Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1893 — [?]PORTS AND EXPORTS. [ARTICLE]

[?]PORTS AND EXPORTS.

Statement Showing That Balance ol Trade Is Agalnet Us. The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics has issued a summary statement of the Imports and exports of the United States for September. It shows that the total imports of merchandise during the month of September were valued at 546.303.590, as compared with imports of the value of 167,466,062 during September of last year. Of the imports this year 125,418.671 were free of duty qqd 820.881,919 were dutiable. The imports for nine months ended Sent 80.1893, were 8625,231.972, and for the nine months ended Sept. 30.1892, were 863 i.106,009. The exports of domestic merchandise for September were 870,014,413, and for September of last year, 862,031.401. The exports for nine months ending Sept. 30 were 8587 0 0 111, and for the nine months ending Sept :0 1892. 8653,836,620. During September the agricultural exports were valued at 848,336.136, and the exports of manufactures at 816.382,431.