Evening star., 1939-03-26
u. ). Exports Continue
Far Above Imports
During February
Excess Of $50, 524, 900
Reported in Months
Shipments Abroad


Reported in Months
Shipments Abroad
BY the Associated Press.
The United States sold $6O,524 900
more in merchandise abroad than it
bought during February. the Com
merce Department reported yester-
day.
Exports in February totaled s2l8.-
$50 1000. compared with imports Of
$l5S, S,O35 900.
In the first two months of 1899 this
country sold sos ,232 900 more abroad
than it bought.
Exports for the first two months
totaled $43l ,468 900, compared with
imports of 1886 .236 900.
The Commerce Department said
the export trade of the United
States in February recorded a con-
traseasonal increase following the
January decline.
AS IN other recent months. the
report showed, trade was lower IN
both volume and value than a year
ago.
Month Total Down.
Although the relative decrease in
February from the corresponding
month last year was less than in
February. the trade for the two
months ending February was % per
cent less in value than in the first
two months of 1888.
After having risen fairly steadily
since last summer to total in jan
uary 4 per cent above the total in
the like month last year. imports
dropped during February. Com
pared with February, 1888, imports
were 3 per cent lower in value.
The excess of exports over imports
was comparatively large in Febru-
ary. although it was less than the
unusual balance of last year. Last
year the excess of exports in Febru-
ary was sos, 1884, 900.
Factory Goods Lead.
The report indicated that the in
crease in finished manufactured
goods over January primarily was
responsible for the enlarged value
OF total exports in February. The
value of these products rose from
SlO7 1865, 900 in January-the low for
this group in over two years-to
S118,128, 900 in February. This total
was, however, about $4,000, 900 less
than shipments in February, 1898.
Passenger automobiles, motor
trucks, aircraft. well-drilling ma
chlnery and Woodworking machln-
cry and various other finished man.
ufactured products moved abroad in
larger volume in February than in
January.
Although the value of four groups
OF imports dropped in February
from January, for three of these
groups it was larger than in the like
month of 1898.
These three were crude materials.
seml-manufactures and crude food
stuffs. Finished manufactures were
smaller in both the preceding month
and the like month last year.
Gold Imports Jump.
February gold exports totaled SIS
600 compared with $174,OOO in Feb
ruary. 1888. Gold imports totaled
1928 .296, 900 compared with s8,211.-
600 in February. For the two months
ending February, gold exports to-
tailed $4,000, compared with S.
241 900 in the like period a year
ago. Gold imports for the first two
months totaled $379, ,723,O0O, COM
pared with $15,365 900 in the like
period of 1888.
February exports of silver totaled
$2,054 900, compared with $233 900
in February, 1888. February i'm
ports of silver totaled $9927, 900,
compared with SIS ,488 900 in Feb
ruary last year.
For the first two months of 1899,
silver exports totaled $3,724,OOO.
compared with $685. 900 in the like
period year ago. Silver imports
totaled $20.256 900, compared with
$44. 1876 900 in the first two months
of 1898.
Exports of lard, including neutral
lard. in February totaled $1,865, 900,
compared with $1,550,00O in Febru-
ary. 1898. For the first two months
of this year the total was $4,092, 900,
compared with $3,479,00 in the first
two months of 1888
Farm Exports Shown.
Exports of agricultural products
follow Figures are for February,
1899, and February, 1888, respec-
tively):
Cotton, $13,732, 900 and $21,162,-
900; tobacco, $10,179, 900 and $12,-
$4,000; logs and hewn timber,
sits, 900 and $328,00O.
Wheat, $5,379,000 and $9,376 900;
corn, $1,704 900 and $11 ,851 900; vege-
tables, fresh and dried, 1854, 900 and
$568, 900; apples, fresh, $1,649, 900
and 81, ,490, 900; oranges, 1892 900 and
$708, 900; other fresh fruit, $338, 900
and $4,000; all other crude food
stuf1s, 1896 900 and $1,767, 900; dairy
products, except fresh milk, $429 900
and $427, 900.
Vegetables, canned and prepara-
tions of, $456, 900 and 1896, 900; dried
and evaporated fruits, 81 1,551 900 and
81, 49,, 900; canned fruits, $2,005 900
and $1,613,000
Sawed timber, 1868 900 and $780,
900; boards, planks, ETC., $2,332, 900
and $2,155, 900; wood pulp, 1924, 900
and 81, sol 900.
Fuller, George A., Co.-Company