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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



tin plates were 147,963,804 pounds, valued at 

 $4,799,796, 147,321,985 pounds coming from Great 

 .Britain and 641,819 pounds from other countries. 

 The quantity of tin plates manufactured in the 

 United States was 446,982,063 pounds, comprising 

 355,347,670 pounds of tin and 91,034.393 pounds of 

 terno plates, 440.924.855 pounds being made from 

 American and 57,208 pounds from foreign black 

 plates, whereas in 1893 the quantity manufactured 

 was 99,819,202 pounds, of which 56,219,478 pounds 

 were made from imported black plates. 



The volume of foreign commerce in the year 

 ending June 30, 1900, reached .-?-2.244,424,20G, com- 

 pared with $1,924,171,791 in 1899, the highest fig- 

 ure attained till then. The excess of nierc!iandi-i> 

 exports over imports in 1900 was $544,541. Vis. 

 compared with $529,874,813 in 1899, and $015,432,- 

 676 in 1898, the excess for the three years amount- 

 ing to $1,689,849,387. The total value of mer- 

 chandise imports in 1900 was $849,941,184. an 

 amount exceeded only in 1893, when $866,400,922 

 worth of merchandise was imported and there was 

 an adverse balance of $18,737,728. The value of 

 domestic exports in 1900 was $1,370,763.571. ex- 

 ceeding the total for 1898, the highest till then 

 attained, by $160,471,658. The value of foreign 

 exports in 1900 was $23.719.511, making the total 

 value of merchandise exports $1,394,483,082. 



The values of the articles imported in the year 

 ending June 30, 1900, are given in the following 

 table : 



54.655 short tons, value $438,150; of pyrite, 174,- 

 734 long tons, value $543,249; of corundum and 

 emery, 4,900 short tons, value $150,600; of barytes, 

 41,894 short tons, value $139,528; of fluorspar, 15,- 

 900 short tons, value $96,650; of feldspar, 27.202 

 long tons, value $228,545; of manganese ore, 9.935 

 lung tuns, value s^2.278 ; of Hint. 37.852 long tons, 

 \aliic s2:il.:45: of bauxite. 35.280 long tons, value 

 .-i J.)..">!iS : of xinc white, 6,707,435 short tons, value 

 st.i ''.'."" .205; of asphaltum, 75.085 short tons, value 

 ml: of soapstune. 24.765 short tons, value 

 $330,805; of mineral paints, 63,111 short tons, 

 value $728,389; of sulphur, 4,830 short tons, value 

 S107.500: of fuller's earth. 12.381 short tons, value 

 !r7'.i.i;U: of marls. tiO.OOO short tons, value $30,000; 

 of infusorial earth and tripoli, 4,034 short tons, 

 value S37.032 : of magnesite, 1,280 short tons, value 

 s 1 s iso : of abrasive garnet. 2.765 short tons, value 

 $98,325. The value of grindstones was $675,586; 

 of oilstones, etc., $208,283; of pumice stone, $10,- 

 000; of millstones, $28,115. The value of precious 

 stones was $185,770. The production of borax was 

 -10.714.000 pounds, valued at $1,139,882; of mica, 

 los.570 pounds of sheet, worth $70,587, and 1,505 

 tons of scrap, worth $30,878; of graphite, 2,900,732 

 pounds of crystalline and 2,324 tons of amorphous, 

 worth together $167.106; of cobalt oxide, 10,230 

 pounds, value $18,512 ; of rutile, 230 pounds, value 

 $1.030; of bromine, 433,004 pounds, value $108,- 

 251; of asbestos, 681 tons, value $11,740. The 

 value of nonmetallic products was $447,790,862; 

 that of metallic products was $527,218,084, and viue. 



that of products not specified was estimated at Agricultural implements 



$1,000.000, giving as the total value of mineral cwtte free 202615 



products $070,008,946. Cattle! dutiable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2,o:x>!o79 



The number of iron furnaces in blast on Dec. 31, Horses, free 



1900. was 232 out of the total number of 406, of Shee^'ftS?* . 



which 153 were in Pennsylvania, 54 in Ohio, 45 in Sheep! dutiable !! 



