Arizona republican., 1900-11-30
DAY TO GIVE THANKS
The End of a Marvellous
 Business Period
The Work of the Manufacturer and What He Has Done For the Mil lions-Figures of Hundred Years.

Washington, NoY. 29.-There is am- pie food for Thanksgiving reflections in some figures which the treasury bu- reau of statistics has just presented regarding the commerce and affairs of the United States in these closing months of the year 19O0 as compared With conditions at the corresponding date in precedeing years, and compar- ing prosperity in the United States with that in other countries.
 While the whole world is prosperous, the United States seems to be espec ially so. Our exports show an in crease of S166, SG1, IFS in the ten months ending with October 1900 as compared with the corresponding months of 1899. and the total for the ten months is practically double what it was in the corresponding months of 1894
 This. of itself. shows a remarkable activity in all lines of production, while the import, as well as the export figures indicate that the activity in manufacturing lines and consequently the increased earnings of the millions
 
 very great. A very considerable share of the materials required for use in manufacturing comes from abroad, such as, for instance, India rubber, tin, for use in manufacturing tin pate; hemp, jute, sisal, raw silk, cabinet and dye woods. chemicals, hides and skins, and certain grades of wool and cotton; and by measuring the growth in the Al o,-fi of the growth in manufacturing may be obtained.
 The total importation of materials Of this class used in manufacturing dur .irg the ten months ending with Octo- Der 1900. is S23S, ,257 ,91S as compared with s214. .396.7 .757 in the corresponding months of 1899, and $127301,945 in the same months of 1894. Turning again to the export side, it is found that the exportation of manufactures alone amount in the nine months. ending with September. 1900. to S33S,6IS,243, against $277, ,502, 649 in the correspond- inMmonths of 1899, and $145. 79S,SS4 in the same months of 1895. Thus the exportation of manufactures has in creased nearly twenty-five per cent in one year. and more than doubled in the four years from 1896 to 1900, wEile the importation of manufacturers ma terials has also increased at very rapid rate Exports of manufactures of iron and steel alone amount to $110, ,0G0,0 GOO in round numbers, in 'he ten months ending with October, l9Oo' as against $S6 eco, ,OOO in the correspond- ing months of 1897, thus having more than doubled in the three years from 1897 to 1900.
 Not only have the manufacturer ana the millions dependent upon his indus try shared in the prosperity of the year. but those engaged in agriculture and mining seem to have been equally prosperous, judging from the record shown by the figures Of our export commerce. The eXportation Of agri- cultural products in the ten months ing with Oceo5er, 1900, is in round terms. S70O OOO, ,OOO, as against $625.OOO,- 900 in the same months Of 1899, While the product of the mine, the forest, and the fisheries, show an increase in 1900 as compared with the figures or 1899.
 This increase in the products of in- dustry is especially interesting in view of the fact that in many cases it shows a higher reward for given quantity of labor, or, in other words, higher prices received for tire article itse!t as well as an increasing quantity produced and sold. In cotton, for in stance. the average export price per pound in the months of September and October, the beginning of the new cot ton year, has been 9.9, against 6.7 in the same months of the preceding year, while in other agricultural produc- tions and in various lines of manufac- lures. especially those of iron and steel. and in the products of the mines. there are increased prices per unit of quantity, and thus, better earnings for those who produce them.
 A comparison of conditions in the United States with those in other coun- tries. as measured by the foreign com merce. indicates a degree of prosperity which compares favorably with any country of the world. Our own eX- ports for the ten months ending with October show an increase, as has al ready been shown, of $116,0000 GOO, while in the exports of the United Kingdom the increase in ten months is $125,000, | !0O; while the 1900 figures for Belgium, France. Spain and Italy show no in crease in eXportaticns during that part of the year 1900 whose record Is now available In case of Belgium, France, l Spain. Italy. Germany and the United | Kingdom. the imports are greater than | the exports. while, in our own case, | the exports vastly exceed the imports; | the excess of exports over imports in | the ten months ending with October | being $499 667 ,9S6, or a greater excess | than in the corresponding period of | any preceding year, and a greater eX- cess than that of any other country of the world.
 It is is not improper in this review | of the commerce of the year 1900, and | comparison with preceding years, to also briefly review the decade and | century, of which it forms the closing year. While it is not practicable of course. to give the total import and export figures for the calendar year, 1900, the bureau of statistics has com pleted he figures of the fiscal year.