The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-28
4 REMARKABLE Showing
The Record Made by Manufaetqr-
ers in the Last Decade.
Increase in Importations of Mate
Exports of Finished Goods Have
Grown i'm Greater Proportion
A Comparison of the Statistics.

The record made by the manufacturers
of the United States forms the most
striking feature OF the history of our for
eign commerce in the period extending
from lSsO-1900. The Treasury Bureau of
Statistics has just completed its analysis
OF the record OF our foreign commerce
during the calendar year 1900. and COM
parison of the figures thus presented with
those of 1880 and the intervening years
discloses some interesting facts.
1t shows a remarkable increase in the
importation Of manufacturers materials
and an even greater increase in the ex-
portation of manufactured goods, while
in the importation OF manufactures there
is decided decrease. showing that the
manufacturers have not only increased
their expectations, but also increased the
share which they are supplying of the
manufactures consumed in the United
States.
The importations of foodstufrs have also
decreased, while the expectations of food
stuffs have materially increased. showing
that the agricultural producers have both
increased their expectations and the share
which they supply of the agricultural
products consumed in the United States
as well
Dividing the importatIons into three
great classes-First. foodstuffs and live
animals; second, manufactures and Iuxu-
ries, and third. manufacturers materials.
II Is found that foodstuffs and live ami
mails, which in 1880 formed BIS per cent
OF the total imports, were only 26.i per
cent of the imports Of 1900: manufactures
and luxuries, which formed 3i.6 per cent
of the imports of 1890 formed only 295
per cent In 1860. while manufacturers ma
terials, which were only 3i.3 per cent of
the total imports of 1890, formed A per
cent OF the total imports OF 1900
On the export side agricultural products,
which formed 7i.3 per cent of the total
domestic expectations of 1890 formed only
62.2 per cent of the total in 1900; while
manufactures formed only 1S.5 per cent of
the total domestic exports in 1890, formed
3e.4 per cent in 1900
Turning to the actual figures OF imports
and exports by great groups. it may be
said that the Importation of manufac-
turers' materials amounted. in 1890. to
S2S2, S39 O9+, and in 1900 to s365, IA 500 or an
average of 81, 10000 a day; while the ex-
portation of manufactures, which amount
ed in 1880 to 1851, 126, SC3, was in 1890 s4H,-
4O69i2. The importation of food and live
animals decreased from $3.50 $50 70i in 1890
to S219. 329. 205 in 1860, while the expectation
Of agricultural products increased from
s62s, 779, 597 in 1890 to 800, SOS, 95S in 1860.
The Importation of food and live ami
mails shows a decrease of 10 per cent in
1900 as compared with 1890 while the ex-
portation of agricultural products shows
an increase of a. per cent in the same
time. Imports of manufactures and luXu-
ries show a decrease of 10 per cent in 1900
as compared with 1890 while imports of
manufa cturers' materials show an in
crease of % per cent, and exports of fin
ished manufactures an increase of ISL per
cent in the same time.
The following table shows the importa-
ton of foodstuffs and live animals, manu-
features and luxuries, and manufacturers
materials in each year from 1880 to 1900: