Sand 38,380 Seeds: Clover. 2,379,372 3,475,417 505,758 Carpets... Dress goods. Flannels and blankets Wearing apparel.... All other manufactures.. Yeast.... Zinc, and manufactures of: Zinc ore.... Pigs, bars, plates, and sheets All other articles..... Total value of domestic exports 8,086 980,999 1,584,702 84,513 3,928,413 $1,370,763.571 The exports of agricultural implements had a total value of $16,099,149. The total value of live 346,230 animals exported was $43,585,031, representing 397,286 cattle, 51,180 hogs, 64,722 horses, 43,369 165,063 mules, 125,772 sheep, and some fowls and other 165,142 animals. Nearly all the cattle, nearly half the 96,382 horses, and three fifths of the sheep went to Great 252,608 53.851 Britain. The export of beeswax was 319,379 pounds. The 494,406 total value of breadstuffs was $262,744,078, repre1,279,618 67.125 senting 23,661,662 bushels of barley, 166,604 tons 19,131 of bran and ground feed, 18,329,815 pounds of bread and biscuit, 426,822 bushels of buckwheat. 209,348,284 bushels of corn, 943,782 barrels of corn 83,698 meal, 41,369,415 bushels of oats, 66,229,950 pounds 903,808 of oatmeal, 2,355,792 bushels of rye, 4,370 barrels 121.241 of rye flour, 101,950,389 bushels of wheat, 18,699,24.921 194 barrels of wheat flour and breakfast foods and 320.306 59,277 764,860 Of other farinaceous preparations, the export of which is growing rapidly. Of the corn exports, 192,519, 785 bushels went to Europe, England taking 85,318,727 bushels, Germany 46,256,978 bushels, the Netherlands 23,584,536 bushels, Denmark 18,863,565 bushels, Belgium 9,618,054 bushels, and France 5,297,212 bushels, and what did not go to Europe was distributed among American countries. the wheat, 96,905,756 bushels went to Europe, 62,774,870 bushels of it to Great Britain, and the rest mainly to the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Portugal. Of the wheat flour, Great Britain took 10,257,028 barrels, the Netherlands 1,300,602 barrels, the West Indies 1,723,887 barrels, South America 1,155,988 barrels, and Asia 2,225,169 barrels. In the class of chemicals, drugs, dyes, and medicines the export of potash and pearlash was 1,273,905 pounds; of copper sulphate, 44,863,790 pounds; of ginseng, 160,901 pounds; of acetate of lime, 47,790,765 pounds. The export of anthracite coal was 1,777,319 tons; of bituminous coal, 5,411,329 tons. Of copper ore, 7,285 tons were exported, less than a fifth as much as in 1891, but nearly ten times as much of manufactured copper, the shipments of which amounted to 333,340,725 pounds. Of the exports of raw cotton, 6,090,144 bales, consisting of 18,199,967 pounds of sea island and 3,082,383,221 pounds of upland cotton, besides 25,642,400 pounds of waste, Europe took 2,868,207,089 of the 3,100,583,188 pounds, 1,151,045,166 pounds going to the United Kingdom, 809,586,393 pounds to Germany, 368,046,012 pounds to France, 221,975,537 pounds to Italy, and 123,306,186 pounds to Spain; and of the cotton that did not go to Europe, 161,601,219 pounds were shipped to Japan and Canada used 54,991,353 pounds. The exports of cotton cloth comprised 87,880,515 yards of colored goods and 264,314,474 yards of uncolored. The value of raw cotton exports was $241,832,737 and of cotton manufactures $24,003,087. There were 5,920,727 dozen eggs exported, the export having increased twentyfold in four years. The exports of fertilizers consisted of 776,220 tons of crude phosphates and 38,996 tons of commercial fertilizers. The cordage exports amounted to 8,441,995 pounds. The fish exports included 1,557,005 pounds of fresh fish, 9,739,573 pounds of dried cod, etc., 3,706,897 pounds of smoked or cured herring, 963,774 pounds of other smoked or dried fish, 1,142 barrels of salt mackerel, 20,693 barrels of other salt fish, and 27,082,370 pounds of canned salmon. The total value of fish exports was $5,427,469. The quantities of dried fruits exported were 34,964,010 pounds of apples, 25,922,371 pounds of prunes, and 2,415,456 pounds of raisins, besides peaches, apricots, and others not specified; the quantity of fresh apples, 526,636 barrels; total value of fruits and nuts, $11,642,662. The export of glucose was 221,901,450 pounds; of glue, 2,349,014 pounds; of gunpowder, 1,612,822 pounds. The export of hay was 72,716 tons. Of hides, 7,486,256 pounds were shipped abroad. The hop exports were 12,639,474 pounds. The exportation of India-rubber boots and shoes has steadily