The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-30


WASHINGTON, July &c. This annual
rapport OF the chief OF the treasury bu-
rsau Of statistics upon the foreign com
merce of the United States during III:
year ending June 80. 1900. has been COM
+. pleted and will form q part OF the June
summary OF commerce and finance,
which will make its appearance during
9 the coming week. The report shows the
totallmports Of merchandise during the
.year'wterc Si9,Tl4.s7O: the total exports.
{ sl.3s4lSs,sE. The principal features of
]; the report, emitting the statistical
tables, are as follows: =
Four great facts characterize the for
Z elsn commerce Of the United States ii,
1900, the closing year OF the decade and
century:
\. The total commerce. Of the year
SURPRISES by ssls.72o. $50 that OF any pre-
.ceding year. and for the frat time IN
! our history exceeds s2.oeOOOo.oOo.
=. The exports exceed those Of any
preceding year. and have been more
widely distributed throughout, the world
than ever before. b
iYSS. Manufacturers materials were
more freely imported than ever before
and formed . larger share Of the total
B imports than on any former occasion.
A. Manufactured articles were morn
freely exported than ever before and
formed \ larger share of the total ex-
ports than any former occasion.
In exports every great class of artl-
Giles showed larger tota! than In the
preceding year: in imports every class
except manufacturers materials show
ed aGsmaller percentage OF the total
than In the the preceding year. while
manufacturers materials showed n
much larger total and larger percentage
of the grand total than In any former
year.
Increase in Imports of Manufactur-
crs' Materials.
Two OF the five great classes OF I'M
:, ports are exclusively manufacturers
materials. The first OF these. articles
2 In n crude condition which enter into
2 the various processes OF domestic In
dustry," includes. and Is chiefly made
upfof manufactured fibres. raw silk.
wool. crude India rubber. hides and
cklns. pig tin and certain chemicals.
7 The second, articles wholly or partial
Is manufactured for use as materials
in manufacturing" includes wood,
leather. furs. cement. yarns, oils. dyes
and dyewcods, and certain chemicals.
The other three classes Of imports are
foodstuTs articles manufactured ready
for consumption and articles for rolun-
tary use, luxuHas, etc OF the two
classes designated as manufacturers
materials, thai which includes only
articles in crude condition Is by far
the largest. being in 1900. s30e. 26i. JOG,
against s222 .657.774 In 1899. or nearly 4.
per cent greater than In any preceding
year: while the class which includes
8 articles wholly or partially manufactur-
ed for use in manufacturing amounts t.
Z sSs.4a3.5i9, against ssS753,9o3 In 1893, and
sl09, 132,526 in 1891. The share which
articles In 4 crude condition for use In
( manufacturing form OF the total i'm.
ports is con;an;ly increasing and In The
year Just ended formed by far thf
largest total and largest percentage o!
4 the grand total In the history OF our
foreign commerce. or the tota! imports
OF the year, manufacturers materials,
Including the two classes above named
show an Increase OF sl07,375,ssS over
those OF the preceding year; while the
other three classes. toodstuffs. manu-
features and lu4ur!es. show an In
crease OF but s45.l9O.4ss over the pre-.
eceding year. thus showing that over
two-thirds OF the increased lmporta-
tons OF the year are In manufacturers
materials.
Growth in Exports OF Manufactures.
While manufacturers materials show
the largest growth In our imports. man.
ufactured articles show the larges,
growth in our exports. The total ex-
! ports OF manufactures In 1900 amounted