Total 1,475,520,724 1,562,924,251 1,728,198,645 1,864,491,644 trated in the figures of 1910, which show the total value of foodstuffs exported as but $369,000,000, against $438,000,000 in 1909 and $545,000,000 in 1900, a decline of 32 per cent. in 1910 when compared with 1900, despite the fact that prices and therefore export valuations were in 1910 higher than those of 1900. Measured by quantities the wheat exports of 1910 were 46,666,000 bushels, against 102 000,000 in 1900; flour, 9,000,000 barrels against 18,666,000 in 1900; and corn, 36,800,000 bushels, against 209, 000,000 in 1900. fiscal year, against $673,000,000 in 1909. The exports of manufactures, including both those ready for consumption and those for further use in manufacturing, aggregated $768,000,000 in the fiscal year 1910, against $671,000,000 in 1909. Thus imports of manufacturers' materials in 1910 were larger than ever before and were 109 per cent. greater than a decade ago and 198 per cent. greater than two decades ago. Manufactures exported in 1910 show also a larger total than ever before and were 58 per cent. greater than in 1900 and 329 per cent. greater than 'n 1890. The falling off in the exports of foodstuffs, due to larger home consumption, is again illus Countries Europe Austria-Hungary Belgium Denmark France The tables on page 741 give the chief articles of import and export, with their values in the fiscal years 1909 and 1910. TABLE OF COMMERCE FOR FISCAL YEARS 1908, 1909, 1910 Germany 142,935,547 143,525,828 40,059,281 2,198,334 132,363,346 168,806,237 52,940,514 45,093,003 41,116,585 21,541,696 17,522,113 13,644,903 116,123,468 108,764,262 117,027,466 Greece 3,019,666 429,670 53,467,053 84,937,878 Norway 3,668,909 4,643,609 6,551,985 6,841,626 5,806,113 5,949,330 Portugal 4,967,922 6,240,562 3,223,855 Russia in Europe. 16,342,377 Spain Sweden 25,209,159 646,840 4,554,509 190,355,475 6,393,468 8,689,769 1,418,024 750,736 1,896,249 208,612,758 5,991,896 756,770 1,613,168 505,552,871 ..... 608,014,147 654,322,918 455,546 British Honduras 737,389 477,705 848,925 79,317,055 Newfoundland and Grand total. .$1,194,341,792 $1,311,920,224 $1,557,819,988 $1,860,773,346 $1,663,011,104 $1,744,984,720 TRADE WITH NONCONTIGUOUS TERRITORIES. Trade of the United States with its noncontiguous territories aggregated two hundred million dollars in the calendar year 1910 against one hundred million in the calendar year 1903, the first year for which complete statistics of this trade are available. The figures of the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor, just completed, show the total value of this trade in the year ending December 31, 1910, to be $202,494,343, and in the year ending December 31, 1903, $100.107.234, an increase of 100 per cent, while the trade with other parts of the world was increasing about 40 per cent. The territories in question are Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippines, Guam, Tutuila and the Midway Islands. The value of the merchandise shipped from the territories in question to the United States in 1910 was $111,731,031, against $61,876,756 in 1903. The value of the merchandise shipped from the United States to the noncontiguous territories was $90,763,312, against $38,230,478 in 1903. The increase in the periou from 1903 to 1510 was thus 82 per cent. in the value of merchandise shipped from the territories in question to the United States; and 139 per cent. in the value of merchandise shipped from the United States to those territories. CHIEF ARTICLES OF IMPORT AND EXPORT WITH Articles Art works.. Imports 1909 1910 .$ 3,797,163 $21,008,720 Chemicals, drugs and dyes.. 78,379,634 Cotton, manufactures of.. stone and china Earthen, ware Fibres: Manufactures of Unmanufactured Fish 29,769,974 32,418,839 UNITED STATES The principal articles forming this trade of more than $200.000,000 between the United States and its noncontiguous territories are in general terms tropical products sent from those islands to the United States, and fish, copper, and furs from Alaska, while of shipments from the United States to these territories manufactures and foodstuffs are the principal articles. 