The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-03
SOME COMPARISONS.
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valued at $780, 252295 compared with 1898 $685.,
32 for April 1916 For the ten months ended with April
this year, exports $5,167, 222988 compared with
1898 1893 1872 for the ten months ended with April, 1916
Imports for April this year were which
pares with $218 1897 for April of last year. For the
ten months ended with April this year, imports ST.
20O9Os2 and lis for the period of 1916
An explanation of recent gold exports to Japan is
afforded by the of trade with that country
The United States during the first eleven months of 1916
imported from Japan goods to the value of 900
and exported O00 against $97 080OO0 and $4O53
DoO respectively during the same period of 1915
America has been obliged to replace her silk imports from
France and Italy by buying in Japan In the first eight
months of the fiscal year imports of woven silks
from Japan $5135669 against $2269476 two years
before Imports of and reel silks increased from
$42,OOOO0O in 1915 to $S1 100000 in 1916
Total resources of the Federal Reserve Banks were
$412343OOO on June, 1915 compared with 1897 1877 900
June 16 1916. Federal Reserve Notes outstanding on
June 15 1917 900 secured by $3.50 900
OF gold and of paper lodged with Federal Re-
serve agents.
Compared with year ago, bank cearings throughout
the United States for the week of June H. show an in
of 35 per cent and increase 955 per
pared with the figures of the corresponding date in 1915
Full returns of 473 railroads for April show gains of
Sl9OOO or Ii per cent in gross and 100000 0O7
cent in net last years high records for the
month For the month of March this year. the same rail-
roads reported increase of $4,000 93 per cent
in gross but decrease of $7911 900 80 per cent in
net for February there increase of 655000
O99 per cent in gross but decrease of SCI 900 or
5 per cent in net for January there was an increase
OF S4O845OOO, or 1873 per cent in gross and gain of
's8,679,OOO, or 1913 per cent in net
The increase in the shipments of btuminous coal in
May, 1917 compared with April 1917 was 124 per cent
and compared with May, 1916, was 23S per cent The
average number of loaded per working day on 80
roads was 2S449 in May, 1917 increase of 81 per
cent over April 1917 and of 1913 per cent over Nav 1916
The daily average of cars loaded in May 1917 was
compared with 26312 in April 1917 and 229S1 in May
1916.
Shipments of beehive coke in May, 1917, showed an
increase of 46 per cent compared with April 1917 and
decrease of O75 per cent compared with May, 1916
Shipments of anthracite coal for May amounted to
o9l525 long TONS increase of tons over May
1916, and exceeding April this year by 1926 226 TONS
The smelter production of primary copper in the
United States in 1916 900 pounds compared
with 100000 pounds in 1915 The total value of the
output in 1916 at average price of 26 cents pound
is $4742SSOOO compared with $242,900,000 for 1915
During the current year it is estimated that the gov
eminent will require nearly 100000 tons of rolled steel
products.
Army and navy orders account for large cotton con-
sumption for May the total of the month being 6151H
bales, against 552303 bales in April 575566 bales wear
ago IN May, and high record total of 613754 bales in
March, 1916.
Cotton has recently sold above 25 cents a pound
July wheat has sold lately low as 1925 and Septem-
Der at $1.96.
Wheat surplus for export and carry-over till the new
crop is available was recently estimated at 60OO0OO0
bushels.
The worlds available supply of wheat decreased 40
tl90OO bushels in May, compared with an increase of
Azl09ooo bushels in April and decrease of r. 900
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