Alabama, 27 in Virginia, 19 in New York, 19 in All other, including fowls, free, 



Tennesseee, 17 in Illinois, 12 in New Jersev, 12 in . All other, dutiable m<r,s 



\<- i >> i- - . -tr i Antimony ore ... (557-15 



Michigan, 8 in Kentucky. , in Maryland, 6 in Antimonj-. regulus and metal '..'. ! 27.VT74 



\\ iseunsin, 5 in Georgia, 4 each in Connecticut and Articles, the growth or manufacture of the 



Texas, 3 in .Massachusetts and in West Virginia, . .. United States, returned 4,504,565 



2 in Missouri and in Colorado, and 1 in Minne- ArtKl f^t^ Se . . . . SlOUa V 6546M 



sota and in Oregon. The total production of pig Art works : 



iron for the calendar year 1900 was 13,789,242 tons The production of American artists 344.673 



of 2,240 pound* IB 1899 the production of pig ^"^ u ^ nuf actlired ; ; ;;;;;;;;;;; 



iron was 1 3.020, < 03 tons ; of spiegeleisen and ferro- Asphaltum 4i; c .i.-,'v> 



manganese, 2 1 9.708 tons : of bar, hoop, and struc- Bark, hemlock ! 



tural shapes, 4.990.S01 tons; of structural shapes : ads and bead ornaments 1,177, 



alone, 90(1.277 tons: of wire rods, 1,099,370 tons; of Beverages:"" 



plate and sheet iron, 1,903,5.05 tons; of cut nails Ginger ale 2li>. ir.r, 



and spikes, 85,015 tons ; of wire nails, 339,204 tons ; . All other .... 



of rolled iron and steel, including nail plate, 8,084,- Blacking' ! ! ! 



097 tons ; of rolled, including also rails, 10,357,397 Bolting cloths. !.!.....!!.".!!!.!!.!.!.!!!!!!!!!! 



tons; of Bessemer steel rails. 2,270,585 tons; of Bones, horns, and hoofs, unmanufactured 



o,,cn-hearth steel rails, 523 tons; of iron rails, iZs^lS^e^h^ elc!! free" ! ! ! ^X 



1,592 tons; of street rails, 154,246 tons; total rails, Books. etc.. dutiable i. 



2.272.700 tons; of P.e.ssemer stocl ingots and cast- Brass, and manufactures of 



in.^s. 7.5S0.354 tons; of open-hearth steel ingots Brcad^uftV 36 



and castings. 2.947.310 tons: of crucible steel. 101,- ' Barley .' 91,040 , 



213: of all other ingots and casiinjrs, 4,974; Corn 



total crude >teel. 10,689,857 tons; of blooms, 13,074 



1-iis: of tin plates tor the year ending June 30, Rv e 



1900. 397.707 tons. Of the pig iron. 1.077.048 Wheat 2io.i!ir. 



tons were produced with anthracite or mixed ^i!"'?! fl V 



anthracite and bituminous coal, 339,874 tons All oihlr. durable'.' :.'.': :.'.': 



with charcoal, and 11.727,712 tons with bi- Bristles, not sorted or prepared 



tuminous coal and coke. The exports of do- Bristles, bunched or prepared 2/ 



mestie pig iron in the fiscal year 1900 were intones '.'."" 



0.090 tons; imports. (51.100 tons: exports of for- Buttons and button 'forms!!!! !!.'!!.'!!.'.'.'!.!.'!!!!! 



'ign. 157 tons; retained for consumption. 13.520,- foment 3.-.'. 



!>">0 tons, the percentage of foreign iron bavin" ' 



decreased from lo.ii.j per cent, in 1SS2 to 0.40 per AM^aXa?MriaS/o... 768 ir, 



cent. 'Jhe export of rails was 347.805 tons, and Argols. or wine lees 2.:',^w, 



the import 2.4S7, making the (|uantitv retained SSS^SKji^S^i 



for uiti^'i-iMitii.ri i o->- "v> i -i-i ' t Coai-tar colors and dyes 4,890,078 



sumption 1,927,382 tuns. J h c imports of cochineal 31,211 



