New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-11-20
Imports and Exports

\ COMPARISON Of American imports for 1871
with those Of 1872 ~ shown from the table
usf published by the Bureau Of Statistic,
does no; how that decline In the loa,umpi.l1,
.fsyi,cIcs of luxury that might DE wished
all tlt there IS -oDetGiug Oieuc0Urlgarl.r.f
iu the exhibit. The falling ol in the follow
ing articles of import is particularly B0t,ra-
by. In leather ,p0uS, mostly, o; course, %.
the more costly character, there is adecre1-r
81 nearly 100000; in tine wool, o. over
$4,000 and ia silk, fancy good. p-r-.oY,
stones, etc from 100000 each. Thee a-,
some other articles that lariake o! the doc
crease, hut, with the exception o. WOODEN
goods. tie decline might be brought about l..
vaIiou, CaU,cs, and need not necessarily D..
the effect %: Il general sLriuku-c .u M. con.
sumption Of these imported Injuries. But
while there has been decrease iu H.. ..;..
pJrtIton o. the above articles, the india, ,.:.r..
IA Others not less To he C'aSsai 2, lGyar...
has tgyu largely augmented. Glri-sur-., OBJ.
wines and spirits Amounted t' -. I-L.Ls..r
l>7-. 1i.j $50 J.. 81 in I-.&. an .n..,.... o..
ucu,iy seven Ec. ceat.C. !Hl. tobacco We .g..
ported "a l's2 al, 80, ii2, and in !--&.
il6, Jj3, Gu increase o.: uir4's' q th.ri. TIE.
are other articles %. similar agtugc. l...t.I
ipg which must have steadily grown, showing
that the appetite :, after all stronger than the
!!.dc Of people, and that in an encounter il.
the supremacy the adDynmeu. %, the person
will give way 10 the demands 81 the stomach.
We look confidently for better showing NJ
the next annual report, 10y the iucy.;aEi.
falling oil IN the demand for costly good, u..-
der the hard times OF thia winter u,u-
decidedly contract the volume Of surir, .--
portaiuns.
While the present statement O.. imports !,
not very encOura Sing, the figures regariut
exports afp most satisfactory. In al. the
principal articles composing our domestic .N-
purtJtiuu~ the report show, G,.g.dcl, AMI
III some eases, Il remarkable increase
Against &}>, tup,uJU worth ui wheat sent
out ot the country in l~-2, We shipped ga.
gO0.COp worth in lS-2. In cotton and .t-
manufactures there !, IN increase Of url.i,
$4,000, coo. In iron, hides, leather, oils
pork, manufactures Of wool, coal, and indeed
in neatly every article, the SANG rumparat.,,
increase IS exhibited. In the statement ".
iiud but two articles Indian corn and tpla,
30 leaf that have fallen uit, and these hut "a
title. 1t !, also singji,an; that, whcrca, IA.
amount of gold ami silver bullion sent int,
the country in l-I& exceeds the import, ot
1872 about = uou, 900. and domestic exports
of the same articles exceed those ct I~-1 ba,
:B,cOJ,uuA With a continual falling oil 10
The articles We buy and steady increase lu d..
articles We sell. the country viii soon he .r
Nlf tN4'tlt4' "a sitl lsl'4tN ittttll " i''~t
exceed, his expenditures, and who J., c1u-r-
GUcutly steadily adding to his prosperity and
wealth. These statistics are .,r the Nta.
ending June -, and therefore do not embrace
any time when the American people had the
lesson 50 enforced upon their attention 49,
they have lad within the last lew week..
From the fact that the existing stringent,
did not come upon the countr, unit. AFTER
iobbcrS had made up their order, for the tai,
trade, it i, probable that the first haltof tie
current fiscal yclr-which will close in De-
Ccmbcr-w!ll not make an exhibit mU,A
different from that under consideration:
but the hard times ofthc tall and winter Will
largely curtail spring importatinus, ,udul..t
the balance sheet ot the last halt ui the ycll
very considerably. Tho table Tor the twchr
months ending June 80, 1871, ought OF RIGHT
to exhibit a heavy balance in our favor. Jog
We are rich in goods that foreign natiuus
must have, while Our necessities will lead u,
to l"p OF many of the luxurious excuses thai
have developed in our social economy duriu.
the years Of hlgh-t.lc prosperity -ucceclug
the imitation 0t the war. However, the table
just published i significant Of the speedy al
vance Of the ETA when that much talked o'
balance OF trade" shall be- turned in tlyo.
Of, instead Of against, America.