Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1896 — IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. [ARTICLE]

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

Bureau of Statistics Furnishes Its Monthly Comparative Statement. The monthly comparative statement of the imports and exports of merchandise, gold and silver during last August and during eight months ended Aug. 31 last, which has just been issued by the Bureau of Statistics, shows as follows: Domestic merchandise exported during August, 1896, $66,732,453; August, 1895, $54,821,159; for the last eight months, $567,259,457; for the same period in 1895, $489,360,551. Imports of merchandise during last August, $49,458,325, of which $20,644,871 was free of duty. Imports during August, 1895, $71,111,943, of which about one-half was free of duty; importations during the last eight months, $471,222,434, of •which $214,263,671 was duty free; for the same period in 1895 the total was $535,737,819, of which $254,469,427 was free of duty. The gold exports during last August amounted to $1,972,544, as compared with $16,667,261 during August, 1895. For the last eight months the exports of gold amounted to $55,511,811, which is almost the exact figure for August, 1895. The gold imports during last August aggregated $4,045,885, as compared with sl,534,086, for the sanie month last year. For the' last eight months the imports of gold exceeded those for the same period in 1895 by about $2,650,000. The. silver coin and bullion exported during last August amounted to $5,301,434 and the imports $929,422. During August, last year, the exports amounted to $4,553,698 and the imports $1,114,677. During the last eight months the silver exports' amounted to $40,932,418 and the imports $7,712,959. During the same period in, 1895 the exports aggregated $33,265,216;, ahfl 1 imports $6,199,471-