The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-09

same time last year. .22,17S
More than half of the shipments in July went to
The East Indies. We do not know whether China is
included under this head not in the official returns
nut presume not If not, there shipments to
{ hna during the month, and those markets must
have been poorly supplied with American cotton goods
The previous shipments having been limted) leaving
better opening ior British fabrics The expectation
Of cotton goods from Boston for the first seven months
Of 1s43, compared with that for the same period
in 1s47 exhibits increase of $50 bales and cases.
equal to than twenty per cent The character
Of the extra ct from the Manchester Guardian is cacua
ted to convey the impression that the Americans have
aba ndoned the attempt to compete with British
features in the chinese markets. and have been com.
PEELED to load their ships with British cotton goods for
disposal in Canton for investment in teas for their
turn voyage If American cotton goods have not been
profitable shipments to China for some time past it
has not been because British goods Of similar descrip
tons have been afforded cheaper. We do not mean to
assert that British cotton goods have not been sold
within the past year in the markets of Canton, well
those Of East dies lower than those Of Ameri
manufacturer but do say, that if such has been
the case there has been an immense loss upon them,
and they have been sacrificed Such competition
that soon dispose of, and return of more
prosperous times will place the manufactures Of both
countries upon more equal footing. We have
fears of the result Of active demand and believe,
that, under healthy state ofthings when the manu-
fcturers Of both England and America hold for fair
profits, the fabrics Of country will, far
as the supply goes take the place Of all others.
Within the past year, recollect reading
account in a Manchester paper Of the closing
Of several mills previously employed in the manufac-
ture of cotton goods similar to those in
the United States and the intention Of the proprieors
to put in machinery for the manufacture of finer
kind Of goods. The of this change at the
time attributed entirely to the fact that they could
not compete with the Americans in these fabrics In
all the finer descriptions Of cotton manufacture the
English can compete successfully with US in foreign
and even in our own markets We have not made
much progress in the higher qualities Of goods as in
the lower but rapidly improving in the upper
branches and must the lapse Of many years occu.
W very respectable position in the manufacturing
world.
A table has been published by the Belgian govern
ment exhibiting the movement of Belgian commerce
for the first FIVE months of 1896 1si7 and 1s4S which
shows considerable increase Of consumption in
rous articles of imports and particularly in those
which indicate prosperity of the people, which it is
particularly gratifying to observe.
COMMERCE BELotrM-IMroRTs FOR FIVE MoSrHs.
ooc.. . is1ei ,, dS4I los - lsts 900
Salt. ......... o225,64s 1o35s,27e 1862, COO
sugar. 5,3I7s05 1880 233 67soi3
Cotton. ...... 2,15s,60l 2,461.195 3,tll,126
These all in kilogrammes. There Is also an In
in the cattle imported being 9,372 in 1sis,
against so39 in 1s4 and 4o63 in 1876 The variations
in exports for the years not great any
Of the articles enumerated excepting refined sugar
On which there Is large increase, but most articles
in Of the last and previous years The guam
tty ofrehncd sugar. which in 1916 amounted to l402,
ts4 klogrammes, in 1s47 to $685. 5, was, in 1S4s,
3,523.733
The receipts of the Little Miami Railroad Company,
FOR the month of July in each of the past four years.
were az follows
LrrTLr Miami RAILROAD.
1s47 lsls
Passengers .............. .s115Gs GO S1S,O02 81
Ar'iHut I.O0V 10 1Tll 70
1897 So 1857 4 II
1852 IS
Increase. S7,0s6 -
The receipts for July have been follows Tor the
ware
1876 1916 1877 1913
sa,CsS j.. f79i1 o.. SlS627 81. s257l4 H..
Thc receipts from freight up to the LIST July last
wear, were large, in consequence Of the vast quantity
o produce pressing forward from the interior to the
iatoard ana the comparative statements Of receipts