The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-14

i54a, ....... 47.ssl023 239O9 900
lsi3....... 52,21s,1O9 ol,97l 900
ls44........ SO 5S4. 292 25,043,S57
OF the trade Of France, il Is estimated tina, 220,.
900, 600 francs OF the 1858 100000 francs trans
aeied in le44 was with the United States This, OF
course, includes all imports and exports between the
two countries, and resulted in leaving balance in
favor Of the former OF about 60000 900 francs, which
was augmented in l645 to 0,0OO,0 900 francs.
The exports Of Great Britain in 1874, il has been
seen, amounted to al ,309 45O or to sl06 500 900
more than IN ls3O-an extension merely between the
two periods Of more than the entire value OF the ex-
ported products Of the United Slales-to which may
be added 100000 or $40, 900 ,o0O, for tho in.
crease of l645 over 1874. For the year ending on
the S0lh June, le45, the exports Of Great Britain To
the United States amounted to $40 ,903 725, while
her imports from the United States for the same Pc
Rod were to the yslue Of SOL 044, 535, leaving an
apparent balance against her Ct Sill ,l3l,2l0 But
deduct from this 3000n0 bales OF cotton, which she
indirectly carried In twist to Germany-at an inn
mense profit, too--and the trade account between US
would be nearly squared, 10 say nothing of her
shipments TO Russia and elsewhere Of this article.
Moreover the fact should never be lost sight of by
those who speak Of England as a generous customer
for our agricultural staples, that upon the $40 000
900 raw cotton which she imports from this coun-
try annually, II is estimated by her merchants and
Others that she is benefited in the of il
to a of from 81 10 100000 to $3.50 600 900; and
thatupon the twenty-five millions of POUNDS Of to.
bacco which she consumes Of our product, she real
ICES a revenue Of $50, 100000.
The contemplated repeal of the odious British
corn-laws is no less measure Of humanity than Of
interest with the agitators BY reducing the price OF
food, dmnution in the price Of labor will neces-
sarily follow. England views with a jealous eye
the advances which manufactures steadily ma
king in Germany She distinctly foresees that un-
less check is soon put upon them, they will be-
idahl riya As ate Uarda
completing this result, she last year abolished the
entire duty on cotton wool, and the next and more
important one will be the abrogation of the corn
laws. While her real motive is to crush German
industry, she will not hesitate to claim great credit
from the United States for this liberal commercial
movement.
France has a most lucrative trade with US. II is
believed that under her rigid tobacco regie, Mary land
and Ohio together do not sell much of the article
to her pays for The merchandise produced by her
which is consumed in the city Of Baltimore and
Virginia not SO much as that consumed in Rich
mond. She takes from the United States yearly
about eighteen millions Of pounds, from which she
derives large revenue-verging on the killogramme
from 80 confines TO IA francs So centimes.
Our commerce between England and France can
not be materially augmented but to our dsadvan.
tage. With Germany, by making it direct, it may
be increased 500, 600 or SOS, 100000 annually.
And this is what the two former countries dread;
and wish to prevent, if possible. As neither Ger
many nor ourselves have colonies upon which to
force our products, we natural allies in trade
and if by steam nginery England can be hoisted
out of the trick between us--an event which is near
will speedily transpire. We exported last year to
Germany, through tho Hanse towns, chiefly
through Bremen, 81, 900 of our agricultural sta
ples---nearly all tobacco and actually consumed
while we imported, through the same ports, Ger
man manufactures to the value of only s2,9l2 ,537
To use homey adage, England and France dance
while Germany is made (by US, and by deplora-
BILE want of foresighD to play the fiddle. The two
former nations, with sixty millions of inhabitants
consume about four ths Of the quantity of our sta
pie consumed by the thirty millions of tho latter
upon which they collect revenue about thirty times
as large. AMERICANUS.
From Princes Price Current.
STATE OF TRADE MANUFACTURES, AND COM.
MERGE IN FRANCE
"Our commercial relations with foreign countries
are now more active than ever they were. We feel
the more proud Of this result as, during the year
1912, which was marked by crisis that affected
the United States, Great Britain, and Spain, and Of
which we likewise experienced the effects those re-
lations had fallen off, comparatively with Is4l.
That state of things, however, was only temporary.
In lS43 we had already recovered the ground lost
since lS4l. In 1874 the general trade Of France
with her colonies and foreign powers presented a
total of $40 000f, showing an increase Of ISL 000-
OOOf as compared with ls43 and 245, 900 OO0f more
than T. average amount of the five preceding years
(ls39-l S43) In that sum total ore included the
entrepot and transit trade, well as that which
supplies the wants of our consumption and the ex-
portston Of the productions Of our soil and manu-
facturest As-rsspec,s the special trade, the entire
Of the imports was 67,000,0 00f. Natural produc-
tons and materials necessary for manufactures
figure in that amount for $4,000 ,0O0f and manufac
tured articles for 54000,O00f only. The entire of
the exports was 100, 900 000f-viz: the productions
Of our manufactures 600, 900 000f, and those of our
soil l90000,000f. The countries with which our
trade is most active are, according to their degree
of importance--ihe United States, England, Bel
GUM, Switzerland the Sandman States, the Ger
man Union, SPAIN Algeria, or West India colonies,
and Bourbon Our relations with most Of those
countries exhibit considerable improvement, par
ticularly with America. Among our principal ex-
ports cotton goods Offer comparatively with lS43,
an Augmentation of &c 900, DOOR upon 80, O00, 00OG
woolens, "a 900, DOOR upon s0,000,000; silks, IA
000, 000f upon 1919 000,0O0f; and, finally, linens,
1000 000f upon 81 900 000f Our Partisan articles
and our wines have likewise increased. At no for
mer period did the transit trade produce more inn
portant results than in 1874. ltamounted in value
to 800 0,000f, and in weight to 46s5l2 quintas,
or 80, 900 000f and $1,000 quintas more than in
ls43 Those results mainly TO be sscribed to
the ordinance Of the 10th Of December, l842 which
suppressed transit duties. The general movement
Of our entrepots amounted to 1886 525 quntals Of
goods, estimated at 664 900 00Of, presenting COM
paratively with ls43, augmentation in the weight
Of 100 ,236 quintas.. Our maritime trade figures, in
the general returns, for I,655000 000f, or II per
cent? and the land trade for $50 900 000f % per
cent Comparatively with l643, the augmentation
is 6 per cent for the maritime trade, and IL per
cent for that carried on by land Vessels sailing
under French colors conveyed 10000 600, or 46
per cent foreign vessels 49,, 600, or 81 per
cent The maritime trade employed %, 227 vessels,
measuring 3,oss, 900 tons, 1886 Of which were
foreign, measuring o,0320O0 tons, and 1l,76l
French, measuring l,256,00O tons. In comparing
this statement with the returns Of l643, il will be
that the vessels under French coors increased
by 800, with 81 900 additional tons, whilst those
under foreign colors lost 80 vessels and 10000 tons
The operations Of our navy are divided into two
branches-the reserved navigation and the eompe-
ition navigation. The reserved navigation, COM