Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12
CAIN In WORLDS COMMERCE
Big Improvement Shown in Interna-
tional Trade.
FEDERAL BUREAU MAKES REPORT
Exports During Ten Months of Fiscal
Year Average over s14B,OOO,-
900 Per Month--ImcOrts
Larger.

WASHINGTON, June Mathematician
commerce, according to statistics procured
by the Department of Commerce and
Labor. showed a marked improvement in
all the principal countries of the world
for the year ending in April. 1910
a report Of the bureau just issued states:
international trade, as Is we'll known.
fell off in the period following the financial
depression Of 1sO7-s and. as a consequence,
the import and export figures Of nearly all
countries were smaller in 1908 than in the
Immediately preceding year. The increase
shown by the figures OF tne current year
r. therefore in most cases more distinctly
q return to normal conditions than an
actual advance over those which existed
prior to the financial depression of 1913.
I'm many cases, however. the figures of
the current year are materially larger than
ever before, and 1t is probable the total
, of international trade in the calendar year
1910 will surpass that OF any other former
year"
In the United States exports during the
ten months Of the current fiscal year
averaged $l45, 100000 per month. against
$40 100000 per month last year and S16i,
100000 per month two years ago Imports
for the same period averaged S1sl, 800, OOO
,
S1O1,sO0,OOO two years ago. and S1195Oo 900
three years ago.
Crude Imports Heavy.
The figure experts Of the government an
nounced that the manufacturers material,
including crude and partly manufactured
Imports, formed $3.50 per cent of the total
Imports during the nine months under the
Payne law. This class formed 1915 per cent
Of ho fra ir1n nd ~ IA
dutlable imports. AS compared with the
corresponding period of 1909 the percentage
which manufacturers materials formed of
the total imports showed an increase of 7.34
per cent, and as compared with the nine
year average Immediately preceding 1910.
there was an increase of 9.77 per cent.
The value Of the manufacturers materials
was announced to have been 1861, 904, 49,
under the Payne bill law, as compared
with $537,523,066. the total amount of all
other imports most manufactures and food
etuffs.
The amount Of free manufacturers ma
terials was $443, 1Sl, 554, as compared with
$224, sos dutiable. The statisticians com
pared these amounts with a similar CLASH
fication of manufacturers' materials in the
corresponding period of 1909, and an aver
age obtained from consideration of sucf
imports during the years 10000. inclusive
This comparison showed that there had
been an increase under the Payne law in
free manufacturers materials of 1856 pei
cent, as compared with the nine-year av-
erage The dutiable manufacturers ma
terials showed an increase under the Payne
law Of 2o.S7 per cent as compared with 1909
and 47.a as compared with the nine-yeaI
average.
Free and Dutiable Goods.
A similar comparison was worked out II
regard to all imports, other than manufac
turesr' materials, which footed up $55.SIl
657. In this class the free imports amounted
to SIS, S4s, SOL, as compared with $379,523, 06
dutiable. Thus the free division showed al
increase Of 1878 per cent, as compared will
1909, and an increase Of 3O.5 per cent, a.
compared with the nine-year average. Thu
dutiable division showed an increase OF 12.4
per cent as compared with 1909 and 25.0l al
compared with the nine-year average.
The quantity Of freight moved on TIL
great lakes from August 1, 1909, to tn
close Of navigation (month of December
was As, 1856, 374 net tons against 38, 10000 ne
tons for the corresponding period of 1905
and As, ,2O7 net tons in the like perio'
of 1907.
Returns from thirty-four car service as
sociatious and demurrage bureaus show
that in the period OF August l, 1903, L
March "a, 1910, q, ,l73 freight cars wer
handled against 2O.SO2.O42 cars in the sam
period OF 1862 and 19,96S.S57 cars in tn
like period Of 1sO7-s
Returns from nine leading railroads II
the great coal producing sections of tn
country show movements OF bltumlnou
coal from August /, 1909, to March 81. 19l(
amounting TO sS.247,0l4 tons, against 70,
bs7 169 tons In the same period, 1868, an
Is, 439 227 tons in the like period of 1908; o
coke n,S54,04S tons in 19O9-10 against b.
3s7, 1856 tons in the same months of 1905!
and 141l,OOS tons in the like period Q
lsO7-S
The quantity Of pig iron produced 4
the United States in the nine months
August /, 1909, 10 the end OF April. 1911
was 22,52i.436 gross tons, against 14,7A,7 e
gross tons in the same period of 1905!
1,SS4,o6s gross tons in 1907-s, and 9,214,Os
in 1861, the year of the greatest industria
activity that the country had known u
to that time. according to the bureau
statement.