increased, amounting in 1900 to 767,104 pairs. The total value of rubber manufactures was $2,631,641. The export of iron ore was 40,510 tons. Of raw iron, 160,674 tons were sent abroad; of scrap and old iron, 48,111 tons. The exportation of bar iron was 18,456,435 pounds; of steel rods for wire, 25,953,749 pounds; of other rods, 73,075,212 pounds; of billets, ingots, and blooms, 14,109 tons; of hoop, band, and scroll iron, 2,947,464 pounds; of iron rails, 6,149 tons; of steel rails, 341,656 tons; of iron sheets and plates, 18,181,278 pounds; of steel sheets and plates, 79,525,672 pounds; of tin plates, 319,579 pounds; of structural iron and steel, 56,275 tons; of wire, 236,772,806 pounds. The number of car wheels was 25,518; of safes, 2,374; of steam fire engines, 4; of locomotive engines, 525; of stationary engines, 1,140. The quantity of cut nails and spikes was 24,915,866 pounds; of wire nails, 84,635,468 pounds; of miscellaneous nails, 4,341,249 pounds. The total value of iron and steel exports was $121,913,548, of which machinery alone made $55,485,495. The export of lead was 308,509 pounds; of type, 356,442 pounds. The quantity of sole leather exported was 34,060,296 pounds. Of boots and shoes, 11,913,256 pairs were sold abroad. The total value of leather exports was $27,293,010. The export of lime was 81,647 barrels. The export of malt was 296,742 bushels, and of beer 1,578,240 dozen bottles and 761,411 gallons. The number of organs taken abroad was 16,182, and of pianofortes 1,760; total value of musical instruments, $1,958,779. The exports of naval stores, of the total value of $12,474,194, were 2,369,118 barrels of rosin, 36,535 barrels of tar, 20,246 barrels of turpentine and pitch, and 18,090,582 gallons of spirits of turpentine. Of nickel and oxide the export was 5,317,677 pounds. Shipments of oil cake and meal were 1,143,704,342 pounds of cotton seed and 483,130,182 of flaxseed. The export of lard oil was 738,724 gallons, and of whale oil 60,214 gallons, both diminishing quantities; of fish oil, 795,642 gallons; of other animal oils, 381,161 gallons; total value of animal oils, $718,997. The exports of mineral oils were 133,023,656 gallons of crude or natural oils of all kinds, without regard to gravity; 21,988,093 gallons of naphthas, including all the lighter products of distillation; 721,027,637 gallons of illuminating oil; 74,583,769 gallons of lubricating and heavy paraffin oil; and 395,933 barrels of residuum, including tar and all other from which the lighter bodies have been distilled. The total value of mineral oils was $75,611,750. Of the total exports of illuminating oil, 506,651,963 gallons went to Europe, the largest quantities being 146,477,760 gallons to the United Kingdom, 124,542,723 gallons to Germany, 121,135,337 gallons to the Netherlands, and 43,675,550 gallons to Belgium; 17,586,808 gallons went to Canada and other parts of North America and the West Indies; 39,930,195 gallons went to Brazil, the Argentine Republic, and other parts of South America; 126,781,665 gallons went to Japan, China, and other Asiatic countries; 20,788,133 gallons went to Australasia and the Pacific islands; and 5,981,035 went to South Africa and 3,307,838 to other parts of Africa. The exports of corn oil were 4,383,926 gallons; of cotton-seed oil, 46,902,390 gallons; of linseed oil, 103,494 gallons; of oil of peppermint, 80,558 pounds; total value of vegetable oils, $16,345,056. The exports of paints and colors were valued at $1,902,367. The quantity of zinc oxide was 11,895,590 pounds. Paper exports amounted in value to $6,215,833, two fifths of it coming from 99,308,300 pounds of printing paper. The export of paraffin wax was 182,153,718 pounds. Under the head of provisions, the exports were 55,553,745 pounds of canned beef, 329,078,609 pounds of fresh beef, 47,306,513 pounds of pickled beef, 2,319,165 pounds of beef cured otherwise, 89,030,943 pounds of tallow, 512,153,729 pounds of bacon, 196,414,412 pounds of hams, 8,496,074 pounds of canned pork, 25,946,905 pounds of fresh pork, 133,199,683 pounds of salted or pickled pork, 661,813,663 pounds of lard, 25,852,685 pounds of lard compounds and sub stitutes, such as cottolene and lardine, 773,760 pounds of mutton, 146,739,681 pounds of margarine oil, 4,256,067 pounds of oleomargarine or imitation butter, 18,266,371 pounds of butter, and 48,419,353 pounds of cheese. Of the canned beef, 32,273,374 pounds were shipped to Great Britain