90,964,241 Sugar and hemp are the principal articles comCoal and coke. 3,498,460 4,460,919 ing from the Philippines, and, as already indiCopper and manufactures of. 29,378,598 30,938,365 cated, fish, copper, and furs are the principal Coffee 79,112,129 69,194,353 articles coming from Alaska. The quantity of 62,010,286 66,473,143 sugar sent from Hawaii to the United States in 9,809,028 11,021,126 the calendar year 1910 was a little over 1,000,000,000 pounds, valued at $39,500,000; from 49,312,392 57,624,245 Porto Rico 626,000,000 pounds, valued at $26,12,403,012 13,835,968 000,000; and from the Philippines 218,000,000 31,110,683 37,423,827 pounds, valued at $6,500,000. Tobacco is also 9,432,993 11,008,386 an article of some importance in the shipments 78,489,838 112,247,836 of merchandise from the tropical islands to the United States, amounting to $1,500,000 of un61,709,723 101,078,825 manufactured tobacco and a little less than $5,22,439,787 38,502,457 000,000 in value of cigars from Porto Rico; a 29,373,040 47,799,801 little less than $2,000,000 worth of cigars, cigaLeather, and manufactures of 13,933,134 16,865,937 rettes and cheroots from the Philippines, and 20,403,512 24,299,569 about $9000 worth of tobacco from Hawaiian 30,718,582 32,888,459 Islands. Manilla hemp from the Philippines 79,903,586 67,115,177 in 1910 amounted to about $8,666,000 in 23,168,845 23,304,133 value. Fruits and nuts (chiefly fruits) from 96,554,998 106,349,005 Hawaii amounted to $2,500,000 in value; from 18,562,676 13,671,946 Porto Rico a little less than $2,000,000; and Tin, in bars, blocks or pigs.. 26,007,216 30,869,532 from the Philippines the shipments under Tobacco, unmanufactured 25,400,919 27,751,279 Wood, and manufactures of. 43,690,417 54,422,504 this general head (chiefly cocoanut meat, broken, or "copra ") amounted to a little over 18,102,460 23,532,175 $500,000. 45,171,994 51,220,844 IMPORTS AND CUSTOMS RECEIPTS DURING FIRST YEAR UNDER THE NEW TARIFF. The record of the first full year under the new tariff law, so far as relates to total importations and customs collections, is given in a special statement compiled by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor. The figures 15,392,817 20,630,859 cover the imports of the 12 months, August 1, 19,131,811 21,415,935 1909, to July 31, 1910, and thus include five days 37,316,795 40,512,546 under the Dingley tariff, since the present law Copper, manufactures of.... 85,290,186 88,004,397 went into effect on the morning of August 6th. Cotton: Manufactures of Unmanufactured Fertilizers Fish Fruits, including nuts.. Iron and steel, and manufac tures of, not including ore Leather, and manufactures of 39,413,637 52,646,755 Mineral oils 31,878,566 33,397,097 The statement shows total imports during the 417,390,665 450,447,243 12 months in question, $1,562,621,181, of which 9,283,416 8,709,640 $768,047,231, or 49.15 per cent, entered free of 6,113,052 9,652,088 duty. The importations during the year were 16,568,080 18,885,654 larger than in any corresponding period in the history of the import trade and the value of 144,951,357 179,133,186 those entering free of duty, the largest ever 105,999,637 99,090,212 shown in any corresponding year, while the perMeat and dairy products....166,521,449 130,632,783 centage which free merchandise formed of the Naval stores 15,101,300 18,681,962 total imports was larger than in any correspondOil cake and oil cake mealf.. 25,836,134 19,251,012 Paper, and manufactures of. 7,663,139 16,083,271 ing year except 1897, the last year of the Wilson Paraffin and paraffin wax.... 6,445,917 7,886,359 tariff, when large quantities of merchandise then 5,256,623 3,485,418 on the free list were being imported in antici4,701,617 4,803,101 pation of a change in the tariff law; the years 30,902,900 38,115,386 1892, 1893, and 1894, under the McKinley tariff, 23,098,050 16,479,301 when sugar was admitted free of duty; and the year ending September 30, 1841 Seeds Manufactures of Unmanufactured Vegetable oils Wood, and manufactures of. 67,867,932 78,813,803 • Includes linters. Not including corn oil cake. The figures for the trade of the United States with its non-contiguous territories do not include movements of gold and silver The value of domestic gold shipped from Alaska to the United States in 1910 was in round terms $15,000,000, and of foreign gold (presumably from British territory adjacent to Alaska) approximately $3,500,000; while the value of domestic gold shipped from Hawaii to the United States in 1910 was about $500,000. August 1, 1909, to July 31, 1910, were $327,873,The