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

Washington, D. C.. July -S.-;S ;SpeciaD.
 The total foreign commerce of the
 United States during the fiscal year
 1900 exceeds by Is 2-S per cent that of
 any preceding year, being $S2O. .OoO, ocg
 greater than that of 1899, 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 S2,24l.-
 19S.54S. The exports are s1. .594 479 .2I4. or | S165. 0G0. 900 in excess of those of 1SsS, | which held the record of the largest eX- ports until the record of 1900 was made All of the great classes show an in- l crease in exportation. Fisheries, S1 .000, ,- ] 00e; mining and forestry. nearly S10.- | o9o.vOo: agriculture. nearly S50,OOO0 0O0: and manufactures. nearly s1O0. .O00, GOO over the phenomenal year of 1899. Imports are also heavy, especially in l 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 in a crude condition for use in manufacturing show by far the largest growth. Manufactures show a gain of about S2O OOO. GOO over last year: articles of voluntary use. Iuxuries. etc. also about S30 9OO. 900: articles of food. about S15.Ooe.ooO; articles wholly or partially manufactured for use in manufacturing. S25. .000 GOO: and articles in crude condition which enter into the various processes of domestic in- dustrY over s75. 900 900.
 most r1pta bIs ba years commerce are:
 First-The increase in imports of manufacturers materials not produced at home.
 Second-The increase in exports of manufactured articles. and
 Third-The fact that the foreign com- merce for the first time in the fiscal year record crossed the S2. .0OO. .O0O 900 line. Imports of manufacturers ma terials form in fact nearly one-half the total importations, if We consider as manufacturers materials the class
 articles wholly or partially manufac- tured for use as materials in the manu- factured for use as materials in the manufactures and mechanic arts" They alone amount to about S9O. 000 000 while articles in a crude condition which enter into the various process IS of domestic industry" amount to over S300, 600 0o0. Thus the manufacturers materials imported during the year amount to about S4O0 O0O 900 out of d ! total of SS49. .O00, 0O0 Tn 1890 manufactur- CTS materials. including both classes articles in a crude condition. and arti- cles wholly or partially manufactured for use in cturing-fOrmed 5S per cent of the imports. in 1895 they
 formed 57 per cent; in 1896. 8 per cent: in 1898. 42 per cent; in 1899. Al Der cent and in 1900, 46 per cent. Taking raw
 materials alone, the group classified as | articles in crude condition which en- | ter into the various processes of do-
 nestle industry" the per cent which ] they formed of the total importation
 was. in 1885. 0.64 per cent; in 1890. 23.o6 Der cent; in 1895. 2564 per cent; in 1S9e. 24.57 per cent; in 1897, 26 per cent; in | 1898. S2.t6 per cent; in 1899. 51.S2 per cent. and in 1900, 35-I5 per cent. To put | it in a single sentence the imports of
 the year increased s152. 900 900. of which | increase two-thirds was in raw manu- 1 lecturers materials. and the exports 1 increased S167 COG. 900. of which increase one-half was manufactured articles.