New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-17
COMMERCIAL NOTES.

During the recent corner in petroleum In
England $4,000 was offered FOR the u3e OF st'1n!er
nj this rort snply to carry load OF The COMMODITY
10 Liverpool and return. The Orfer vas rejected
Word comes that the silk factories III France
are suffering The cause Is attributed to the vigorous
competition of the growing industry In ;he An1iaan
to the economy of the times.
The Charleston Ne,rs and C0urier discovers
that commerce and effective quarantine are ho
Incompatible" II points TO the colleen experience Oh
NewYork Harbor during tie yellow fever season Oh IL.
IA the proof II indeed good ear III the lraue pr
tween NewYork and the southern ports; anu extra VIZ
ses had to be put on 10 90 the bushes wpi tI h .n
effective quarantine at Baltimore iud Phadepha tue"
into our hands.
The import trade of England has remained
stationary for years far values are concerned
IL was in 1876 s374, OO3771. Her export trade has
fallen off ono-fth in the time, beng IN 1870 s-oo
575.s56 The quantity OF gccds banded was however,
a little larger than usual. showing that the principal
trouble tine fall Of prices ail'v"r NE worn nc f
Mail Gazette lnds encouragement IL the STARE 81 nh
is doomed fail OF. II ought surely IN lie c0nsonS
shows failing. The export trade L. after all N' %
the condition Of foreign customers. Ihc import
trade indicates he condition OF or own fellow country
men"
Last week The Graphic called attention TO
the ungenerous remarks of circuir OF David Brown
Co of London in regard to American shrDuildcrs.
Among other things the circular doubted whether any
builders pure and simple really exist III this country
The attack sufficiently answered by The Graphtc :
bur as further proof that there really are iron snip
builders in the United STATES, the operations now IN
progress on the Delaware may he pointed TO- Between
Vim (ramp & sons, who building another steamer
for the Ano rican line the Harlan and HolingswDrih
Company, Neahe Levy, John Roach ana OLeIs; Incl
arc now building. contracted for ~ least IL IRON
steamers tne most OF them over Loo tons bhIot, anu
several Of them $500. The sElphutd art does hot
seem entirely 10 have fled the country
1t has been proposed to settle the prob
lem Of return freghts Brazil by SCI ding thther
American coal The talk il OF an exportanon oil 2oOo
600 tons year. thus We ought to pay for large
part Of our purchases Cuba and of coffee III Brazil WIN
cumberland coal delivered the spot, instead OF az
nav settling the bills these imports with Western
corn delivered IN Liverpool TINS Is ohy part OI tiie
truth ought pay fer all OF ttcm WIN American
coal and and manufactures; ana instead OF haNns
amounting to over 500 900 the equilibrium ought 10
he and disturbed, II AZ all IN Tie OthcI drcc'O
ng ships and few more American commercial h9uS.'
in south America and the Indies would effect tDis ues
| able result. with profit to all concerned.
The Americans cannot be kept out of the
French Exhibition 1873 either by the neglect Of tLeii
| own Government 70 appoint commission this Winter
or by fears competition with other nations just no"
what this country needs is the advertising OF its manu-
features in other lands So magnificent an opportunity
AS worlds fair where the manufactures themselves can
lac shown and where their good points in comparison
with The less clever productions Of other countries can be
demonstrated by ocular prOof-sucii an opportunity as
that will moi neglected now. Nevertheless II Is I'M
] uortanf mat the United states should make a
| crpdable exhibition. This Is que 10 France,
! for the interest the republic TOOK III NV
| American exhibition, and II Is due To Ourselves. An
inferior partial representation on our part Is OUT o
inc question: M a time whcn cha eng1ng Europe
for fr trade of the world But what Is being done ~
regard to the Exhibition No Applications can he made
for space except through American Commission Tue
appointment a Commission II the necessary nrst siep
In Nav $50 the French Minister AT Washington alt
piled to Secretary Fish formally FOR III appointment
The letter referred to the foreign committees III
Congress the same month. and has been gathering cob
webs In their pIgcOnhOrs since. l. t1iS right