customs receipts during the 12 months, 672, a larger total than in any corresponding year except 1907, when the total was $335,889,830. A comparison of the imports and customs receipts during the period in question shows an average ad valorem rate of duty on all imports of 20.98 per cent. and on dutiable imports, of 41.26 per cent. The average ad valorem rate on all imports is lower than in any corresponding period during the last 20 years except the second year of the Wilson tariff, when the average was 20.77 per cent. and the closing year of the classes of grain showed a gain except rye. Flour McKinley tariff, when the average was 19.11 shipments at twelve leading milling centres, per cent. The average ad valorem rate 41,938,888 barrels, fell below those reported in on dutiable imports is lower than in any corresponding period of the last 20 years, except 1896, when the average was 39.48 per cent., and 1895, when the average was 41.18 per cent., both these years being under the Wilson law. A comparison of the record of the Payne law, during the entire period of its operation for which figures are available, with that of the McKinley, Dingley, and Wilson laws, respectively, shows the per cent. of the total imports free of duty, as follows: under the Payne law, 49.15; under the Dingley law, 44.31; under the Wilson law, 48.82; and under the McKinley law, 53.04. The monthly average of customs receipts under the respective tariffs were: Payne law, $27,322,806; Dingley law, $21,676,085; Wilson law, $13,857,938; and McKinley law, $14,571,240. The average ad valorem rate of duty on total imports was, under the Payne law, 20.98 per cent.; Dingley law, 25.48 per cent; Wilson law, 21.92 per cent.; and McKinley law, 22.12 per cent. Average ad valorem rate on dutiable imports, under the Payne law, 41.26 per cent.; Dingley law, 45.76 per cent; Wilson law, 42.82 per cent.; and under the McKinley law, 47.10 per cent. INTERNAL COMMERCE LIVESTOCK AND GRAIN MOVEMENTS. Commercial movements of livestock during 1910, as measured by the receipts of livestock at seven primary interior markets, were characterized by a shortage in the commercial supply of hogs. The total annua receipts of these animals, 15.685,435 head, being the lowest for any year since 1896 and falling 20 per cent. short of the average of the preceding five-year period. The receipts of cattle at these markets, 9,265,412 head, was slightly larger than during 1909, though below the average for the preceding five-year period. The receipts of sheep, 12,406,767 head, showed a record total, being about 20 per cent. in excess of the average for the preceding five years. The receipts of horses and mules, 368,252 in number, though larger than for the preceding two years, showed a diminution as compared with the figures for the earlier years. The number of loaded livestock cars received at the seven markets during 1910 was 690,423 as compared with 708,210 cars in 1909 and 740,257 cars in 1908. The total receipts of cattle during 1910 was slightly in excess of those reported in 1909. Kansas City, St. Louis and St. Joseph showed smaller totals than for the preceding year. Receipts of meat animals at the four leading Atlantic seaport cities amounted to 8,240,317 head as compared with 9,220,901 and 9.865,980, in 1909 and 1908 respectively. Shipment of packing-house products from Chicago in 1910 totaled 1,998,246,875 pounds, a decrease of 20 per cent. compared with the average for the preceding five-year period. 1909. LUMBER MOVEMENTS. The more important lumber movements during 1910 as reported to the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor, indicate a more or less stationary condition of the trade caused in part by a similar condition of the building trades, espe cially in the larger cities of the East. Coastwise receipts for the year of Southern pine at New York City were 459,535,000 feet. This was below the receipts for 1909 which were 486.661,000 feet. Rail shipments reported by the Northern Pine Manufacturers' Association from the territory in the Mississippi and Wisconsin valleys were 1,186,040,000 feet, which differs but slightly from the total quantity reported during 1908-9. Since 1906 there has been a decrease in the rail shipments of about 35 per cent. Shipments of Southern pine were slightly larger than in 1909. COAL MOVEMENTS The anthracite coal shipments