, 1877-01-29
Imports Exceed Exports in 1875 by
100000, 900!
And There Was q Largo Falling
or in Exports.
Buying More From, and se11ing Lesa
To, America.


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'"e "'net ..a'h'' nav" art'iata se1y Nhs'ly rs
:toD,0DG}, or tu about I..,qtN,EAl tf1ti.TU tN0)
tcsa. fonparci w,t,, 1s1, t,r trrItp,- IN IA ~,
ios, ,l,,,, ia, m,.mu t.,n. p~ ,..n ' ,r,n. .
'I0' ..u" "..'""'o..' 's'"''"S"'""' ""e''
tf,c exports Of foreign md tptGl1al Jrniuec
Lii 10, Quito tlis side Of tic account thcrs
remains n bn1aucr or.irst thi. cn,,,,,rv ~ ,,o
,,,"ra ,r,. "a'. .''s . ~, ~ W. w. . W..
ts5:o, ,ooo,ok9 t" the t,ast year. Whatever set-
I'll thcsc tl.ay be against this III our enormous
colonial, ln,l.u,,. v,ul general foreign invest.
1ncuts Il, commissions. 1,rnttt1 uf ,urry,nv trnc.
mi n,r., """.r' .t ~, ~ 'a., e'.y"s .,a'
"nu se"cf"l e"'tfol as tue commercial aeallngs
III Nations, It must ttll rclnnin It strtous .Hynrs
10 contemplate. HIT VIZ must allow, rcr,,aps,
for sumo rIut Of txuurts In f,r,nrr yc,rs
,vhI,,, h,vn mt v,,. 1..,,, al, ,r,.',..; ~
"ns" H., "'." '.s ,et Icy" a'l "arKet' oli,
hha INC weight "t Which, has both sutlltcd
to rruionE tc sturnntion NJ home, ut,tl To make
these figures scein ,nurr unsatisfactory than Tho
artn.f rrnnlt. NJ thc v.ar,x ,t,,, ,,r.,, ,ha,,
~" .,,,1s ~ ~ ~ " ''".;' pto'u .nsn'
10 ne' - atnuy M the numerous trade circulars
Issued ut the beginning nf this New Yrar In
part coutrn,s this yIew. They gvlInllc witt,
much uniformity, Int the r*srnt, Of them we
lind to he tla, h,isintss IIns not rt, no ruiloss
M al list siytt It luoks. cbcap III r,urry ne wn,ii
turn TIC erac in fayor Ut better profits u many
casea, falling prizes Notwithstanding.
Ex1lnItius tic ycar'h figures s.,licw.at In dr.
ta1, NC llnl thai, Us rcsaf:is ;hc Import trade,
tent by ast irx nf rousuinMtolI. Fur Ins:ancc,
wc last year Imported ftnnr,l,ing Ike LsljIW,j
worth 1n,,tc 1islug hnimnls mil blcnn thai I'll
1915, Il,alo.N0 s6,pl1,sttD wurth n,orc butter,
Hud II ,G UtJ t9.}. .tts, mn worth u,orc i,u!Iau
corn, Other arttclcs such rs huns, eggs. p,ta-
tacs, por, spirits, wine, nn,l tubacs,o. have also
b!en iulputtG 10 lurger va1uc--uf nbu1,t H.
i00WW t:1s, ,500, ,UNt, hui this caunot lie taken as
stancc, !css ii value by El,' U} 1921, yN} or
Flu for the twcycH,pntlI, alnl barley u.nl outs
arc also 1Dwcr; 70 urc cheese, coffee, rice,
sugar, ten, Spices moIasscs, huI,s, A,l ether
miuor urtlrlcs, to II value of about I5,GkS3,UU
tsj 0o0, ,0. 1t cAn,,ot, therefore, be slid that
tho value of the import s!lc Ut the account bus
hern KEPT mp throughout the ycnr by the lin
port Of articles Of c1ut,I,nptnH aInnc, nlt.o,,gb
reason during lts carl,cr ,n,nths. On tils
other haul, We do nut iln.i tllut jurrel.e
IN nur trcat manufacturing staples on tlW
twelytinnltl wliIri, NC slis,i,l,l arrc,,t us the
,ng ,nost ,'o"nl ssy, of rcsiyi1'e trade Lat;
inipurt or ruttun, wooI, jute, hides, lux, aud
SILK, that tho foundations fur new expansion
were. being laid, hut, rrn,ahly uwiI. to tile
weatllcr, these nrc nearly ntscnt In the Dete:n-
Der returns, al they began sn late III tte year
TINT fr the ttl,st part they mike little show In
tie twe!vc,nu1tll. Raw cuttvn, Inr ean,nuIr.
