Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1897 — BIG INCREASE IN EXPORTS. [ARTICLE]

BIG INCREASE IN EXPORTS.

Nearly $50,030,030 Over the First LSeven Months of Last Year. The figures of the exports from the United States for July show.an increase over the corresponding month of last year of about $4,300,000. The domestic exports last year were the largest in our history. The total exports in July were $69,725,770. The exports for the first seven mouths of the calendar year were $549,943,879, against $500,572,005 for the first seven months of last year. The exports of agricultural products show a slight decrease during the period, while those of manufactured products increased. The exports of gold for July were $5,462,869, against $11,931,438 for July, 1896, and for the first seven months of this year, $30,559,071, against $54,922,948 for the correspending period of last year.