from Eastern producing territory in 1910 amounting to 64,905,762 long tons, exceeded those of the two years previous. This total was exceeded only once, in 1907, the year following the great anthracite strike. About one-fourth of the total shipped was handled in and around New York for shipment to New York proper and other Atlantic ports. The bituminous movement in the East as reported by nine leading coal-carrying roads was 121,460,415 short tons, or 15 per cent. in excess of the 1909 total. The coastwise shipment of soft coal from the five principal Atlantic ports amounted to 26,121,224 long tons, an increase of about 2,000,000 long tons over 1909 and exceeding the shipment even of 1907. For further information regarding the production of coal and coke see these articles. LAKE COMMERCE. The volume of lake commerce as measured by the quantity of merchandise shipped between domestic Lake ports attained during 1910 a record total of 86,732,316 short tons, compared with 80,974,605 short tons in 1909 and 83,506,991 short tons in 1907, the largest previous annual total recorded by the Bureau of Statistics. Of the total domestic lake shipments, 41,517,641 long tons, or 54 per cent., were made up of iron ore of which the greater number is to be credited to Lake Superior ports. The Lake shipments of soft coal during 1910 amounted to 18,406,469 short tons, an increase of 35 per cent. over the corresponding figures of 1909. Lumber shipments by Lake were 1,207,792,000 feet, a small increase over the total for 1909. Grain and flaxseed shipments were 117,275,310 bushels, as compared with 128,087,192 bushels in 1909. The vessel movement of 1910 in the domestic Lake trade as measured by the outward bound vessel tonnage established a new record of 110,292,481 net tons register, compared with 103.271,885 net tons for 1909. The total number of departures, 75,941 was larger than in the three previous years. The average size of Lake vessels engaged in domestic trade was 1452 net tons register. The largest outbound vessel tonnage is credited to Duluth, 10,429,102 net tons reg ister. Chicago, Superior and Milwaukee each showed about 8,000,000 net tons. The grain receipts for the calendar year at fifteen leading primary markets totaled 814,167454 bushels, a total in excess of those reported in the two years previous. The aggregate was made up of 264.588,917 bushels of wheat; 243,098,001 bushels of corn; 218,141,254 bushels of oats; 80,916.056 bushels of barley; and 7,423,- RIVER AND CANAL TRAFFIC. Data relating to 226 bushels of rye. As compared with 1909 all transportation on the rivers and canals of the country are incomplete. This applies particularly to the commerce of Mississippi River points for which no separate data can be given. Reports of vessel movements at Cairo, Ill., at the confluence of the Ohio and Mssissippi rivers, showed a diminution of traffic at that point in 1910; 5875 vessels of 3,202,910 net tons are reported at that point, indicating a decrease of 22 per cent. in the number of vessels and 27 per cent. in the vessel tonnage reported as compared with the average figures for the preceding fiveyear period. The Erie Canal tonnage of 2,023,185 short tons also showed a slight decrease from the figures of 1909 and the same is true of the traffic carried on all New York State canals, the total, 3,073,412 short tons, being the lowest for the decade, except for the year 1908. EDUCATION. See EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. COINAGE. The following table indicates the amount and character of the coinage as used in the United States in the calendar years 1909 and 1910. UNITED STATES .... 1909 Civil and miscellan... 167,001,087.10 Postal deficiency 19,501,062.37 War Department ... 161,067,462,39 Navy Department .. 115,546,011.09 Indians. Pensions.. Int'st on public debt.. Ordinary disburs... Panama Canal disbursements Public debt disburse Total, exclusive of postal 707,186,007.52 224,128,657.62 931,314 665.14 1910 171,580,829.79 8,495,612.37 155,911,705.93 123,173,716.68 15,694,618.11 161,710,367.25 21,803,836.46 18,504,131.60 160,696,415.88 21,342,978.83 662,324,444.77 659,705,391.08 31,419,442.41 33,911,673.37 104,996,770.00 33,049,695.50 798.740,657.18 726,666,759.95 Postal expenditures. 203,562,383.07 224,128,657.62 Total, incl. postal.1,002,303,040.25 Deficit 118,795,919.63 950,795,417.57 19,480,752.43 |