New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-24
rlkES NEW RECORD.
80, Commerce Eroeeds III Rec
.,aNPasses Three Billion Mark.

80 as-Onoe more the foreign
NNs---, - .hs United states las passed al pre-
commerce . - - .hs twelve months ended with
Tioas - combined exports and imports amount
AIs's So "a Never before IN the history OF
e -, bss the trade Tor single year passed
u -. brion mark In The last fiscal year, II Is
i ~, foreien trade together with the trade with
- -on-coutiguous portions OF me country passed
-, marx but the insuiar possessions cannot prop
= IA retarded 81 foreign
-. 80 Cor the year ended with August, Just
-ns 49, ~ .he Bureau OF Statistics. show the ex-
80 =. nave amounted 10 N.75ssI7.Sss and the tn
-. = a sog Ts. truly remarkable figures when
- WITH those OF certain earlier periods
. ,-.-snee II was not until 100 that the foreign
.-,.res o. the U-ited States passed the s2eoocoo-
y ~, having thus increased 50 per cent since 1893
- not until ISSO that Il first crossed the H5eo.-
"a, fne having thus doubled since 1879 II was
y. rr,u ISL that the foreign trade reached A.ooo-
-. having thus trebled since ISL. II was not
. 10 that the total crossed the Soo0oon" line
= ,r,v IN iss5 thar Il first reached S250.0oe.ee0
-. August figures o. both imports and exports
....ssd those OF any preceding August IN the his
= AZ our commerce and Tor the first time crossed
=. r0ooOo0 line. The imports have exceeded
ra0Oo N practically every month or the last
50 but August is usually light month Tor I'M
-, and thus the record o. more than Soo0o@o
!. ne arsres % the month Just ended. which show
-.-.s o. E055SS sO4 against 100000 IN August
!. res So 10000 IN 1904 xSae0ooe0 IN 1908 and 49,
mao in lsL Imports never crossed the SloC.-
.sss line n any month prior 20 February. 1876.
.,,,r IN the month OF April. 1887. when shno1maliy
- iraporiations were being made. IN expectation
q tsrih changes
-. erporr figures FOR August are also larger
- those for any preceding August. August Is
..,Hv q ucht month in exports a. well as imports
- August 1905 the total o. exports was Sl2s.454.-
., srsinst SllS000 0O IN August 1875; Sos ZOO in
- lsr. ge o00O0 IN August. 1900 and Sos, 0eo.-
- August. 1889 prior 10 which year the August
.---,s mad never touched the sl0oO0oeo lire. II
=, orlv IN the month OF October 1881. that tie
,Taooa line was crossed as the export record for
= cage month. bun there have been only nine
.-,s,,ns since he beginning ~ the year 100 IN
-, the exports have not exceeded SooeooeDo.
- 1, necenlhe- 1906, they almost touched the
,-..gs0 line being in that record month
uslzEa ---.-
. ,be month 5ust ended The highest import and
-, record ever made for August, Is distributed
- q large class o. articles Meat and dairy
.-sr.ts exported in August, 1895, amounted 70
r,,Sg- against sl42la2-s En- August OF last year.
r-ssrS An August 1874. and Sl2sssJS IN Au-
-. rsr These are the preliminary figures OF the
- ~ Statistics and do not include those o.
-, ~ tbe smaller ports which. when added, will
.--.,,v swell tne total for 1901. They are SUI
-, hoveve-. 10 indicate that the exports OF
MS r the months sust ended are larger IN value
-, ~ .co-resnondinE months n earlier years.
-t,. growth On the expectation OF meats Is shown
d. nearly al articles except canned beer, Whlch
st,Vs 4 marked decline in August compared Win
~ corresponding months ol te---eI - -. y.
--esrirary statement % the Bureau OF statlstlcs
rs exports % canned beef 81 august, 1905, as
or hounds. against a1te,oaa io-l4cs ~ me soi
--e-spsiue month OF the preceding year. with d
,s-s h. Angus 1906. ~ SG7.4s5, against Ne.OA IN
IL of-er lnes % meat products tie figures OF the
. 100 of Angus exceed those Of the correspond
~. Month IA last year. fresh beef being Tor
atrsst Iss. 100000 pounds. against 1S.S5oOoO in