TNITKi) STATES <>F AMKKK'A. 





those of coal-tar colors and dyes have doubled, while 

 cochineal and other natural dyes have declined, ex- 

 cept logwood, used in the silk manufacture, and 

 latterly indigo for dyeing woolens. Impor 

 asphaltum have grown from 24,800 tons in l v - 



Iiiip. >rt* of glycerin have nearly 

 doubled; tho-,- ..f shellac have increased by half. 

 Quinia sulphate and alkaloids have increased from 

 2.753.962 ounces in 1 7 '.vhile 



cinchona bark has <! Soda nitrate has in- 



- d from 9*' ".55? tons ; crude sulphur 



from 97.383 to 150,48? tons. The imports of choco- 

 late have increased from 288,963 to 1.1 43.467 pounds, 

 those of prepared cocoa nearly threefold, and those 

 of crude cocoa from 12.2? I .' 70.397 pounds. 



The imports of coffee in 1896 were 580,59?.'.'15 

 pounds; of tea. 93.998.372 pounds; of tobacco, 

 5.211..S52 pounds for cigar wrappers. 27.713.114 

 pounds of other leaf, and 500.943 pounds of cigars, 

 etc. The sugar imports were '' pounds of 



beet sugar. 852,175,269 pounds of cane sugar ad- 

 mitted free. 2.752.1 U2.512 pounds of cane and other 

 sugar paying duty, and ls7.463.791 pounds above 

 :6; total, 3. "I"'.. - unds. The average 



cost in foreign countries was 2'29 cents a pound. 

 The duty collected amounted to $29,808.140.^ The 

 quantity of cane sugar produced in the United 

 States in 1896 was 543.t:>33.?2'5 pounds. 



The imports of unbleached cotton cloth were 

 2,136.657 square yards: of bleached, dyed, and 

 printed fabrics. 41,161,822 yards. The imports of 

 woolen and worsted cloths were 36,781.572 pounds 

 in 1896. and 23.917,011 pounds in 1895, compared 

 with 7.456.41? pounds in 1894; imports of woolen 

 dress goods in 1 ^ >unds. The imports 



of shoddy, which were 8.662.209 pounds in 1889, have 

 1. Of yarns. 2.023.009 pounds were imported 

 in 1896. The imports of raw wool, including camel's 

 hair, mohair, alpaca, etc., were 230.9 11. 473 pounds. 

 and 191.220.243 pounds in 1895. asiainst 55.152.->5 

 pounds in 1894. 172.433.838 pounds in 1893. 148.- 



-:!2 pounds in 1892. and 12!i.3i3.64* pounds in 

 1891. Of the imports of 1896. 117.233.440 pounds 

 were clothing wools, 15.756.318 pounds combing 

 wools, and 97.921.715 pounds carpet wools. The im- 

 ports of silk consisted of 279.067 pounds of cocoons, 

 8,000,621 pounds of raw silk, as reeled from the co- 

 coon, and 1.084,299 pounds of waste, compared with 

 82.053 pounds of cocoons. 4.917,688 pounds of raw 

 silk, and 1.266.888 pounds of waste in 1891. 



The values of the principal articles of domestic 

 merchandise exported in the year ending June 30, 

 1896, are given in the following table: 



DOMESTIC EXPORTS. 



Agricultural implements : Value. 



Mowers and reapers $3,212,423 



Plows and eultivators 740.604 



All other 1.217.748 



Animals : 



Cattle 34,560.672 



227.297 



Horses 3.59X703 



Mules 406.161 



Sheep 3.076.384 



All other, and fowls 39.752 



Art works ' 



Baik and extract for tanning 354.007 



Blacking 533.058 



Bones, hoofs, and horns 321.680 



Books, maps, and engravings 



Brass, and manufactures of. 



Breadsttiffs : 



Barley 3,100.311 



Bread and biscuit 



Corn 37.836.862 



Corn meal 654. m 



Oats 3,497,611 



Oatmeal 639.502 



Rye 445.1(75 



Rye flour 11,163 



Wheat ' 



Wheat flour 52.025.217 



All other 2.442.940 



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1C EXPORTS. 



Bricks 



>rn 



Brooms and brushes 



Caudles 



Carriages and street care 



Cars fur railr 



Casings for sausages 



Chemicals, drugs, dyes, and medicines : 



Acids 



and pearl 



- and dyestuffs 



Ginseng , 



Medicines, patent or proprietary 



Roots, herbs, and barks 



All other 



Cider... 



Clay. 



Clocks and watch 



Clocks, and parts of 



Watches, and parts of 



Coal and coke : 



Anthracite 



Bituminous 



Coke 



Coffee and cocoa, ground 



Copper, and manufactures of : 



Ore 



Ingots, liars, and old 



Manufactures 



Cotton, raw : 



S-a island 



Other 



Cotton manufactures : 



Cloths, colored 



Cloths, uncolored 



Wearing apparel 



All other 



Cycles, and parts of 



Dental goods 



Earthen, stone, and china ware 







Feathers 



Fertilizers 



Fish: 



Fresh, other than salmon 



Codfish, hake, and haddock, smoked or cured 



Herring, smoked or cured 



Other, smoked or cured 



Mackerel, pickled 



Other, pickled 



Salmon, canned 



Other, canned 



Oysters 



Other shellfish 



All other 



Flax, hemp, jute, etc., manufactures of : 



Bags 



Cordage 



Twine ". 



All other 



Fruits and nuts : 



Apples, dried 



Apples, green or ripe 



Fruit, canned 



Fruit, preserved 



All other fruit, dried or ripe 



Nuts 



Furs and fur skins 



Ginger ale 



Glass and glassware : 



Window glass 



All other 



Glucose, or grape sugar 



Glue 



w and soap stock 



Gunpowder, cartridges, and explosives 



Hair, and manufactures of 



Hay 



Hi'lt-s and skins 



Honey 



Hops 



Household and personal effects 



Ice 



India rubber, manufactures of : 



Boots and shoes 



All other 



Ink. printers' and other 



Instruments, scientific and electric 



Iron and steel, and manufactures of : 



Iron ore 



Iron, scrap and old 



Pig iron 



Band. hoop, and scroll iron 



Bar iron 



Car wheels 



Castings, not elsewhere specified 



Cutlery 



Firearms 



Ingots, bars, and rods of steel 



VllM. 



99,500 

 11.806 



107.740 



3.816.216 

 lVi.24o.244 



3.419.158 

 9.539.199 



3.170 940 

 153.352 



193.296 

 4,400,593 



84,814 



. 



37.654 

 15,098 



104.374 



696.179 

 80,710 



304.061 



341.862 



1.340.507 



.- 



3,800.168 

 14.994 



168,980 



1.516.763 



90.969 



216.057 



1.642.4W 



165.238 



2.522.217 



6.402 

 11,888 



104.215 

 794.314 



