The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-08-01
FOREIGN
Commerce Of tn United state
Surpasses all Oth1r Years.

WASHINGTON, JULY S1-The annual
IMPORT OF the chef Of the treasury bureau
Of statistics upon the foreign commerce
OF the United States during the year end
ing June go 1900, has been competed and
will form part OF the June Summary OF
Commerce and Finance, which will make
its appearance during the coming week
The report shows the total imports OF
merchants Sc during the year were $780,
II4,67O: the total exports, 81, ,394 1851. The
principal features Of the report, omit
ling the statistical tables, are as follows:
Four great facts characterize the for
eign commerce of the United States in
1900. the closing year of the decade and
century:
I. The total comm rec Of the year sur
passes by S19. $50 that Of any preced-
ing year. and for the first time in our
history exceeds two b lllon dollars.
2. The exports exceed those of any pre-
ceding year. and have been more widely
distributed throughout the world than
ever before.
B. Manufacturers materials were more
freely imported than ever before and
formed a larger share Of the total Inn
ports than on any former occasion.
T. Manufactured articles were more
freely exported than ever before and
formed a larger share Of the total eX-
ports than on any former occasion.
In exports every great class Of articles
showed larger total than in the pre-
oedlng year; in imports every class eX-
eept manufacturc rs materials showed a
smaller percentage Of the tota THAN in
the preceding year, white manufacturers
materials showed a much larger total
and larger percentage Of the grand total
than in any former year.
INCREASE OF IMPORTS OF MANU-
FACTURERs' MATERIALS.
Two Of the five great classes Of imports
are exclusively manufacturers materials.
The first of these, ARTICLES in a crude
condition which enter into the various
processes of domestic industry" includes
india rubber, hides and skins, pig tin,
and certain chemicals. The eecond. Ear
tfcles wholly or partially manufactured
FOR use as materials IN manufacturing,
includes wood leather furs, cement,
yarns oils. dyes and dyewoods, and GER
tain chemicals. The other three classes
az imports are foodstuffs, articles manu-
factured ready for consumption. and ar
ticIes of voluntary use iuxuries, etc. OF
the two classes designated as manufac-
turers' materials that which includes
only articles in a crude condition is by
far the largest. being in 1900, $780,, ,264 Jos
against $222 G57. ia in 1899, or nearly 40
per cent greater than in any preceding
year; while the class which includes ar
tfcIes wholly or partially manufactured
for use in manufacturing amounts to $685.
fSS, $40. against sos. 1853 9O3 in 1898 and SOS,-
rs2. .526 in 1891 The share which articles
IN a crude condition for use in manufac-
turing form Of the total imports Is cor
stantIy increasing and in the year just
ended formed by far the largest total and
largest percentage Of the grand total in
the history of our for ign commerce. OF
the total imports Of the year. manufac-
Furers' materials, including the two
classes above named show an increase of
gf0I, ,375 Cos over those Of the preceding
year: while the other three classes, food
Stuffs, manufactures, and Injuries, show
an increase of but $i5, 100. .4S3 over the pre-
eeding year, thus showing that over two
thirds OF the increased importations Of
she year are in manufacturers materials,
While manufacturers materials show
the largest growth in our imports, man
Gfactured articles show the largest
s.anssssssa Hsas.s.