Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-03-27

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deficiency In barley crop, oneiourth IL, 000, 900 "
| To this must be added the average the ...
| last seven years of the importation of
grain from foreign countries. 4S, 900, 900 e"
! 40, 600, 900 g
Supposed on hand at last harvest As, 600, 900
Foreign grain required .......,.... 81, 900, 900 ="
This will perceive very nearly double the quantity
usually needed. ,.." ..-..
Geat fears entertained respecting the potato crop,
and this for two is that the early potatoes
ed by artificial the neighborhood of London are all
more or less tainted the other is that there deficiency of
potatoes for seed for the CROP There certainly will
be dy in this country, and Government have applied the
principal seesmen IN London to make inquiries abroad The
answer received Is that none be supplied from France
Russia the continent Of Europe from the Azores their
only hope is that may be found in Bermuda This
seems very shallow hope Cobbet made remarkable
sertion twenty years ago respecting the potato He
said 81 shall not live but depend upon it, that in
not more than twenty hence that vile weed he pota
toy will be OUT
There appears to be disorder among the turnps of this
season something analogous to that among the potatoes
heard farmer say, few days ago. that than half his
turnips diseased and worthless Some agriculturss
have far that the growing crops wheat
have been injured by the weather which
ing the early part of this month. This gloomy picture,
certainly aggravated doubt in part, by mems fears and
partly, am afraid from motives Of sefneres in order
raise present prices The absolute ascertaned reality bad
enough, and will prove great drain upon resources
as the Mexican will upon yours. The consumption of
breadsus per month calculated being twelve millions
bushels and the importation of the necessary quantity from
abroad will give employment million hundred and
and twenty five thousand tons of shipping. ~.
There has been interesting discussion in the Econo
mi lately Eas Jplia he
Can India supply the quality of cotton wanted for English
manufactures ~ is answered in the affirmative. That it can
be produced in sufficient quantity also confidently
ed but the question upon which the whole subject depends
VIZ Can 1t be supplied at remunerafue price ?? is
swered very decidedly the negative The reasons why
cannot stated TO be- that be obtained sufficient
clean at such price the burden Of very heavy land tax
and the want of good roads from the interior the shipping
ports The question respecting supplies of cotton from the
East Indies will be discussed in Parliament in few DAYS.
when lgh, will be thrown upon the subject The con-
sumption of in Great Britain increased four hun
ded per cent since 1924 The manufactures of England
consumed last year
Wool and worsted, of which 2O9, 900, 900
Of pounds were produced in England $50, o00, 900 "
Silk. ...................... 6,05s, $50 "
lax III, 332, 736 "
Some curious facts have been stated in Parliament during
ing in factories, among which of the striking is that
ten hours labor every day necessary pay for expense
capital &C. that ii it stopped there the manufacturer would
not receive any profit and that and half two hours
labor required 10 make the business sufficiently pro-
fabe to induce him to carry So much for this leading
article Of your exports 1t does appear any degree pro-
babe that for long time, perhaps never be ndcpcn-
dent of you for this a-impoan material Again, take
tobacco There were imported last year into Great Britain
81 900 pounds Of this article of which SO s. pounds
from the United States There is probability of our
doing without your assistance for supply of this
ce If you have 10 supply with breaduf, cotton and
tobacco, you must buy something of in return but will
your demands keep pace with necessities We hope they
WILL for payment in hard cash is out of the question.
Something must he done extension Of trade one
direction other, for there has been great falling off in our
shipments of manufactured goods China in the year 1876
Our exports Of wooen goods China, in 1916,
ed El37 43 less than they did in s45 and the shipments
of plain cacoes 49, s46 yards less in 1916 than in
Is45.
The increase of British exports during the last thirty years
has been much than is commonly imagined, and the
has arisen from nonobservance of the difference be-
tween the Qc and the real value of the article exported
The real value of exports their value at the market
prices The Qciai value is that which from esmat-
ing them according prices fixed far back 1885, is
therefore, Of any respect excepting far aordng
view of the fluctuations in the quantities of exports
Now combining both these calculations get correct
view Of the export trade Thus the declared real value of
exports of British and Colonial produce and manuac
For $780, was. ..................G 45, 194,2l9
For lS46, was ...... ..........,.. 60, ] III 1854
Excess OF 1916 .....'..............El 4, 6l6, S65
Being Of about 33 per the exports of
1875 and certainly very great increase for period Of
thy-one years. But, If look the official values for
those two years, find
That for 1871 to be. 434, 2O7, 253
That for 1916 TO be .............. $50, S79, 9S6
Excess Of 1916 ...........t.....GlI6,67 2, 733
Or increase Of 3il per 1915 in other words
nearly four and half times many goods are afforded in
1916 for sixty millions sterling sold in for forty
five millions; the great Improvements in machinery, division
of labor &c having enabled the British manufacturer thus TO
realize satisfactory profits at oneourth of the price for his
productions, and thereby retain the market OF the world
There doubt but that business and and commerce
Of every description have increased England during the
thirty years very great rate but il is very curious statis
teal fact that this increased business has been DONE and
now doing, with very diminished circulating medium The
quantity Of specie circulation has doubt very much in
creased but nothing proportion the dmnuton of hank
notes. From official returns just published Of the circulation
Of banks the 18th December last have selected the banks