The Mexican Consul at Philadelphia states that during the month of September, 1904, there was shipped from that port, consigned to the Mexican ports of Tampico and Veracruz the following merchandise:

FOREIGN COMMERCE, AUGUST, 1904.

There was an increase both in exports and imports of merchandise by the United States in August. The "Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance" published by the Bureau of Statistics gives the exports of the United States as $92,243,857, as against $89,446,457 in the same month of 1903. The imports were valued at $87,738,191, as against $82,049,262 a year ago.

The percentage of nondutiable imports is still large, and it was large in August, even as compared with that of the same month of 1903, when the ratio of free to dutiable goods first became a matter of remark. The percentage of nondutiable imports was 46.93, as against 42.82 in August of last year. For the last eight months the percentage has been 46.74, as against 43.41 in the same period of last year.

The classification of August imports is given as follows:

The domestic exports in August of both years were distributed as follows:

The exports.of Mexican dollars to Hongkong amounted to 8,201, to Japan 295,000, and to Mexico 2,325, making a total shipment of Mexican dollars from San Francisco during the month of August 305,526. The Consul-General of Mexico at New York reports that during the month of August, 1904, 12 vessels proceeding from Mexican ports entered the harbor of New York, bringing 81,404 packages of merchandise. During the same period 12 vessels cleared from the port of New York, carrying 178,311 packages of merchandise consigned to Mexican ports. The imports in detail from Mexico to New York during the month mentioned were as follows:

The Consul-General of the Republic of Nicaragua at San Francisco, Cal., advises that the shipments from that port to the Nicaraguan ports of Corinto and San Juan del Sur in the month of August, 1904, aggregated 5,624 packages of merchandise, weighing 406,925 kilos, valued at $36,670.81, a detailed statement of which is as follows:

The Mexican Consul at Philadelphia states that during the month of September, 1904, there was shipped from that port, consigned to the Mexican ports of Tampico and Veracruz the following merchandise:

FOREIGN COMMERCE, AUGUST, 1904.

There was an increase both in exports and imports of merchandise by the United States in August. The "Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance" published by the Bureau of Statistics gives the exports of the United States as $92,243,857, as against $89,446,457 in the same month of 1903. The imports were valued at $87,738,191, as against $82,049,262 a year ago.

The percentage of nondutiable imports is still large, and it was large in August, even as compared with that of the same month of 1903, when the ratio of free to dutiable goods first became a matter of remark. The percentage of nondutiable imports was 46.93, as against 42.82 in August of last year. For the last eight months the percentage has been 46.74, as against 43.41 in the same period of last year.

The classification of August imports is given as follows:

The domestic exports in August of both years were distributed as follows:

The foreign exports last month amounted to $2,153,198, and in August of last year to $1,890,113.

One of the most striking features of the increase in exports of manufactured articles in August was the large increase in the exports of cotton cloths. This was largely due to the revival of the demand for cotton goods for China, and it had begun to be apparent in July, when the shipments of cottons to China amounted to 17,244,010 yards, valued at $1,077,012, against 9,751,868 yards, valued at $443,228, in July, 1903. The exports of cottons to China during August amounted to 44,247,094 yards, valued at $2,457,639, against 4,096,161 yards, valued at $189,193, in August, 1903, the increase over last August being more than tenfold. The total exports of cotton cloths to all countries during the month of August amounted to 60,755,545 yards, valued at $3,481,036, against 17,644,954 yards, valued at $1,019,101, in August, 1903. For the eight months the total exports of cottons amounted to 217,297,425 yards, valued at $13,165,191, against 300,536,621 yards, valued at $15,459,592, in the same months last year. Another striking increase was in the exportations of copper. The total value of these exports for August amounted to $7,118,077, against $3,134,796 for August last year, an increase of $3,983,281, or 127.06 per cent. For the eight months the total was $46,676,671, an increase over the corresponding period last year of $20,548,808, or 78.65 per cent.

Exports of manufactures of iron and steel continue to increase, the total for August being $10,430,331, against $8,237,519 for August, 1903, and for the eight months, $81,415,122, against $65,341,010 for the same period last year. The greatest increase under this schedule continues to be in exports of steel rails, which amounted for the eight months to 210,321 tons, valued at $5,395,590, against but 5,124 tons, valued at $175,540, for the corresponding eight months last year, a period in which exports of steel rails had almost ceased.

The following table gives the values of some of the principal exports of domestic manufactures for the eight months ending August 31, 1903, and for the eight months ending August 31, 1904:

TRADE RELATIONS WITH LATIN AMERICA FROM 1870 TO 1904. Under the title "Trade Relations with the Various Sections of the World," the Bureau of Statistics of the United States Department of Commerce and Labor publishes the following tables of the trade values between the United States and Latin America from 1870 to 1904, inclusive: