Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-04
COMMERCE IS EXPANDING
IDorsas, in Both BxpSrt' and Imports
During Month Of August.
SANE RtCOHO fOR pAsT LIeHT MONIHs
Largest Increase In Imports ~ In
Raw Materials and Cotton Goods
Lead Exports by = Large
MarEin.


WASHINGTON. Oct. S.-(special)-The
August record Of the foreign commerce Of
the United States is encouraging. The
figures Of the treasury bureau OF statistics
show hat exports OF Manufactures have in
creased more than 81. 200. 900 as compared
with August OF last year, and about s12, OO0,-
900 Id, the eight. months ending with August,
1902, as. compared with the corresponding
eight months of the preceding year. Mean
time manufacturers. have increased their
imports Of material for use In msnufac-
turing, the value Of imports Of articles in
a crude condition which enter into the vari-
Gus processes of domestic industry having
increased s2,bo0,0Oo. in August. 1902, over
August. 1901, aud, for the eight months show
an Increase Of ,s2s,0 900, 900 over the same
period Of last year; while articles wholly
or partially Manufactured for use In manu-
featuring show an increase of Sc. 700. 900 in
the eight months, making the total increase
in importationss of manufscturers' materials
In the eight months ending with August
$S3,O0O.0o0 as compared. with the corfe-
spending eight months OF the preceding
year, OF the other classes Of imports,
manufactures. and luxpries show an increase
Of S1s. COO, 900, while .foodstuns show a de-
crease Of 81, 900, 900, comparing eight
8NAN1 VI IA PonhAh
months Of 1901 This decrease In the i'm
portationz Of foodstuns Is in sugar, which
alone shows a decrease Of about $24, 200, 900
in importations in the eight months end
ing with August, thus indicating that in
other classes OF foodstuffs there has been a
net increase since the total deduction in
that class is but S17, 900, 900. This reduc-
tion of $24, 000, 900 in the value Of sugar i'm
ported is largely due. to a reduction OF cost
In foreign markets, the total quantity of
sugar imported being 1884, 910, 219 pounds
In eight months ending with August, 1902,
against 2,S0S, 226, 800 pounds in the corre-
spending months OF last year, while the
value OF the sugar simports during eight
months Of the present year is $3S, SIS, 872,
against $62.5S4.921 in the eight months OF
last year, the average. value per pound,
therefore, being in the eight months of 1902
1,6. cent, and In 1901 2.2 cents. ,.
80 Increase IN AII Likes.
The increase, in the Importation of ma
teriaIs for use in manufacturing is found
in nearly all OF the important articles used
by manufacturers except India rubber, in
which there is a slight decrease. Compar-
ing the importatlons during the eight
months Of this year with the corresponding
months OF last year chemicals show an in
crease Of over 81 900 900: copper shows =
slight increase In quantity, but a decrease
OF over 100000 in value; cotton. an in
crease Of rover - 1000. 900; 1ibers, an Increase
OF over 8 ,Oo0ye0; hides and skins, an in
crease Of about $1,000, 900; raw silk, an in
crease OF over 3d. 200, 900; tin, an increase
OF $1,000, 900; manufactured wood, 2 $780,
900 increase and wool nearly "a, 900, 900 in
crease. y
On the export side the increase in value
Of manufactures exported occurs chiefly IN
cotton goods, which show for the eight
months ending With, August, a total value
Of 2$ssasSs+ PSI agga9lpst -t1s,94I2St ip the
same months Of last year. This Increase
is alnest exclusively I'm cotton cloths, ri
which hesexpoftatiohs IN the eight month,
of 1902 we're 37g. 0e0, 0o6a yards, against 2S9,.
100000 yards in eight months Of 1901 and
201 900, 600 yards o In the corresponding
months Of 1900. This growth" in the ex.
ports OF cotton cloths is chiefly IN the trade
with China. the exports to that country II
eight months Of 1902 being 255, 0OO, goo yards
Gagainst 121. 0O0, 900 yards in the eighr
months OF 1901 and "108, 600. 900 yards in the
corresponding months of 1900.
Iron and steel manufactures still show
reduction in expectation and an increas'
in Importation. The total value OF EXPORT
of iron and steel manufactured in the eigh
months ending with August, 1902, was $65,
9O4, 500, against $50, S46, $40 in the CORE
spending months OF 1901 and $751; ia, 200 II
the same months of 1900; while the import!
Of iron and steel manufactures in the elgh
months ending with August, 1902
amounted to $2S, 456. $50, against S12, 210. ss.
in the corresponding months OF last year