although tho quantity was alI,sf n large us IN
Isis, sllnws Il yauc for the wear less
by about IfnD0 90 f*aD,UoJHN} There
arc also decreases more Or lcss con.
siderable In the values o{ the I'm
1p,rts Of hemp, Fax, lelj. uttrc, nyritcs, tuicE-
silver, anl tin, and ainn,s,,Ing hi lr unrrc :atc
to several millions n,ur. We hare co,lhrt,,1rI,t.
~ to lHIk tu wp.,i, t!sr!ler, jta silk, and tnIs-
ccllaicous small articles, ~ DtteEiig nearly tx
e1usiyciy the means nj tIlling IL, tic t:aps.
Among these timber offers decidedly the beAt
sign Of sustained import, every description, ex-
vcpt mahogany, cxLh,tns decided increase Ii,
value, wnirt aggregates about E4,UJU,Un, We're
II MT for the elrflnlls nulcr Of pnblc Il,tl,l-
nca IN ct,'trkc nl ctlstr,st!on tnrnIunt,Ipatlcx,
Srlluol ilnasdE, mud utIcr bottcs, UT s..oall be
Il cat Only bc 10, however, 10 u anal! extent.
Wuol nl.s, E,ycs m lucreasp, hut up[y to tnc
insignificant anlol,nt III some !.,4I, ,NW. rncru
Il Il greater Inrtelsc In tte value vi woopu
ts greater by about E,.t:akl,Gs,, due la1ErIy to
tho ENORMOUS risu in uytrc silk manufactures
arc, 0lk tbs other hand, reduced III Tie c.,s Of
the other articles ,a,ncd tic augmentation
nuyc beem sustained In ttr llain by
the smaller ar ,elcs, stlcl, III meal, raLcr, tIi
~. petroleum, tanned hides, etr. Ti,.s would
I'd, asul tl,at there lla* BEEN n.orc ol agu!,t
truiln. tian Of rampant s,,ce1,lAtiou Iu u low
le..ililg staples. ~ whole, therefore, tie in.
ltr. ntcu,llls, except for It's excess .,yer thu rx-
tort, vainot lie pru.lu.ltnel ,,l,sali,a,tyry, ii
we could jc sure tat tllu loves. kycl of Values
t!atl hccn rcattlr, Hc zllould Say that i w;, III
ttc contrary, luu:c ho,,c1ulluvklng nov t,,ut il
was six tuoi.tha agu.
Mint ,nuAt Interests ,is III turning to the px
port rflc u tI,c uruunt il nj g" ,nct, til. fi.
intt away Of partrular arttc,rs us Tie decline rl
trAee viii. particular cu.,lltr,cs. Every ,}tIc In
tyret.rtt III bushes. has hecu now oily tni lous
inu,il!ar w4tl, the proi,uyttt ttyupD ~ urn "
RI t4<s, II lot u hulk, Ii, auul and ,ru, yni,Un
and woo1cn goods, j!rtyl,ilury and iur,Iwurr.
linen, sugar, ,l,,,i r ter Tl,rs. ta,rs twju us
u scc wuut Iort,vr n,lyess aru u,ust ru1,iurtIt-
" eurtaIi... operations t;ui,,r ut,wj, the iiers
., tic rrturu, WI lind, US wis 10 lu rx.
iM.ele,i, that ti,p UuitoI stutra il. il
w ,nay BIZ allowed to say 10. In uurst itfaulIrr
Thai c,cat country il but,ur rum II, lr:. uf nj.
must tyvrytt,tu., from uiIui. rluthcs. tlrr. un
car;i,euwlrc 10 ni.-irn, railroad iru,l, cuticry.
inachiucry. r,,tt,,r n.c,. r,,,i,. a,ui w,,t,, nj
aud worsirl manufactures, When iis ,tr,,l,.
jtury tIrtf, unarL eyyn lrutu tim nr,s,nt s;a,I.
INN ui trade. Il taken intn ,Yr,1f,t ih.s T. '.t
II, H., ,rnri.r,.I ~ InT"..t ~" ,rt,I.., " 49, ~"