New-York tribune., 1901-04-20
RECORD YEAR FOR EXPORTS.
THE FIGURES MAY NEARLY REACH IhH
BILLION AND A HALF MARK.

Washington. April 10 (SpeciaD.-The fiscal year
1901 seems likely to exceed any preceding year III
its record of exports from the United States Inc
steady growth of exports from 1892 100000 in ls'o 70
SS5ooooo in 1885, ST. 600 in 1892 and slos1
In 1900 has excited much comment, but II seems
that 1901 is to the record of 1900 and orie
the export figures nearly If quite to the piiiio'i
and half mark. The March import and export
figures. just completed by the Treasury Bureau OF
statistics. show a total expectation from INC
United States in the nine months ending WIN
March, 1901 of S.14o170.72S ss654o032 in excess
of last year. which held the highest record In the
history of the export trade.
Another interesting fact developed by the March
figures of our foreign commerce is that imports
seem likely to show a decided decrease in 1901, as
compared with 1900, while the exports are showing
the increase above indicated. The figures for lhe
nine months ending with March. 1901. show de-
crease of Si2 292, $50 in the imports. compared
with those in the corresponding months of the
preceding year. Thus the excess of exports over
imports in the nine months under discussion 10
more than s10O.OO0OOO greater than in the corre-
spending months of last year. and far beyond tne
figures of any preceding year. The excess or eA-
ports over imports in the nine months ending with
March 1901 is $5406S7.337 against SAL, ,S54ooo IN
the corresponding months of 1900. an increase VI
2sSs2 81 in the net excess Of exports ,sred over %
1900.
The farmers are apparently the chief beneficiares
in this remarkable increase of exports, ana are n
their exports than the manufacturers, whose
record in 1899 and 1900 showed greater percentage
of growth than those engaged in agriculture Inc
analysis by the Bureau of Statistics OF the Maao n
exports of domestic merchandise has not peen
with February showed increase of SSS,0oO.CoO IN
the exports of agricultural products, and about
100000 each in manufactures and products of the
mines forests and fisheries.
This check in the growth of the exports OF manu-
factures is apparent than real, being due IN
part the absence of statistics of exports 10 the
Hawaiian Islands and to the separation or lne
trade of Porto Rico from the regular statements
of foreign commerce in the returns to the bureau
of Statistics; while the temporary reductlon ~ IN
the exports China, due to the disturbed conui-
tions in that country, also accounts for the laCh
of growth in the figures
The reduction in the import figures Is !argeIy
due the reduction in price of the materials I'M
ported by manufacturers. and occu chleily IN tle
class. ARTICLES in a crude condition Whlch enle,
into the various processes of domestic industry
Yet, while the figures of value are materially re-
duced. the quantities of these particular arucIes
imported for in manufacturing SHOW httie, e
duction In india rubber, for instance the ran IN
value of the imports in the eight months enulns
with February, 1901 compared with the San ne
months of 1900 is from S2 600 in 1900 to sl6unVO
in 1901 yet the reduction in quantity is only rom
80 900 pounds in 1900 100000 pounds IN lsol
showing that the chief reduction is in the price,
rather than the quantity imported. In raw SILK
the value of the importations falls off 5l per cent
while the quantity falls only AZ per cent. ana IN
other importations of manufacturers materials the
reduction in value is greater than in quantity.