The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-04-05
The Foreign Trade Returns for Jan
uary and What They
Indicate.

Indicatc
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The limited states for the month of Ian
uorv is inst nmbIisbcd The return,
show thai the imports continue to fall
away and the exndrts lo advance as thov
have done now for moro tbon a voor
! The imnorts of merchandise ware S97 :
| 05G 900. against $40 900 600 for the
month of January 1876 Snecie was
brought in 70 the amount of 10 i9o @07 ~
against s750 2oS a wear aoo and tbe ~
tel decrease of ;mnorta @ was 20 oGa doI
The cxnorts for January ~ m;vod valuos
were AZ 302 756 against Az 0Io aSi f.,
for 1S7G. exnorts of snoc;e were 90 o9S % .
600 against % 352 G2i and tbe total in.
crease for the month was sII 600 o97
What ia gcnerallv called tho balance of
trade was tbereiore increased in onr ~
favor to tRe cxtent NJ SI4 0G8 Gas We
bave NOT "a vet romnared tho items of
cynort and ;wnort in which natinoohIe
chanyes hovn taken nlaca prnv;oua IN
doing 81 we inv;te orr reoders' attention
io some facts in conneetion with tbn
trade ofIS76 which will not no wiIbout
valuo
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Duriiis Che iasC Galehaar year, tne I'm,
Pors oi ntrcnaiulse n snn Use naU llto lhe Onlteu
TcaIes le,l OH @'o,oio!ooo' vi th'S de-
ch1e the largest single item was IN WOODS
ana manufactures so OF WOOL OF whicn we
LOOK less @ 9lo o9o,Voo thah the previous
year Inc next largest ltem' being al,
nlosC Vllc same N alno'ti,C, was col'ee' OF
whicn we TOOK less by sio,olZUoo thah
IN IN loao' @ IN SILKS the ialllhg OH was SV,-
l'o'oUV' 1 dan max anu ltS manufactures IL
was -, 'oo,ooV; dno dn eaTVneh ear anu emma
,,',, wale ~ ~ M was HI,yzZ,Doy' uy IN coVton,
and ;eans e,c II was 60 o51 00d In
Stoal % roiis u n wos a. III iao OG0 IN t;r - -
woo woe 80 @ ss9 o0o ~ rn aar,sooJ 90 ieS m 600 n
IN a. nrec;ono stnroa 1oIo @ % %ooo ,rbooo arti
cIoG inclmdo tbnso IN wh;oh ,ho'dooraaso
wos.tbe moot "oms;darobJo iar5 IN thnsa II
omomntoJ ' to SSS eco 400 a. ohnnt - II'u tLron ~
nmytbo of tbo Tbnlo Tho 'GoT a;on;Gnanoo un
If tho decI;na as above descr;bed 10 onIv
70 too I nlo;n II showy Vo not Ioosonad oh;i,y T,y
tv W % 70 irdnIne "' in NV lnrmries !" ] "nIu o
as in the case Of silks an and
precious stones. Int an inabilitv to com.
monT Somc ort;cIos which iiGo " oofJao og
are comforts annrox;motinc to nccessi,
ties and some which are nearly al.
wavs necessities rs woolen Goods and
earthenworc and crockerv In the case
Of woolen Goods the foreion article was
partially repIaced bvbomc manufactures
and This was true Of cotton Goods as we'll
but in tbe items of steel rails Aax seed
fnreign woods and tin which are raw m = .
trriaIs of american manufactnro tbe do.
crease was due to a staonation of A meri-
con Industry
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- no"' We .u'" w oui eApo.VS, We
i!lu ''iav the eo's. $40 'IIeoSe in 1So o'Gi .e pre-
vlous year m"s P'V'ifo,ooo, ', @ dno l',cs' eH1
important iVgil,s Vi inciease oe were eon as i?i
lows IN III ii'.i" tIo ,oo ooi, n5o -Io,ooo III
mlheral oils, ~ Hio,1@o,V9o nod ~ bacon o' ana
n6n nalS' eIo,,oo,Ioo, a"u ene &c, iaoo aoo 9ooo,
WV a. 81 oIH o0D. ,oI,J W.
30 I10 GOO. in clover seed etc, 81 76O .
900. in he ef 81 3O4 900: in butter ST.
704 600. in hons 81 O97 900 and in
metal cortridgcs 81. .167 900 These
items account for an increase of $50
COS OOO which was Offset bv falling off
in Wheat - I5S, 900; in cotton, So, ISL
900: in furs, sl'2l9 900; in hide, ST.
So3 600. in firearms, 50. 1870 900, and in
tallow So l59 900, 1t will be seen that
with some important exceptions, the in.
crease in our exports is in provisions or
in nroducts in a low state of preparation,
and intended as the raw material of
other industries The most remarkable
items Of increase are in Indian corn. il.
I,Iminatinc oil leaf tobacco and bacon
hams and lard These include all but
few millions of the net increase in ex-