Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-01-16


Der, 1871 and lS72:-
1871. 1862.
Cotton piece goods, yards e.35SOOO 4.o06.OOO
Linen piece goods, yards 0.l9l 900 s074.OOO
Silk goods, yards 4l.000 $4,000
Wooden piece goods, yards 10000 $4,000
Worsted stufis, yards 100000 4G07. 900
Carpets, yards $1,000 63l.9VO
Pig iron, tons 24.998 0SS3
Bar, &c, iron tons 4.622 4.575
Railroad iron, tons 52.l74 Sl.9l7
Hoop iron, tons S.0yI 2OlO
Steel, tons 2.6lS 2OlO
In quoting statistics on this subject the free
traders generally quote only the money Values
which show all increase because of the advance
in wages and prices Of raw materials. But it
will be seen that the quantities prove a positive
decrease in the trade. The decline in the ship
ment Of cotton pece-goods and pigir is quite
striking, and shows that we have nearly con-
quered the market by the great plogress of our
production under the benign inaue nee of a pro-
lectise tariff In the expectation of silk goods
the decliue is far greater than any one could
have supposed, and shows that III this line of
industry American manufactures have gone
ahead even faster than III cottons and woolens.
But our gain Is almost decisive In carpets, rail
road iron, linen goods, worsteds and woolens
The additions to the decreasing side of the ex-
port go on every month. And yet the values
increase. Thus the exports Of October, 1871,
were f20.3l6.000; and for October, 1872, they
were f22 .65S 600, an increase In value alone
as will be seen by the item of coal, which shows
an increase of more than one hundred per cent
in value, while it decreased near eight per
cent. In quantity.
Three-fouiths of the exports show a decrease
in quantity 1t will be seen from these facts
that the British manufacturers are making a
tolerl5ly good thing OFT OF the scare about coal
iron and wages. They get more for less goods,
and therefore some OF them must be piling up
the cash pretty fast. But the important CON
sderalirn To Us is that We are gaining more
complete control IL the American market 1t
may be considered pretty certain that in the
articles contained in the above quoted table our
American producers are bound to supply the
whole of the home demand Ia the colnse of a
few years. The striking Elimination in the OK
ports ofthese articles is tliiug that speaks FOL
Itself and requires no comment The ship
lusnts of non would probably soon cease alto
gether were it not that certain qualities Of for
eign iron are useful 10 mix with our iron, aud
that large quantities Of railroad bonds ale paid
FOL IN railroad IRON. AS regards carpets We
have long ruled the homA market ia all the
common grades, and no" We are gradually
making the inei QUALITIES. Our gain In al
gnds o. dry-goods is iininrn," and constantly
increasing. II Is III the iaec OF iati, ili, these
that ihu iIee-tradtrs Keep on talk NJ ui villa
| the, call Ia, folly OF Protection ami how injmi
Gus il Is 20 our own interests, and how nlncl
faster American manufactures would inc.CIs,
under free-trnde, and how foolish We arr not /,
| follow the example of England Our polio,
| seems to suit our interests so well that thr. |
no need Of changing il. Absolute intependinc
Is within Our reach, and 1t would be folly nov
TO give il up Germantown Telegraph