out of 39,565,952 pounds taken by Europe, 1,726,418 pounds to North American countries, and 11,241,395 pounds to South Africa; of fresh beef, 324,260,115 pounds were sent to England; of pickled and salted beef, 18,125,780 pounds to England, 5,827,031 pounds to Germany, and 11,419,805 pounds to British colonies in America and other parts of North America; of salted and pickled pork, 88, 197,070 pounds went to Europe, two thirds of it to England and to Germany an eighth, and 40,231,487 pounds went to North America; of tallow, 82,712,822 pounds to Europe, England taking 43,514,592 pounds, and Germany, France, and Holland each a goodly share; of lard, 573,641,735 pounds were consumed in Europe, Great Britain taking 217,486,742 pounds and Germany 195,595,578 pounds, and the part that was not absorbed by Europe was distributed throughout North and South America; of bacon, 393,680,472 pounds went to the United Kingdom, 26,027,162 pounds to Germany, 27,812,949 pounds to Belgium, 12,221,663 pounds to France, 12,308,661 pounds to Cuba, 11,488,396 pounds to Sweden and Norway, and 10,094,324 pounds to Italy; of hams, Great Britain took 165,761,659 pounds, Belgium 8,570,337 pounds, and Cuba 7,087,793 pounds; of butter, 11,082,044 pounds went to England, 3,846,226 pounds mainly to British America and the West Indies, and 2,287,157 pounds to South America; of cheese, 44,021,088 pounas were sent to the United Kingdom and the rest to British America and the West Indies except a small fraction sent to other American countries. The total value of provisions was $184,453,055. The export of quicksilver was 1,071,585 pounds. The shipments of rice were 12,947,009 pounds; of rice bran, meal, and polish, 28,119,408 pounds. The salt export was 12,731,919 pounds. Of the seeds, valued at $7,036,982, the quantities given are 32,069,371 pounds of clover seed, 49,855,238 pounds of cotton seed, 2,743,266 bushels of flaxseed, and 15,078,186 pounds of timothy. Soap exports were, exclusive of toilet soap, 36,239,193 pounds. The export of spermaceti was 235,781 pounds. The exports of distilled spirits, valued at $2,278,111, were 540,799 gallons of wood alcohol, reduced to proof, 177,974 gallons of alcohol, including pure, neutral, or cologne spirits, 80,259 gallons of brandy, 670,410 gallons of rum, 863,241 gallons of bourbon whisky, 91,721 gallons of rye whisky, and 18,585 gallons of other spirits. The exportation of starch was 124,935,963 pounds. The value of sugar exports was $2,697,671, including 3,892,374 gallons of molasses, 11,139,770 gallons of sirup, 322,252 pounds of brown sugar, and 22,192,351 pounds of refined sugar. The exports of leaf tobacco amounted to 334,604,210 pounds; of stems and trimmings, 10,051,487 pounds; of cigars, 2,579 thousand; of cigarettes, 1,164,356 thousand; of plug, 12.198,474 pounds; total value of tobacco exports, $35,432,512. Of the leaf tobacco, 121,793,251 pounds were sent to the United Kingdom, 52,525,167 pounds to Germany, 38,584,488 pounds to France, 38,372,301 pounds to Italy, 19,932,942 pounds to the Netherlands, 17,122,797 pounds to Belgium, 13,772,478 pounds to Spain, and 9,955,645 pounds to Canada. The export of varnish was 588,545 gallons. The exports of fresh vegetables were 617,355 bushels of beans and peas, 171,636 bushels of onions, 809,472 bushels of potatoes, the total value, including canned and pickled, being $2,853,278. The tonnage of vessels sold abroad was for steamers 1,032 and for sailing vessels 687 tons. The export of whalebone was 196,001 pounds. Wine exports were valued at $625,992, consisting of 9,854 dozens of bottled wine and 1,408,859 gallons in casks. The total value of timber and wood manufactures was $50,598,416, including 473,542 thousand feet of sawed timber, 4,416,741 cubic feet of hewn timber, 1,046,758 thousand feet of boards, 41,043 thousand feet of joists and scantling, 86,118 thousand shingles, 773,019 shooks, 49,011,533 staves, and 28,554,801 pounds of wood pulp. The quantity of raw wool exported was 2,200,309 pounds; the value of wool manufactures was $1,300,362, including 146,113 yards of carpet, 38,166 yards of dress goods, and blankets, clothing, and various other manufactures. The export of zinc ore was 32,101 tons; of manufactured zinc, 31,847,685 pounds; value of zinc and manufactures thereof, excluding ore, $1,669,215. The merchandise imports from the various foreign countries in the year ending June 30, 1900, had the following values: North America. British Honduras.... British North America: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island... Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia.. Central America: Costa Rica Honduras Mexico Miquelon and St. Pierre British and Bermuda Danish Santo Domingo.. 846,938 14,759,163 15.606,101 92,924 10,626,982 10,719,906 $127,155,022 $313,412,292 $440,567,314 Total North America $52,987,980 $77,047,241 $130,085.221 Total. $6,103,440 $8,114,304 $2,010,864 55,204,311 6,845,326 3,723,735 1,397,356 13,920 2,869,146 267,500 584,079 127,022 3,781,438 854,494 375,918 37,552 22 $105,297; vegetables, $41,919; bones, horns, and hoofs, $37,212; vegetable fibers, $36,755; scrap iron, $32,221; hides and skins, $27,030; coffee, $2,141. The imports from Porto Rico were sugar of the value of $1,403,699; molasses, $197,837; tobacco, 58,073,457 $181,147; coffee, $9,859; hides and skins, $8,595; 7,112,826 fruit, $2,026; tobacco, $4,632; cabinet woods, 4,307,814 1,524,378 $452; cacao, $154; other products, $100. The imports from the Philippines were Manila hemp of 3,795,358 the value of $4,286,359; sugar, $925,335; scrap 1,230,412 37,564 iron, $1,354; tobacco, $833; fruit, $40. The imports from Hawaii were sugar of the value of $19,055,874; coffee, $64,386; hides and skins, $63,335; fruit, $34,274; vegetables, $29,306; scrap iron, $500; tobacco, $26. 12 1,132,346 Total South America $75,411,829 $18,254,945 $93,666,774 Asia. Aden China. East Indies: 4 The values of the merchandise exports to different countries in the year 1900 are given in the table below. The exports to the United Kingdom amounted to $533,819,545, the exports of domestic merchandise being $527,784,340 and of foreign merchandise $6,035,205. The exports to British North America as a whole were $97,337,494, of which French. 4 330,093 $7,046,819 Oceania. 414,113 48,307,011 $5,468,196 18,487,991 Hawaii. 20,689,613 959 18,290 437,707 83,335,097 20,707,903 187,347,889 Philippine Islands. 5,971,208 500,152 All other Oceania. 290,709 6,005 The total value of imports from the United Kingdom was $159,582,401, of which $52,804,130 were free and $106,778,271 dutiable. The total from the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland was $39,931,833, of which $12,431,242 were free and $27,500,591 dutiable. Of the total imports, 51.84 per cent. came from Europe, 15.30 per cent. from North America, 11.02 per cent. from South America, 16.45 per cent. from Asia, 4.07 per cent. from Oceania, and 1.32 per cent. from Africa. The imports into the United States from Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippine and Samoan Islands for the year ending June 30, 1900, amounted to over $60,000,000, of which over $40,000,000 were for sugar and molasses, $10,000,000 for tobacco, $5,000,000 for vegetable fibers, $1,000,000 for iron, copper, and manganese, and $4,000,000 for miscellaneous products, including coffee, cacao, sponges, tropical fruits, vegetables, hides and skins, and cabinet woods. One third of the sugar imports came from these dependencies. The imports from Cuba, according to the provisional reports, were sugar of the value of $16,022,983; unmanufactured tobacco, $7,298,946; molasses, $437,776; iron ore, $737,287; cabinet woods, $348,504; fruit, $261,109; copper, $248,028; manganese ore, $246,148; cacao, $164,570; sponges, VOL. XL.-45 A Total Europe... $1,028,793,341 $11,374,422 $1,040,167,763 Total. $11,558,237 1,915,192 1,816,720 $149 $1,490,243 45,882 15,259,167 rate of 49.46 per cent. on dutiable and of 27.62 per cent. on free and dutiable merchandise together. The consumption of imported merchandise was $10.88 per capita, and the duty collected $3.01 per capita. Articles of food and live animals, forming 26.02 of the total imports and having a value of $216,107,303, of which $91,128,161 represent free and $124,979,142 dutiable imports, paid $78,236,070 in duties, 34.26 per cent. of all duties collected, the average rate collected on this class being 62.60 per cent. ad valorem. Articles in a crude condition which enter into the various processes of domestie industry had a value of $299,351,033, being 36.04 per cent. of the total value of imports entered for consumption, and in this class the value of $241,835,502 was free merchandise, while on $57,515,531 duties were collected, at the average rate of 26.96 per cent. ad valorem, to the amount of $15,508,205, being 6.79 per cent. of the total