The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-03

yesterday. puo'ished some specimens, no
that The whole mercantile interest OF the
North and sleo all the free sellers and abolitiontss
would BE- only too happy 10 zee q Weight thrown
into their scsse which would enc ctualy prevent
|" the DIRE AIDED prepot dersnce Of the South" even
though Cuba-,be acquisition Of which Is " only
question Of time"-shonld increase the Lumbar and
STRENGTH Of the slsveholoiog Sta %. As the impe.
suited 10 remedy those grievances which we're to
be removed by legislation whilst the reciprocity
treaty has OF ened new and extensive ma ket 'or
the staple productions Of the proviace-we nave
every reasonable srouId fer hopioS that may
years will before sue essful attempt 10 made
to dissolve the union between England and her
fourshing dependency.
The Iish Flax Trade.
From the Dublin Monthly Journal oil Industrial Fro
We extract the following article on the int rest
ing subject Of "rbe War, - Il afs Is Irish Flax
Production" from the pen Of Mr.. James McAdam,
Of B-Ifsst:--
many peers fu, oisbsd these islands with large guam
titles II certain articles Of general use, the suddea
cessation If whose import has materially affected
different branches of cur ira e. The chief items Of
this io,poJt have be en- grain fax, fax-seed, hemp,
and tslldw. With the second and third OF t1ese
only now pT0pose to deal, in considering the in
fnen which The existing war may have upon the
cultivation Of the fax plant in beland.
FRI III q table lstey resented to Parliament, we
learn the prGpoi ton which Russian fax bear TO
that derive from all other countries as the supple
neDiars aim. NJ of the linen manufacture of tue
XII, gdDms. Ina table embraces the years from
ls44 10 1853 inclusive. Daring this period tne
ply Of lax from Russia has fuctuaten fso "a ,053
toos in ls47, Co Ga JAP tons in 1853. Dividing tuese
ten years into Two gwen quioqnenn,a periods, we
fiDd ,hs average annual port from Russia, com
pared vita thar from other countries, to be as fol-
lOxs:-
Average annual import Of fax into Great Britain
Fire YEARS ending lS4s. E:re Years ending 1853
From Tins. Tors.
Russia. ......... 44,7S9 1856
All other countries. 81 $50 1852
Total. .6s,s44 sl,2l7
II thus appears THAT q quantity annually obtained
from Russia, in the first period, was Ga per ent.
of the sntire import and in the second period
69a per cenr. A. regards the value of these i'm
ports ,be quantities given do not show the Ielative
cost. Russian fax is, with the exception OF the
Egyptian and come of the Prpssau, the cOsrsest
fax of Ommerce. Its average value may be out at
f40 per ton, white, even allowing for coarse quail.
ties from the other countries Das,ed the fine fl ixes
Of Belgium and Holland would raise the average
value the rest to about f70 per ton. The yearly
cost therefore would stand I lus -
FIRST Quin- Second Qain-
guenniai period. Qisenniai period.
Russia. .......:. 81 ,79l $50 ....... f2,262 500
An other countries l,529,s50 ........ 1,725 $40
Total 800. f3,32l, 4lO ........ fs,9ss, 24O
So much for the fibre. Next regards the seed. IL
Will NC suICiebt IN tnls J en- W Lake one year, Say
1851. In tina. year there imported into the
United Kingdom, OF fAx-seed both for sowing and
crushing -
From Quarters. Value.
Russia. ................. 4l7,95l f9l9,492
All other countries. $50. 2l2,520 ,54
Total. Observation-Disclosures. G3O,471 fl 1897 ,036
Thus we see putting both the products Of the fax
plant together, t,at we now yearly indebted for
these useful articles
To Russia for. Observation-Disclosures. fs,1s2 O92
IT, all other Countries. 2,I93,l84