Imports And Exports For Eight Months

The brief summary oí our import and export trade for February, to wliich we referred last week, enables a inore ineresting comparison than we have vet made. We first take our exports of doïnestic products for eixht months endino February 28 during the last six years, from 1890-1895 inclusive, as follows : DOMESTIC EXPORTE POK KIGHT MONTHS, Ending February 28. Yalue. 1890 Í602.875.086 1891.. - 015,213,257 1892..'. - 72$,723,9,r4 1893 578,176,13!) 1894 - __ 610,377,180 1895 549,000,645 It wil] be seen that during the three years ending February 28, 1892, our exports of American products and manufactures amounted to alinost 000, whereas duriog the tliree subsequentyears ending February 2S, 3895, our exporte were less than $1,750,000,000, showing a decrease of $200,000,000 in the total exports of American producta and manufactures in the more recent period. Turning uext to our imports (luring the same months of the same years we liave the following: IMPORTS FOB EIGHT MONTHS. Endlog February 28 1S90 504,i64,780 1891 - -510,510,150 J892 523777,741 1893 607,917,142 1891 415,415,162 1885 - - 460,243,447 In each of the three periods there was an excess of exports over imports, the total up to February 28, 1892, reaching $377,859,610. During the subsequent periods the excess of exports was ouly $247,638, 211 . During the eight months ending February 28, 1893, our imports exceededour exports by nearly $30,000,000, and for the wholeof the later period f rom 1890-1892. The following is a summary of the cornparisons : July to February. 1890-92, excess of exports 3377339,620 1893-95, excess of exports 247,038,211 Loss, 1893-95_ $ 130,221,400