Arizona republican., 1902-08-14

Washington, August 13.-The story of cur foreign commerce in the fiscal year
 1902 is told in outline in the opening page of the annual report of the chief of the treasury bureau of statistics, as
 follows:
 The foreign commerce of the United States in the fiscal year 1902 was larger than ill any year of it's history except
 1901. Compared with 1901. there was q reduction of about $1O5.000 900 in exports and an increase of about S0,000 0G0 in
 imports. The reduction in exports was chiefly due to the shortage in the corn
 crop of 1901. the reduction in the price
 of cotton. and an unusual home de- mand fer iron and steel manufactures.
 The increase in imports was chiefly due
 to larger demands for foreign mate
 rials for use in manufacturing.
 The shortage of the corn crop e
 1901, due to drought, reduced the corn
 cXrcrtaUions in the fiscal year 1902 150,-
 eCO.CO0 bushels below these O. 1901. and caused a reduction of $S1 ,000 0a0 in the
 value of corn eXportati0ns. The export
 price of Cotto uaVcraged about 1 cent
 Der pound below that of theprcceding
 year, and although the expectations exceeded in quantity those in 1901 by about 0,G00 ,000 pounds, the total value of the cotton exported fell -leally $33,- GH0GC1 below that of l901 Tn ron and steel the increased demand at home. cuul leI with abnormal conditions in the foreign market caused a red1c- ,i..n o1 .ioput #lA,oJJ"UU !n value ot our
 exports Of that class Of manufactures
 In mpoItati0ns there was an increase of S70.0G0.O00 in material for use in
 ,,f., tured articles ready for consumption.
 and l2.o00G30 in articles of voluntary
 use. luxuries, etc., but a decrease of $21 GOO, 009 in feed stuffs. nnportations | of raw materials for use in manufac- turing amounted to $,'2S coo. 600, which was $JS, CGQ COG in excess of the preced ing year. and of articles partly nanu- factured for use in manufaC turing the
 imports were 91,0G0. eco, an increase of ! $12 000, coo This brings the tctal inn portation of manufacturers materials
 imported Tar above that of any preCed ing year in the history of our commerce and industries.
 ''The chief reduction in the export; | occurred in the commerce with Europe. Compared with the fiscal year 1901. the
 total exports to Europe fell off SIPS, | 0C0.0 000 and those to South America S6, coo. eco. while those to North America 1 increased S7000,000. to Asia and 1 Oceania $13,0G0 COG and to Africa $S ! 0GC. The reduction in the exports to ! the United Kingdom was S53.000, 000 to Germany $19, GOO 900, to the Netherlands
 $9.0CG GOO and to France $7.000, eco. Near ! ly all of this reduction is traceable to | the drought of last year and the reduc- ! ton in the price Cf cotton. The great l falling off in the corn crop not only reduced the quantity of corn available | for eXportation, bat caused the con
 sumption at home of larger quantities 1 of oats, so that expectations of oats
 fell off about SS, ,000000 in value.
 These conditions. coupled with the i increased demand of he home market. 1 also reduced the aVaila ble quantity of 1 beef and beef cattle for eXportation, and caused an advance in the price of l beef. and the e:1portalinn cf beef and i beef cattle fell off about S10.G09 000 . Thus the falling off in corn and corn i meal. oats and oatmeal and beef and l beef cattle amounted to nearly $90 000,- i 000. Of the $S3. COG. 600 reduction in the ! exports to the United Kingdom. about 1 cattle and fresh beef. 8 COG. .0G0 in oats
 and over $19GG0.00 in cotton. although l the quantity Of cotton exported to that
 country increased meantime about g. ! coo, G09 as compared with the year inn
 mediately preceding. Of the $19. .000. GOO 1 !uctiCn in exports 10 Germany, $l4, l eco, 000 was in corn and about $5, coo, ,000 ! in cotton, although the quantity of cot
 ton increased about 3S000,0G0 pounds,
 as compared with the year immediately preceding. To Asia, Africa and North