The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-21


of a forecast of the conf
mercc of the United States for the
fiscal year to end one week from Sat
urday. 1t is a dispassionate array of
official figures, but it tells between the
lines, of the wonderful economic sue
cess of Republican policies and for this
reason it has live interest for every
voter.
The commerce Of the United States
in the fiscal year which ends this
| month will, says the Star, by far ex-
| ceed that of any preceding year: its
exports will surpass those of any
| earlier year by more than $50, 900, 900.
and its exports of manufactures will
exceed those of any preceding year by
more than S7j,OOO00O. Its imports,
| owing to the demands of the manufac-
| turers of the country for foreign raw
| material for use in their industries,
will also be large. Raw silk. unmanu-
| factured fbers, crude rubber, hides and
| skins, pig tin for use in tin plate es-
| adjustments, cabinet woods and the
| finer grades of cotton and the coarser
| grades of wool all show a large in
crease as compared with preceding
years. The value of unmanufactured
silk imported will be nearly 80 per cent.
in excess of that of the preceding year
and more than double that of the fis-
cal year 1897. Raw cotton shows an
increase in quantity of 50 per cent. over
1899, manufactured fibers an increase
of % per cent. over 1899 and 100 per
cent. over 1898. and hides and skins
show an increase of % per cent. over
1889 and 60 per cent. over 1898.
1t is on the export side, however,
that the year makes its greatest rec
ord. The total exports for the eleven
months of the year amount to 81 ,2S6.-
PA, ,53i, and should the June figures
prove as large as those of May, which
arc just received, it would bring the
total up to $1,iOO, 100000, or $173, 1000, 900
greater than the banner year 1899. As
to the details of this wonderful year.
every class of article shows an in
crease. Manufactures, as already in
diCated, will show an increase of more
than $75,O0000O; products of agriculture
will show an increase of nearly $780,
100000; products of the mine an in
crease of nearly $l0,O0O,0O0; those of
the forest about an equal sum; fish
cries are $1,000 900 larger than last
year, and the miscellaneous class
shows a marked increase. Pro- ,bly
the largest increase is in mann. lures
of iron and steel, though cotton will
show a considerable increase owing to
the marked advance in price. Nearly
all grades of manufactures of iron and
steel show an advance. Steel rails in
the ten months ending with April, 1900,
increased from four and a half million
to six and a half million dollars; struc-
/, tural iron and steel from $l,350,OO0 in
the ten months ending April, 1899, to
: $2,OI6000; wire, from lG9, O0O 900 pounds
, to 1875 900 600 pounds, the increase in
value being from $3000,O 600 to "a, 1851, 900
the advance in price being much
5 greater than that in quantity, and this
[ is true in nearly all grades of iron and
steel exports. Builders hardware in.
creased from S6,332 900 to $7SSS, 900;
railway engines from SO, 79S, 600 to "a.
a SO5,O0O; wire nails, despite the large in.
' crease in price, more than doubled in
e quantity of their export, the tota
= number of pounds in the ten month!
) ending with April, 1900 being 1882, 900
t against 37,336000 year earlier. The
total exports of manufactures of iron
= and steel will be about S120 900, 900, o.
more than 20 per cent. in excess of las
year, despite the frequently expressed
fear that the advance in prices would
- cause a reduction in exports. Othe
lines of manufacture show a large ad
vance. Leather and its manufacture
?. show an increase from Sl9O0O0OO T.
= nearly s2S,OOOOO0 during the pcrlo
II under consideration, and mineral oil
y an increase from $4O,OOO,QOO to G,OOO,
a 600, though this increase is chiefly du
It to the advance in price, the ouantit
e exported in the ten months endin
y with April, 1899, being 65O,0OOO0O gal
s. Ions, and that for the ten months end
Is ing with April, 1900, 6Si, 1000, 900 gallons
j. This splendid gain in the volume O
n business done is due primarily to tn
II sense of security which the election q