Show EXCELLENT tradis the export figures for september are extremely encouraging they are the largest ever bhonn or september with the single exception of that month in the year 1000 and fall lesa than halt a million dollars below the high water mark made in that year the figures ae juet presented by the treasury bureau of statistics show the total export in september 1902 to be against in september 1901 and in september 1900 the highest figure ever shown by september exhortations exportations comparing present conditions with those of earlier years the figures for september 1902 arc 25 per cent in excess of those of september 50 per cent greater than those of september 1890 more than double those of september 1888 and neadly three unies great as those 0 september 1585 this seems to indicate that the downward tendency in the export trade caused by the corn crop failure of last year has reached its lowest point and that the reverse movement toward normal conditions has beun following the failure of the corn crop baat year the exports tended downward beginning with october 1001 in which the export figures were the movement was steadly downward until mey reached in july of the present year in august the upward movement began reaching and iu september which ii about in excess of september of last year this in exports as is well known was due to the corn crop failure of last year and to the low price of cotton and A bile the new corn crop has not yet b agun to make its appearance in the export figures of the bureau of statistics the movement of the new cotton year has been active and is th principal cause of the upward trend jn the ex port figures the cotton exports for september were pounds valued at dollars in round terms against agai nat pounds valued at in september of last year and less than pounds valued t in september of the preceding year 1000 even breadstuffs bread stuffs allow a decidedly upward tendency in the export movement during september the total value of exported in 1803 being against in june and september of last year the above figures relating to cotton and bread tuffe it should be understood are those of the preliminary tat ement of alie bureau of statistics but include 08 per cent of the entire export of the article s named while the figures 0 the total export of the month although practically complete are the preliminary figures and subject to the usual revision |