The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-30

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Trade Kaa, thefsiafe. increased Nv ouf
ffvor ~ the etfent ~ sit0G{ GJs We
have not g. YET compared the iiems u
etfort and imfprt, 10 which noticeable
clanges have taken place Previous ~
doing ~ We invite or readers attention
tn aJme facts in connection with the
trade Oftslj. which viii not be- without
value.
During the last calendar year. the inn
ports Ol merchandise into she United
states fell on s7G, $40, 600 OF this de-.
cline the largest single item was I'm woods
and manufactures Of wool, Of which we
tOUk less s1j $4,000 than the previous
year. The next largest item, being vi
most the same Nv amount, was coffee. Of
which we took less Ivy st5Ol2,OOO than
in 1915. IN silks the falling of was 90
l93, 900. I fax and It's manufactures IL
was Z l,Ijj, 600. In earthen and china
ware IL was -, g22, 900. IN cotton,
bleached aud unbleachcd. aud in prints
and Jeans, etc, IL was -, Psi 600 In
steel rails it was II, l4G 900. In tin IL
was -, 682, 600. In hax-seed, S3,lG2 900,
IN precious stones, $4,000. These arti-
cles include those in which the decrease
was the most considerable, and in these it
amounted 10 sjj. G69, 900 or about three
lourths Of the whole. The significance
Of the decline as above described is only
too plain. : It show, not Il lessened abilI-
ty to indulge in Injuries only,
as in the case of silks and
precious stones but an inability to com
mand some articles which, like coffee,
are comforts apprOximating TO necessi-
ties, and some which are nearly al
ways necessities, as wOolen goods and
ea%rthcnwarc and crOckery. In the case
of wooden goods, the foreign article was
partially replaced by home manufactures,
and this was true OF cotton goods as well,
but in the items of steel rails, flax seed,
foreign woods and tin, which are raw ma
tcrials of American manufacture, the de-
crease was due TO a stagnation of Ameri-
can industry.
III, now, we turn to our exports, we
find that the total increase over the pre-
vious year was $40, i40,000. The most
important items OF increase were as fol-
In Indian corn, 81, 28S, 900; in
mineral oils, Sl8, 123, 200; in bacon and
hams, SIS, 703, 900, and in lard, $780,,
600; in leaf tobocco, 1886, 600; in cop
per, $l,S17, 900; in uncolOred cottOns,
81, 40, COO; in clover seed, etc, 81, 760,-
300; in beef, 81, 304, 900; in butter, ST.
-04, 900; in hops, S1,027. 900, and in
cartridges, 81, l67, 900. These
tens account for an increase of $780,
sos, 900, which was Offset by a falling off
n wheat, 81, $4,000; i'll cotton, S6,48l,-
100; in furs, $l,2l9,000; in hide, ST.
393, 900; in firearms, 50, 1870, 900, and in
81 $4,000. 1t will be seen that
with some important exceptions, the in
in our exports is in provisions or
n products in a low state of preparation,
md intended as the raw material OF
,ther industries. The most remarkable
tens of increase are in Indian corn, il.
Eliminating oil, leaf tobacco and bacon,
lams and lard. These include all but a
ew millions of the net increase in ex-
The items which show the fruit
# American industry carried beyond the
stages of manufacture are cant.
idges, uncOlOred c%Ottons, illuminating
ills, bacon, hams and lard. These cover
omething more than one-half Of the net
These facts indicate a healthful process
Ding on in our commercial relations
With the rest of the world. We are buy
ng less, which, though rot a sign of
prosperity, is n condition of it, especially
where a country or an individual has
previously been buying on a large credit.
We are also paying our debts with the
products of industry, and, in the case of
,olOred cottons and OF Illuminating oils,
We are showing resources as yet compare
lively undeveloped. There is no reason
doubt that this process will continue.
Necessity is the mother Of invention, and
f our European friends will not sell us
goods or lend us money on our corporate
ecuritles, We shall certainly contrive
ome way of getting goods and money on
,ther terms.