Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-26
INCREASE IN OUR IMPORTS
Growth Shown in Manufacturers Materials,
Food Stufs and Manufactured Goods
twenty Great Articles Formed I'm $50
Seventy-Five Per Ceat OF
Our ImpOrtatfon..

Manufacturers materials food stuffs and
manufactured goods formed. in the order
named, the bulk of the Sl65 ool 900 Increase
IN our importations of 1879. The largest
proportion of the increase is in manufac-
turers materials. which in 1879 were nearly
S3 per cent larger than in lS,S and more
than % per cent greater than in 1886 Food
stuffs I'm 1899 were over 20 per cent I'm tx
cess of those OF ISS,S but actually less than
those of 1896. Manufactures in 1891 were
about Il per cent greater than in IS,S. but
less than in lS6. Articles in a crude CON
ditton for use in manufacturing, which IN
1896 formed less than n per cent Of the
imports and In 1888 less than - per cent
are IN 1883 53 per cent of the total imports.
Food stuffs, which in 1886 formed "A r.; Ger
cent of the imports and in ISsS 2g.5S. were
an 1893 - per cent. Manufactured articles
ready for consumption. which in 1sS
formed 17.6I per cent of the imports and in
1898 1880. We're in 1Ss'a less than Il Der
cent Of the total imports
Twenty great articles formed in 1S9 a.
per cent of our importations and half OF
these are manufacturers materials the re-
mainder being divided between fuodstuffs
and manufactures. These twenty great ar
ucles. whose values for the YEAR range re-
spectNely, from Sl0.opI.UpO upward We're
IN the order of magnitude. sugar, coffee
hdes chemicals, raw silk, manufactured
cotton. rubber manufactured silk, manu-
featured fibers, raw fibers. fruits and nuts
WOOD, tin. iron and steel. wooden goods
glass and chinaware, malt and spirituuus
liquors tobacco, raw wool and tea.
Dividing these into the classes of manu-
facturers materials. food stuffs and manu-
featured goods the first mentioned class
manufacturers Observation-Disclosures hides
chemicals, raw silk, rubber, fihers. wood,
tin. tobacco and wool: the second class
Observation-Disclosures sugar, coffee. fruits and
and mali and Pif
while the third class-manufactures-i
cludes cotton goods, silk goods. manufac-
lures of fiber. iron and steel. wooden goods
glass and chinaware.
The increase in import atoms in 1899 as
compared with 1895 1S9G is chiefly in
manufacturers materials. Hides and skins.
for instance. increased from s2a,1i3.d2> i'm
1896 and $50 e06. 800 in 1S!S to 81. "a $50 in
1899; raw silk for use in manufacturing.
from sl6a96.6sl in 1896 and s21,112.lt4 in
1898 to 81, SIS in 1880: india rubber for
use in manufacturing from Sl5,6I9.ll5 in
1896 to S2606g.J44 in 1898 and s34. .2n in
1879; fibers for use in manufacturing from
SIS, 500, 6J3 in 1896 and Sl1.u2l,O19 in 1925 to
sd. 30S. g0i in 1899; tin in blocks. bars and
pigs, for use in manufacturing. from So
SIS, 1873 in 1896 and o.22t in 1898 to Sl6-
40, Ill in 1899
In manufactures the increase was much
less than in raw materials. being. an cotton
goods. from $50. so ?'6 in 1896 and SD ,3m
DDS in 1898 to S;i6.5I 22.cIS in 1899; in silk
manufactures. from 81 .6S6s49 in lS.6 and
S2J.2s4,641 in 1S!S to S21 .Sso.6SS in 1st9:
manufactures Of fiber from S2I.a2l.ll2 in
1895 and So. 1908 in ISIS to S21.3l2.tr24 in
1899. while iron and steel. glass and china
ware and wooden manufactures show
marked reduction, iron and steel falling
frcm SO .J06 .5ST in 1896 to S141SS.4o6 in
$50: glass and china ware from S15.,46,ISt
in 1896 to ST.. 5S6 1g2 in 1899. and wooden
manufactures from So, 1GI,:sf3 in 1896 10
S14 596. si7 in 1899.
In food stuffs the principal increase is in
sugar. the importations of that article in
creasing from S6.219 9ls in 1876 to Sl0s, 124,
s11 in 1899.
The following table shows the importa-
lions in the calendar years 1S!6. 1S.,s and
1899 of the twenty great articles exceeding
ten million dollars in value. and whose ag-
gregate value formed - per cent of the
total importations in 1s@a: