Evening star., 1900-07-30
AReport of the Chief of the Bureau of
Statistics.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR MANUFACTURERS
Great Increase in Export of the
Finished Article.
COMMERCE WITH COLONIES

treasury bureau of statistics upon the for
| eign commerce Of the United States during
the year ending June 30. 1900. has been
completed and will form part of the June
, summary of commerce and finance which
will make its appearance during the COM
Ing week. The report shows the total i'm
ports OF merchs ndise during the year were
$40 1850: the total exports 81 394 1876, 81.
The principal features OF the report, omit
ting the statistical tables. are as follows:
Four great facts characterize the foreign
commerce of the United States in 1900, the
: closing year OF the decade and century:
1. The total commerce of the year sur
passes by S319 ~. $50 that of any preceding
year. and for the first time in our history
exceeds two billion dollars.
2 The exports exceed those of any pre-
ceiling year. and have been more widely dis
tributed throughout the world than ever be-
fore.
3 Manufacturers materials were more
freely imported than ever before and form
ed a larger share Of the total imports than
any former occasion.
L. Manufactured articles were more free
ly exported than ever before. and formed a
larger share of the total exports than on
any former occasion
In exports every great class of articles
showed Il larger total than IN the preceding
year; in imports every class, except manu-
facturcrs materials. showed a smaller per-
centage of the total than in the preceding
year while manufacturers materials
showed a smaller percentage Of the total
than in the preceding year. while manu-
faCturers materials showed a much larger
total and larger percentage of the grand
total Than in any former year.
Imports of Manufacturers' Materials.
Two of the five great classes OF imports
are exclusively manufacturers materials.
The first of these, articles in crude con-
dition, which enter into the various pro-
cesses of domestic industry" includes. ard
is chiefly made up OF unmanufactured f1bers
raw silk. wool. crude India rubber. hides
and skins. pig tin and certain chemicals.
The second. articles wholly or partially
ms nUfa ctured for materials in manu-
faCturing. includes wool. leather, furs ce-
ment. yarns. oils, dyes and dyewoods and
Certain chemicals The other three classes
of imports are foodstuffs. articles manu-
factured ready for consumption and arti-
c4es VI voluntary use, luxuries etc OF
the Two classes designated as manufactur-
ers materials. that which includes only ar
ilc!e-' IN crude condition Is by far the
largest. being in 1890 s3U2 2ti4 1O6 against
22'i1I,Ii4 in 1899, or nearly 10 per cent
greater than in any preceding year: while
III" class which includes articles wholly or
partially manufactured for use in nIanufac-
turing. amounts to SIS, i:;:3 .JJ49 against sos
Ilf..bE in 1s4;i, and s1t9 IL. .,26 in 1871 The
share which articles in a crude conGition
imports is constantly increasing and in the
year just c2de1i formed by far the largest
total and largest percentage of the grand
total in the history OF our foreign COM
merce. OF the total imports of the year
manufacturers materials. including the two
classes above named. show an increase of
s1p1.3a569s over those Of the preceding
year. while the other three classes. food
stuna. manufactures and luxuries, show an
Increase of but s4J. 100. 4S3 over the preced-
ing year, thus showing that over twO-t birds
OF the increased importations of the wear
are in manufacturers materials.
Exports of Manufactures.
While manufacturers materials show the
largest growth in our imports nanufactur-
ed articles show the largest growth in our
exports The total exports of manufactures
In 1870 amounted to si32 2s4, ,366, against
SGts'6''.o9s in the preceding year. an in
crease Of 326OS.S sos while in no esrIier
year had the increase amounted to so much
as 00.HD.tUD- Manufactures formed BIZ
per cent of the total expectations in l9si
asalnst 2sl@ per cent in 1899, 1881 per
cent in 1897. y. IA per cent in 1s.,5 NJ *
per cent IN 1ssJ i per cent IN 1870 and II 76
III 1862 Exports of manufactures in 1863
We're SF.S43,ss2. and In 1850 s432 2s4 3ts;
WhlIe the total exports in 1850 were s3:3 :
5'b.v11. and in 1880 81. .394 1s6371 Thus.
while the total exports Of 1900 are four
uineS as great as in 1850. those of manu-
iactufes alone are ten times as much as
IL tiAdl ear manufactures formed
put l.-i6 per cent of our total exports
while in 1900 they form 81 81 per cent of our
total exports Even in the decade which
ENDS with the year 1880 the growth in ex-
ports OF manufactures has been equally
striking. In 1891 the total exports amount
ed 10 1854, 49,, SO. and those of manufac-
lures alone to sl6e. .927, ,315. the total exports
Tor 1880 thus being but 50 per cent in ex
Cess of 1891. while the exports of mann
factures are $50 per cent In excess of that
year.
This rapid growth in the expectation of
manufactures is particularly gratifying whom
compared with that of other nations which
have heretofore chiefly supplied the world :
markets in manufactured goods In 1874
a. ALREADY indicated. our total exports of
manufactures were but S4OSil $50 In that
year those Of the united kingdom were s6l3 :
;-Is 2ti2 BY 1870 our own exports of manu-
factures had increased to saS 20 1854 and
Inose or the united kingdom were $500 16s-
- IN lSso exports of manufactures from
the United States were s162 s56,OIJ and
those from the united kingdom were sy70 :
hSl'4 In 1880 exports of manufactures
from the United States were S15l 1U2 37s;
and those from the united kingdom were
sl'rsI lho.1s1 In 1890 exports Of manufac-
lures from the United States had reached
t'22si-5B. while those from the united
klngdom IN 1898. the latest year available.
had dropped to S936 165, ,325. Thus our ex
ports OF manufactures are now ten times
a. much as in 1850, while those of the
united Kingdom but one and one-bair
times as great as in 1SGO.
Commerce With the Grand Divisions.
a study OF our imports from the grand di-
visions Of the world illustrates the growth
In the proportion of our imports which Is
being supplied by the tropical and sub.
tropical parts OF the world In 1870 the In,
ports from Europe were $4i9 9s1 26s and in
1880. $40; ";fS4s, From North America the
imports in 1880 were Sl4s 3.ss T,S and in
1870 Sl29a}9. s75. From South Amer,ca
from which out imports are almost ex.
ciusiveiy tropical and subtropical the i'm
ports OF 1850 were So,pt6144 and in 1900
St '.13i- From Asia. whose supplies sen,
10 the United States are chiefly tropical
ana subtropical IN character. our Imports i'm
1Hs We're s6i.JDS. scs3. and in 1900 $3.50 S17 :
W.. From Oceanfa. lying almost exclusive
" In the tropics. the imports in 1880 were
S2si'6,5tis. and in 1900 SS4 59t O42 and from
Africa. from which our imports are almos,
exclusively tropical and subtropical. our
imports In 1850 were s., ,321. All. and in 19Ol
S1l.2l7, ,Il8
Imports From the Dependencies.
That large proportion of the growing
demand for tropical and subtropical pro.