collections. Articles wholly or partially manufactured for use as materials in the manufactures and mechanic arts had a value of $80,575,042, which was 9.70 per cent. of the total imports consumed, $17,824,360 of this class being duty free and 126,965 $62,750,682 paying $17,092,946 in duties, an aver3,050,102 age rate of 27.24 per cent., giving 7.48 per cent. 226,655 of the whole tariff revenue. Of articles manu553,163 factured and ready for consumption, $130,577,155 in value, forming 15.72 per cent. of the total imports, $10,479,846 were free and $120,097,309 dutiable, paying at the average rate of 51.02 per cent. ad valorem $61,270,378, or 26.83 per cent. of all duties collected. The value of articles of voluntary use and luxuries was $103,908,719, 12.51 per cent. of all importations, of which sum $5,492,053 were free of duty and $98,416,666 paid an average rate of 57.16 per cent. and yielded $56,256,957, that being 24.63 per cent. of the total duty that was collected. 4.892,323 1,534,149 207.587 8,485,978 29,087,475 lic.... $11,263,322 $294,915 Bolivia 59,223 Brazil 11,481,094 97,025 Chili.. 3,282,761 4,804 Colombia 2,668,289 42,399 Ecuador 9,633 $16,269,482 Canary Islands.. French Africa. Oceania. British Australasia Africa. Total Africa.. $64,913,807 $26,725,702 13,509,148 192.838 $43,391,275 238,706 50 The imports of silver, including ore, in 1900, were $35,256,302 in coining value, and the exports 10,235 were $52,464,345 of domestic and $4,247,930 of for802,164 eign, giving an excess of exports of $21.455,973. 1,095,613 The value of silver imported in ore was $24.219,950. The imports of gold coin and bullion in 1900 were $44,573,184, and the exports were $48,266,759, of which $46,693,893 were domestic and $1,572,866 foreign. The excess of exports was $3,693,575, while in 1899 there was an excess of imports amounting to $51,432,517. $20,456 427,366 $19,469,849 Total exports.. $90,045,256 were domestic and $7,292,238 foreign exports. Of the total exports, 74.60 per cent. went to Europe, 13.45 per cent. to North America, 2.79 per cent. to South America, 4.66 per cent. to Asia, 3.11 per cent. to Oceania, and 1.39 per cent. to Africa. $1,370,763,571 $23,719,511 $1,394,483,082 The value of merchandise received from foreign countries for immediate transit across United States territory in 1900 was $98,551,462. Of the total value of imports, $44,412,509 came by land vehicles, $104,304,940 by sea in American vessels, and $701,223,735 in foreign vessels. Of the total exports, $110,483,141 went by land, $90,779,252 in American vessels, and $1,193,220,689 went in foreign vessels. The percentage of the carrying trade that was taken in American vessels was 12.9 per cent. of the imports and 7.1 per cent. of the exports by sea; of the whole sea-borne trade, which amounted to $2,089,528.616, the proportion that was conveyed in American vessels was computed at 9.3 per cent. The value of imported merchandise entered for consumption during the fiscal year 1900 was $830,519,252, of which $366,759,922, 44.16 per cent. of the whole, was the value of free imports and $463,759,330 that of dutiable merchandise, on which $229,360,771 of duties were collected, an average The production of gold from mines in the United States in 1899, according to the report of the Director of the Mint, was 3,437,210 ounces, or in value $71,053,400, of which $25,982,800 came from Colorado, $15,197,800 from California, $6,469,500 from South Dakota, $5,459,500 from Alaska, $4,760,100 from Montana, $3,450,800 from Utah, $2,566,100 from Arizona, $2,219,000 from Nevada, $1,889,000 from Idaho, $1,429,500 from Oregon, $685,400 from Washington, $584,100 from New Mexico, $160,100 from South Carolina, $113,000 from Georgia, $34,500 from North Carolina, and $52,200 from Texas, Michigan, and other States. The production of silver in the United States was reported to be 54,764,000 ounces, having a commercial value of $32,859,000 and a coining value of $70,806,000, of which Colorado produced $29,301,527, Montana $20,810,990, Utah $9,171,135, Arizona $2,040,630, Nevada $1,090,457, California $1,065,762, Texas $672,323, New Mexico $650,731, Washington $330,990, South Dakota $188,251, Alaska $181,140, Oregon $173,641, Michigan $145,843, and Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and other States $3,201. Banking and Currency.-The amount of money in circulation on July 1, 1900, was reported by the Secretary of the Treasury to be $2,055, |