New-York tribune., 1905-07-25
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Washington. July 24-The foreign commerce Of
the United States in the fiscal year lust ended ex
ceeds that OF anv preceding year. having been
s26sSs7oS. IN comparison with & 4l el4ea2 in 1904
the previous record year
Al analysis OF the statistics Of foreign commerce
n the year ended June 90 1895 Just prepared by the
Department Of Commerce and Labor through its
Bureau o. Statistics shows that both imports and
exports made new high records, imports having
exceeded by s 900 the total recorded In 1913 and
exports having for the first time surpassed the
figures OF 800. In 1903 imports first passed the
slooooooooo limit with a total OF s. a 1881 in 1904
they again fell below zOOo,0ooo0O in value. being
sss1 81. and for the year Just ended are Au7-
1880 Experts first above s. 0oo.0ooooo in
value during the fiscal year 1892 but fell below that
limit IN the following year. and remained until
1877. when the total 81 050 ses 556 1898 the
total exports S21 49, $50; in 1900 81 Os2
IN 1sn. s. .4Sz 7s4 .ss total which was not again
equalled until 1905 when the figures stood az z5ls-
sss. not only surprising the record made in 1901
but for the first time in the history OF our com
1lerce passing the 8. .5e00e9OoO limit.
Al unusual feature OF the statistics Of the fiscal
year 1905 is the small increase in customs revenue
despite the great increase in dutiable Imports The
years imports were valued at Su7 507.soa as
against Sssl.es7.Sa in the preceding year an in
crease OF S2s42o12S The imports OF dutiable raer-
chandise during 1905 we're valued at $500 Zs as
against $3.50. s.s53I in Is4 an increase OF s1141O7
Iespite this fact. however, the customs revenue
derived from the largely increased dutiabe imports
Of 1S6 Is less than 100000 in excess of that de-
rived from the imports Of 1904 being S2S2 51s for
ls5 as against ssl 274565 for 1901 This decrease in
customs revenue is in part due 10 the admission of
cuban products, especially sugar and tobacco. At a
reduction Of % per cent from the regular tari~
rates. under the reciprocity treaty OF December 2
--e and IN part 10 the unusually large amount Of
cur1ahle merchandise remaining in warehouse at
ne end OF the year upon which duty had not been
PAID as well as TO several other causes which can
not be fully stated until conplete details Of the
years Imports are available
Dels-4s OF commerce for the twelve months ara
rot II al cases available, but a careful ersn,fns
ion Of the complete figures for the eIevsn ,+t
sHoIos an opportunity determine the articles n
"--oh the principal increases or decreases occur
IN tne import side the largest increases occur
II tAe classes Manufacturers materials uboIl,, or
partially manufactured in which the ag-,-as Ill,
7e ABOUT S1Ge00,o0o in advance Of those for the
preceding year and IN 'luxuries and other articles
tL voluntary use, which seem likely 10 be more
1han s-5eooeoo in excess OF the figures Of 1901 .Ar
ucles OF food and animals have increased bv
more than S450eoo00 and manufactured articles
reAoy for consumption have fallen of about 81 Oc0
oa as compared with 1904 These figures indicate
re increasing ability OF the United States TO sup
Ply It's manufactures and its growing reliance on
oer countries Tor certain OF its food products and
materials for in the manufacturing industries
MS view Is strengthened by an examination of the
s1atstics OF articles imported The principaI ar
lcles which showed decreased irnportations in the
eleven months ended with Nav, 1906 as conpsre1
WIKI the corresponding period Of tha ,,raoa,7i,,-
year. were manufactured articles including cbe-7i-
Gals, cotton goods. feathers fibre manufactures
elass and glassware, iron and steel manufactures
metal manufactures and wool manufactures Tea
cocoa and vegetables were the onl, fr7ror-anr food
IrocOcts 70 show q decrease while the inporta-
tons ot brea lstuIs. coffee. FISH. fruits and nuts
+ioFlsiohs unciuoing meat and dairy products).
spices and sugar were materially larger than those
ol the preceding year Raw and partially manu-
-aetureo articles imported for use as n7anufact-
-rers materials show increased irnportations.
especla-ly copper. cotton. undressed furs india
Ieooer, lead. paper stock raw silk. tin unnanu-
q 5,s - - re WOOL Coal lmporJatiOns are about
on on ne export side there IS a decrease Of more
more T6a- ofsa4 g ciI-5.eIa1 PLoolcts out TINS Is
a1I1fscr-ee a. 7 - q lsFge increase IN exports Of
AeI 20 decrease as compared with 1906.
ne arlcies showing the largest increases in ex-
t1FlaLons In the eleven months Of 1895 for which
60 as compared Win the e. o-ree5I s,- % S5 3D.
~ L=- copper manufactures. an increase Of ss DlO-
.- aooUt one-third being IL exports to China
s N-ere -srse amounts OF copper are in demand for
,i1ss p1fposesi cotton manufactures. increase
az @D1pt1 principally in exports Of cotton cloths
-rg ihe twelve monthsi; iron and steel manufact-
leather ana manufactures thereof &. 10000: oil
ceAe ano meal si.e'tg9 oils mineral and yege-
malt liquors an Increase Of 10000 tobacco manu-
fractures. N increase Cf less than SjeG GO. The
zrlncipal articles showing decreased exports are:
fgures)- wheat -four s2S0S0Oo0 twelve months fg-
.reSls fruits and nuts, &5O00O10: provisions 5000
90 twelve months hgures), and Unman ufactured
wood = decrease Of S5.5000G0 The reduction in
l0rfs o. wheat and wheat -four due in part
I'D the adequacy OF the domestic crop furnish
t--lE considerable surplus over the home require
r7-nrs anc in part 10 unusually large crops in for
t-l |nesr producing countries Exports from the
--f@a States y wheat during the fiscal year just
ended have been even lower thnn the YEAR before.
= The TWO foremost European grain markets, the
lriusl and the German. the leading position has
.eer r-k-n by wheat of Russian and Argentine
origin. wheat imports from the United States
showing unusually low figures for the period under
cons lFTs riOu
Imports into RE United States were IN the year
t-st ended twelve times much as in 1870 and
exports from the United States about twenty-one
"nc half times much in that year The
rr41l Increase in imports since 1870 has been
eI.l-ftt10a) and IL exports G.448f00.0)0 Imports
.zre doubled En- the last twenty-five years,
having been S445 in 1875 against Sll1-5G1
5f3 d 1875 Exports however. have doubled iu six
years tie figures Of 16Se having been S742 4l35
ard those Of The year just ended q 5lA fN- S5 ac-
rarcs1S 10 the preliminary report Just Issued oy
ne Bureau Of Statistics
TIE f0loWlDE IA BE shows the commerce or INC
---rr- S-a-os 5ere-aial periods from 800 70 1890
sr6 annually from 800 down TO date.
Fiscal gears Toral imports. Total ez:-Srts.
800 .-....-.-. SaI .252 T6s SO 971 80
$50 50 400 6s. T57 $40
-SZ0 ..-....... ....- - $50 50 69I $50
S56 =. SO. T:5
....-...-..- 25s. .706 s6s g32
t-EH ..-...-..-. ia. 526 - 375. 72S
see -.--....-...-... 353.6l6 11a 322.576.05I