The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-03-01
A Years Trade.

From the London Globe
The annual statement of our foreign and
colonial trade and of navigation shows that
in the year 1859 the American continent
with Cuba and the West Indies took G4O,-
100000 of our produce and manufactures;
and India, Singapore, and Ceylon. with
Australia and China, took G37 100000
more. 10 these great countries we disposed
of nearly EDO, 100000 of our cotton goods
and yarn out of the whole 948,0O0,O00 exs
ported.
The United States took G4,60O,O0O of
our cotton goods, G4,476,OOO of our woolens,
e2,l6O00O of linens, and Gl,568OOO of
apparel and haberdashery; India, including
Singapore, took 9l4,29O00O of cotton
goods and yarn; China only 93,l9O0OO, and
100000 of woolens; Australia Ell $4,000
of apparel and haberdashery. 100000 of
cotton, e765,0OO of woollens. For our
iron we found our principal market in the
United States, (e3.0OO,O0O) and also for
our tin (plates) and our hardwares (above
Ell 100000 of eacb); for our leather and
saddery in Australia (Gl, OOO,0OO) for our
agricultural implements in Australia and
Russia; for beer in India (9777,378,) and
Australia (660, $3.50; for butter in Australia
(e342,9 l4); for earthenware in the United
States (60O,000) The exports of our pro-
duce to Australia, G4,OOO,OOO in 1852, were
Ell 100000 in 1859, and those to India
have doubled since 1855; to the United
States they were not Gl2,OOO,OOO in 1949,
they were above G22,OOO,OOO in 1859; to
China, Gl ,537 900 in 1849, 94,457 900 in
1859. To New Zealand we sent 1892 9O7
worth of our produce in 1859, not far from
double what we sent only three years before.
Our exports to the whole world made no
progress in the year 1859. In most Euro
pear countries the demand for our produce
was slack. France took less upon the
whole than in the previous year, though her
demand for some articles increased She
took no less than 1891 900 tons of coal,
and 9493093 worth of copper. There was
a considerable increase, however, in our
trade with Sweden, Norway and Den
mark; and Russia took more of our pro.
duce by nearly ,OOO-raising her
demand Tor machinery to Gl000,00O, and
for iron to 9i, 100000. Our entire imports
for 1859 (9l79,l 1872 1859 were not far from
Gl5,000,0O0 above those OF the previous
year, and our exports Jour own produce
Gl30, All ,529, foreign and colonial G25,-
20l ,446-in all gl50,692,975) were 9l6,-
100000 above those of the previous year
and it must be borne in mind that the re-
turns of the value of our imports include
freight-the exports do not In conducting
this trade 26,520 visits were paid to our
ports by British vessels, and 1881 by
foreign. The totals require such figures to
express them as were never until now en-
ployed to set forth years trade of ma
ton. The world beyond the seas, civilized
and uncivilized, sent to our shores on an
average every day merchandise to the value
of nearly 100000, and to bring it to us
nearly i 900 ships came into our ports
every week. Our exports of produce and
manufactures of the United Kingdom in
the short space of eight years, 1929,
have exceeded in value the capital of the
annual debt In ten years they have
doubled in 1849 they were G64,0O0O0O,
in 1859 they we're 9l3O,6OO,OOO. The
enormous progress of some Of our colonies
and possessions of late years has more than
restored the proportions sent to foreign
countries and to British possessions to what
they were twenty years ago-two.thirds
and one third in 1910 foreign countries
took G3400O,0OO, and British possessions
9l7,OO0OO0; and in 1859 foreign countries
took 100000, and British possessions
946, 100000. The exports of our produce
in 1859 amounted to about "a los per in
dividual inhabitant of the kingdom (; twen-
ty years ago they were not 92, and ten
years ago they were not e3.
Missouri has gone overwhelmingly for
the Union. Probably there will not be ten
secessionists in the convention. The aver.
age majority for the Union ticket in this
county is little over 1000.