New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
Xs1z> SPLENDID PROSPERITY OF THE WHOLE NATION 9S7}
-, Tbs Tribune Bureau-l

ksseu 49, :, ,,-aIiDlls records, and the year
sich en- -, history as the most prosperous
b Pas - ever enjoyed The export trade
p hS-0-. which never before 1895 touched
ne s,T,,r mark. has this year aggregated
. pl ~ ooo and the imports show CORE
I With a grand total Of SL175,O0O-
: kFoaalne ,vTv ne second year in the his
LIZ ,stion when imports have exceeded
ooo Combining these unprecedentedIy
, '',s the total foreign trade of the nation
:, aggregate the .stupendous sum OF
am nor do these figures include the
-,ntIr Growing trade with the outlying pos
- +bo United States While i would
arifost1y misleading TO include the trade
~ ,,sular possessions in the foreign trade,
aa+auorthy That this trade, which viii ex-
=, 500 oo0 OO0 until . comparatively snort
.go belped to swell the aggregate OF me
E. imports and exports
re.t fbe administration policy of Cuban recl-
Z ,,itv has done its full part in increasing the
4 a. with that country is clearly shown by the
F.. for the first ten months Of the present
r. Irst two years have elapsed since the
t. treaty went into effect and the first ten
| f ,,,. n. tbis year show an Increase Of exports
Z t,ot renubIic of s1700 900 over the CORE
& .,,ing months Just before the treaty went
osort Of $4,000. 900 over the correspond
E. r,ouths Of last year
( The Increased price OF sugar plays signifi-
L.. mart IN the great Increase IN the value Of
I-,o-ts moi only from Cuba, but as a whole,
e. in the first ten months Of the year just ended
e.. imports of sugar alone were valued at Sl50.-
EN0e1 whereas a few years ago the importa-
E. Of 100000 900 worth Of sugar In year
Is regarded as phenomenal
Il GREATLY INCREASED EXPORTS.
+ ris already clear thai the Increase in exports
Ever last year VII exceed S125 600. 900 and, al
Ibm7sh this Increase IS noticeable in practically
En- the commodities which are exported, It IS
Zspecially so in agricultural products and manu-
Etsftures In the eleven months for which the
Figures have been compiled the exports OF man
Iutsctures exceeded those Of last year by Sis
EelGyO and those Of agriculture by S60000.O00
E,auufactures constituted s. per cent Of the
notal exports and agriculture 80 per cent Corn
Epayed the leading role IL the agricultural ex-
Epgrts the total exports Of that product hav-
In amounted for fen months to S47.000000 as
tagaiast S20O00,O00 in the same same period OF
E94 Wheat IL 1898 showed no material change
but -four fen OF 10 the amount Of SS000.000
As compared with some previous years the ex-
IE0rtS Of wheat show a remarkable falling of.
Ethe total FOR ten months amounting TO only
li.ue over S7.G00005, whereas in the same period
of 1893 the wheat exports amounted to $50
E000OO ana in 1904 10 S34O00,090 Three
causes have combined 10 produce this result
az unusually small crop In the United States
Exceptionally large crops in those other coun-
tres from which the world draws its wheat sup
Tpy nd a steady Increase in the demand for
I Khe4t Tor domestic consumption.
Among the agricultural exports cotton shows
Ea slight increase. the total for the first nine
months Of 1905 being 1925. 000o 600, as against
'Szoeoo.0oe for the same period Of 1901, and it
Is probable that the figures for the entire year
VII show the highest record. both IL quantity
and value thus far established Provision ex-
ports, taken as whole, show a most gratifying
Increase, having amounted in eleven months to
900, as against SI34, 100000 for a Ike
period Of 1904
s Exports 81 manufactures show unusual in
cTeasss. chiefly in copper. manufactures Of iron
Hha stee! and N cotton cloths. Copper was
exported II The first ten months Of 1905 TO the
amount 81 <5s.20ooe0, as against SIS, 900 900 for
IKE period 81 1904; exports Of iron and steel
.--l1lae lures aggregated for ten months s115.-
''V.U49 as against So. 0g0 600 for the same
pS'iaa Z 1875, and cotton cloths exported in ten
mont s Of 1905 aggregated in value $27 405 475,
Z against $9657.7o7 in the same months of last
raj ms Increase being largely due TO the
Sicily increased demand from the Orient and
-e opening Up Of the markets Of Northern
China
GROWTH OF IMPORTS.
i'aports Tor -he FIRST eleven months Of 1905
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