Arizona republican., 1904-01-25
Broken Last Year and by the
Last Month of the Year
A BILLION AND A HALF
Within the Same Time the Imports
Fell a Little Short of a Billion - A
Comparison Of the Business of the
Country by Ten Year Periods.

Washington. Jan. 24.-The calendar
year 1903 and the month of December.
1903, showed, respectively, the highest
record of annual and monthly exports
from the United States. The years eX-
port figures, as presented by the de-
nartment of commerce ana labor
through its bureau of statistics. were
81, ,4S4 Cos 127, and those of the month of
December, S174. 734 36S. The highest pre-
ceding record for amy calendar year was
that of l900 when the total exports
were 1,477 .946. .113, and the highest pre-
ccding record for q single month was
that Of October, 1900, when the total
was SlG3, 3S9. $50.
1t was not until October. 1891. that the
exports of any month reached as much
as 800 0OC, Geo, and it was not until 1895
that the exports of any calendar year
reached as much as 81 600, 100000. Dur
ing the four months of October Nov
ember and December, 1891, and Janu-
ary, 1892. exports We're for the first time
about the S100.000,OOO line. but IN Feb
luary 1892, dropped again below that
line, ana so continued until near the
close OF 1896, when October, November
and December again passed, respec-
lively, the s1Go.OOO.oOO line. Nrcm that
time forward monthly exports in excess
of $100.OOOOCO We're frequent, ard from
August, 1889. to the present time they
have never fallen below S1OO. coo. ex-
cept in the midsummer months of June,
July and August of 1902 and 1909. re-
soectivelv.
The annual expectation nearly touched
the 81 900, ,OOO.O00 line in 1891 and 1892.
:
$92S, 100000, but dropped to $S76, 600 coo in
1853, SS25. co., ,O0O in 1894, 1924, ,0O0, 900 in
1855, barely crossing the 81, ,0OO OOO, coo
line in 1895, but moving steadily and
rapids forward since hat date. Com
pairing conditions IN 1903 with those OF
comparatively recent years, 1t may be
said that the total exports In 1909 ex-
ceeded those Of 1891 by SO per cent and
those of 1895 by 80 per cent. Extending
the study still farther back, it may be-
said that the exports of 1908 were. in
round terms. double those of 1883. two
and a half times taose-oe- 4s'fss, ,>tll1rf zfefa1
! times those of 1869.
Owing to the very marked decrease
in imports in December, which month
showed q fali of about 81. 600 00C as
! comrared with December of the pre-
cedins year. the total of imports did
not touch the $1,000. coo OOc line. as haC
! been expected, but was within about
| $780, goo, 600 of that sum, being $685., Alb
| 1O1. This leaves the table of calenIal
! years without q s1O0O.0OO 900 record VI
I to this time, though the fiscal veal
/ statement did SHOW more than 81 .OO0,
| 000,0OO of imports in the year ending
June 80, 1903.
| A comparison of conditions in III,
| foreign commerce of the United State
in 1903 with those of 1923 shows that tn,
| imDc~ts of 1898 exceeded those of 1S9
/ by $219, ,OOO 600, and that the exports o
! 1903 exceeded those of 1893 by SS0S. .OO0
COO. Carrying the comparison still fur
ther back, it is found that the import
of 1903 exceeded those of 1888 by $30S.
000, eco, and that the exports of 1909 ex
ceeded those Of 1889 by $685., ,OOO, 600 I
com oarison with 1879 shows that tn
imports of 1903 exceeded those of 1S7
By $4OO, 0OO. coo, and the exports of 100
exceed those of 1872 by $917 ,OGO, ,OOC
Thus imports increased 81 per cent
from 1877 to 1903, while exports in
creased 161 per cent during the sam
time.
The following table shows the tota
imports and total exports of the Unite
| Sta ~, 1872 1899 1909 q nd 1o02.