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COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OP THE UNITED STATES. 



The total domestic exports for 1893 were $184.- 

 701,226 less than those for 1892 ; yet, notwith- 

 standing this great falling off, they exceeded 

 the exports of 1889 and every preceding year, 

 with the single exception of 1881. The decline 

 first showed itself in July, 1892, the opening 

 month of the fiscal year of 1893, and continued 

 without break through the first eleven months. 

 In June an increase in the exports of iron and 

 steel, leather, and tobacco brought the figures 

 for that month above those of the corresponding 

 month in 1892 by $300.011. The decrease in 

 the exports for 1893 is to be found chiefly in the 

 items breadstuffs and raw cotton, the aggregate 

 decline in which reached $168,740,259. Of bread- 

 stuffs and feed, as well as cotton, the crops 



grown in the United States in 1892 were much 

 lighter than those of 1891. The total wheat 

 crop of 1891 amounted in round numbers to 

 612,000,000 bushels, whereas in 1892 it was 520,- 

 000,000 bushels ; the corn crop in 1891 was over 

 2,000,000,000 bushels, and in 1892 it was 1,675,- 

 000,000 ; the crop of oats in 1891 was 650,000,- 

 000 bushels, and 615,000,000 in 1892 ; the rye 

 crop of 1891 was 33,000,000 bushels, and that of 

 1892 31,000,000 bushels ; and the potato crop of 

 1891 reached 240,000,000 bushels, against 160,- 

 000,000 in 1892. The crop of cotton grown in 

 1891 amounted to 9,000,000 bales, but only 

 7,750,000 bales were produced in 1892. 



The values of the breadstuffs exported during 

 the past three years are given in the following 

 table : 



Every item set forth above, except wheat flour, 

 which increased $132,064, shows a decline in the 

 value exported in 1893, as compared with that 

 in 1892. Barley and bread and biscuit show an 

 increase in quantity of 235,192 bushels and 134,- 

 342 pounds respectively, but a decline in their 

 respective values of $282,602 and $23,243. All 

 others show a decrease in quantity as well as in 

 value. The heaviest decrease is in wheat, 

 amounting to 40,159,242 bushels, and in value 

 $67,864,162; and corn comes next, with a de- 

 crease of 29,414.575 bushels and $17,002,949. 

 Rye decreased 10,564,258 bushels and $10,429,- 

 364 ; oats, 7,044,435 bushels and $2,890,639 ; oat- 

 meal, $395,297; corn meal, $126,880; rye flour, 

 $12,171 ; and unenumerated articles in the bread- 

 stuff class, $155,220. Cotton showed a decrease 

 of 1,460.191 bales or 723,104.685 pounds in quan- 

 tity, and $69,689,796 in value. Other articles 

 and classes of articles which decreased were : 

 Cattle, 107,513 in number and $9,066,667 in 

 value ; mules, 331 in number and $28,313 in 

 value; sheep, 9,700 in number and $34,711 in 

 value. Horses, while showing a decrease of 259 

 in number, had an increased value of $107,419 ; 

 and hogs, with a decrease in number of 4,588, 

 showed an increased value of $33,081. Paint- 

 ings and statuary decreased $211,346; tan bark, 

 $7,439; books, maps, etc., $134,355; brass and 

 its manufactures, $9,321 ; broom corn, $55,028 ; 

 candles, $10,530 ; carriages and horse cars, $338,- 

 369 ; railroad cars, with a number increased 121, 

 $350,394; acids. $16,216 ; potash and pearl-ash, 

 $67,791 ; ginseng, $10,601, with an increase in 

 quantity of 22,289 pounds ; sundry roots, herbs, 

 and barks decreased $4,029 ; clocks, and parts 

 of, $58,450 ; bituminous coal, notwithstanding 

 an increase of 73,060 tons, decreased $79,964; 

 copper ore decreased 1,715 tons and $1,445,439 

 in value : copper ingots, bars, etc., 18,811,272 

 pounds, and $2,746,839 in value ; uncolored cot- 



