What Philadelphia is; a sketch of the industries and leading characteristics of the cityWith special reference to its historic past . s-banks has over onehundred thousand depositors, and trust companies ofvarious kinds are rapidly growing. The banking busi-ness is, therefore, enormous, and the total amountcan only be conjectured on the basis of the figuresfurnished officially by the clearing-house and givenabove. The operations of tlie Philadelphia Custom-Housefittingly follow those of the banks. The value of theimports coming to Philadelphia for the year 1888 wasforty-five million twenty thou
What Philadelphia is; a sketch of the industries and leading characteristics of the cityWith special reference to its historic past . s-banks has over onehundred thousand depositors, and trust companies ofvarious kinds are rapidly growing. The banking busi-ness is, therefore, enormous, and the total amountcan only be conjectured on the basis of the figuresfurnished officially by the clearing-house and givenabove. The operations of tlie Philadelphia Custom-Housefittingly follow those of the banks. The value of theimports coming to Philadelphia for the year 1888 wasforty-five million twenty thousand one hundred andthirty-two dollars ; value of exports, twenty-eight mil-lion twelve thousand eight hundred and seventy-ninedollars. It is held by experts that the exports fromPhiladelphia by way of New York equalled those thatpassed through the local custom-house. Of the im-ports the following from South American countries for1SS8 have been furnished by the Collector of Customs :Argentine Republic, two hundred and forty-seventhousand seven hundred and ninety-three dollars;Brazil, one million three hundred and three thousand. Q O 5 X o WHAT PHILADELPHIA IS. 63 nine hundred and twenty-seven dollars ; Costa Rica,five thousand five hundred and eighty-five dollars;Nicaragua, forty-one thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars; Chili, two hundred and thirty-threethousand four hundred and seventy dollars; FrenchGuiana, ten thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars ;British Guiana, two million four hundred and ninety-two thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars;United States of Colombia, twenty-four thousand fivehundred and twenty-one dollars ; Uruguay, thirty-onethousand and sixty-eight dollars; V^enezuela, nineteenhundred and seventy-six dollars. Nearly one-third ofthese imports came in free of duty. The exports tothese countries were as follows: Argentine Repub-lic, four hundred and forty-two thousand four hun-dred and forty-nine dollars; Brazil, one hundred andninety-five th
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