef0 "pG.
 The mos notable features of the years commerce are:
 First-The Increase in imports uf manufacturers materials not produced at home.
 Second-The increase in exports of manufactured articles. and
 ThITd-The fact that the foreign c"m- merce for the first time In the fiscal year record crossed the S2.Oeo, e1o. seo line. Imports Cf manufacturers ma terlals form in fact nearly one-half the total importations. 1T We consider as manufacturers materials the class articles wholly or partially manutac- tured for use as materials in the manu- factured for use as materials in the flNNuLdtNultr anu AAtFN tAfAAaaA et+AN- They alone amount tO about tso ooo 600 while articles in crude condition which enter into the various process $ of domestic industry" amount to oVei $500 es-e eeo 'rh's~ th- nfanufsrtsirers
 materials imported during the year
 amount to about $too. .OcO. .eoo out of a
 total of SS4a. .ooe ,oo. In lS9o rnanufactur- CTS materials. including both classes articles in a crude condition. and arti' cles wholly Or partially manufacture for use in manufacturing 6 per cent of the imports: in lSs' the,
 formed s5 per cent: in lsss. g per cent
 in 1898. is per cent. tn 1898, {! Der ceh' and in 1900 46 per cent Taking raN 1 materials alone. the group ciassihed '
 articles m a crude condition which en ter into the various processes or do mestic industry" the per cent WhiV' l they formed of 'hr total impcrtatio' ass. in iSS5. .0 a per cent; in lsNl. -3.' | Der cent. in 1895. S5,el Ter cent in NV | ss5s Der cent. in lN91, 2S per cent. N ' iSgS. ss Is per cent, in iN's, Sl-A- pc | cent. and in 1900. 55.55 per cent. To pu fl in s single sentence. the imports " ! ths. year increased Si5s eeo.e"'. of Wnie increase two-thirds was in raw Hlanu 1 facturrrs' materials. and the export increased Sis7 .000. ooo. of which incress
 one half was manufactured articles