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COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



A comparison with the average imports foi 

 the years 1885-'89 shows a decrease of $ 791,121 

 in the value of dutiable live animals in 1890 

 the value of books, maps, and engravings wa 

 $202,350 more than the average; the import 

 of barley were $1,504,772 less than the averagi 

 value, and those of other breadstuffs $152,011 

 less; bristles, $148,565 more; buttons, $~?'2.47! 

 less ; cement, $951,706 more ; chemicals, drugs 

 and dyes subject to duty, $1,816.302 more 

 clocks and watches and parts of them, $332,951 

 more ; bituminous coal, $160,548 more ; cottoi 

 manufactures, $1,603,935 more ; earthen, stone 

 and china ware, $1,353,085 more ; fancy articles 

 $1,090,603 more; fish, preserved, dried, etc. 

 $978,615 more; flax, hemp, jute, and siniila 

 fibrous materials, $5,314,215 more ; manufact 

 ures of flax, hemp, jute, etc., $5,854,026 more 

 fruits and nuts subject to duty, $55,444 less 

 furs, manufactured or dressed, $817,647 more 

 glass and glassware, $256,157 more ; hats, bon 

 nets, and hoods, and materials for making them 

 $1,551,058 less ; hay, $62,210 more ; hops, $237, 

 650 less ; iron ore, $874,978 more ; tin plates an< 

 taggers' tin, $2,634,582 more; all other manu 

 factures of iron and steel, $3.304,918 less ; jew 

 elry and manufactures of gold and silver am 

 precious stones, $3,357,377 more; leather am 

 manufactures thereof, $1,088,956 more ; mal 

 liquors, $165,691 more; musical instruments 

 $99,784 more; oils subject to duty, $380,67 

 more ; paints and colors, $108,815 more ; pape 

 and manufactures thereof, $736,236 more ; prc 

 visions comprising meats and dairy product! 

 $93,533 more ; rice, $162,212 less ; salt, $360 

 536 less ; seeds, other than medicinal, $944,14 

 more; manufactures of silk, $7,636,935 more 

 sugar, molasses, sugar candy, and confectioner 

 $15,534.582 more ; leaf tobacco, $8,690,461 more 

 manufactured tobacco, $640,600 more; vegett 

 bles, $1,179,401 more; wines, $1,797,012 more 

 wood, subject to duty, and manufactures c 

 wood, $3,186,622 ; raw wool, $81,640 more ; woo: 

 en manufactures, $12,105,426 more ; all othe 

 dutiable articles, $2,901,907 more. The tot 

 value of dutiable imports in 1890 was $76,789 

 878 above the average annual amount for th 

 period 1885-'89, which was $446,843,851. Th 

 total imports, free and dutiable, rose in regula 

 progression from $577,527,329 in 1885 to s(i;!5 

 436,136 in 1886, $692,319,768 in 1887, $7'. ) :!.!>.V 

 114 in 1888, $745,131,652 in 1889, and $789,282 

 228 in 1890. The latter figure is $114,:547,H2 

 higher than the average for the five years pr( 

 ceding the year under review. 



The dutiable imports of living animals i 

 1890 include 26,760 head of cattle, against 57 

 551 in 1889 ; 38.241 horses, against 48,784 ; an 

 377,491 sheep, against 398,891. The imports * 

 barley were 11,332,542 bushels, valued at $5 

 629,849, against 11,368,414 bushels, of the valu 

 of $7,723,838 in 1889. The imports of cotto 

 piece goods decreased from 30,386,189 to 27,759 

 641 square yards, and of yarn from 1,744,852 ' 

 1,706,188 pounds. Dried and smoked cod an 

 herring show a decrease in both quanties an 

 values. The imports of flax increased from 7 

 896 to 8,048 tons ; of jute from 88,655 to 90,39C 

 and of sisal grass and other vegetable fibei 

 from 38,542 to 50.858, except hemp and its'! 

 stitutes, which declined in quantity from 55,& 



