New-York tribune., 1902-12-29
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
Large shrinkage in Corn Sent Abroad-lron
and Steel Trade Good.

-,,. T,.c os fSpeciall.-F'gures for eleven
months of the current year show thae 'he iiiai ~
- .he manufacturers materials imported mas Il"l
,,aer arrested and that the figure TOT the Seai
.,I .or,,, almost half of the entire imports of the
country Total exports, on the contrary, siio"
falling off Of s116O0O0o0 reduction more thah Gu.
cred bv the shrinkage in the expectation OF @ asti-
cultural nroducts which amount to over slSoo"'vp
I.. than for the similar period OF last year with
the exception of a slight shrinkage IN tne expo
of mineral productions, every other prahch Vi inc
errort trade shows healthy increase Inc reauc-
tion of sS0ooc00 in agricultural products exported
g. .xnlained bv the Treasury Bureau of Statistics
as due in part to a healthy increase IN nome con-
SUMPTION and in part to the poor corn crop oi Ia't
ear corn expectations having fallen from siS"n-
900 TO about 100000. There is also conSloerape
-aductfon in the value of the wheat exported. due
in part to the fact that last years figures were u-
usually large
The apures issued by the Treasury Department
show that the total imports OF manufacturers ma
terials for the eleven months ended with Novem-
her this year s4O7, ,6o35s9. against sS5S4IS In
the corresponding months of last year ana 1orH'-
ing 461a per cent Of the total imports against ~
per cent of the total imports in the corresponding
months of last year. Manufactures exported in
the eleven months OF 1862 amount to &6o6'soI,
against 3s2 s1 in the corresponding months OF
last year and form as per cent OF the total
against rs per cent or the potai eAPoi's Al 'ii0
same months Of 1901
The total imports s5,0OOoO0 in excess OF those
for the corresponding months OF last year. ana Oh
this increase S4 600 900 was IN the class OF HdHu-
factlrers' materials" and the remainder In manu-
ractures and luxuries articles Of food and animals
showing reduction of s1OooOoO9, as compared with
the In1portations in the corresponding months OF
last year
Nearly ali of the great articles required Tor use
in manufacturing, with the single exception or
india rubber show marked Increase in 1rnpofta-
tjons Impor:ations of raw silk, for example
amount TO s40905393 in the eleven months OF this
wear against s35 600 in the corresponding period
of 1901; hides and skins SSSO22,52 against S0oS''S'
in tbe eleven months Of last year; tin for use IN
manufacturing tin plate, sl9 3D. So against sl14l5
go in the corresponding months of last year lndla
T1bber importations show slight faInng on @ tne
.otaI for eleven months being SD 8s5 this veal
against s25 92s9 9S5 in the same months OF ass yeaI
,nanufactures OF iron and steel which amount; 10Y
nc eleven months to s36, ,76Se61 in value against
SIS 677 in corresponding months OF last year
si. yeiue of the mportations having thus more
han doubled this year. compared with last year;
Iai.tislIv every item in the list of iron ana steer
,nnanufactilres shows marked increase: INC eA
. saI1res of iron and steel manufac show
go good1etfon the total exports for the eleyen months
,Snz 500 1SG 024 this against so ~ lne
e1s months of last year and sllsoo4saS IN eleVen
months Of 1900. 49,, s.uos e,,,res fer tbe
,,en rnonths of the present year ana the similar
neriod of last year: