The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-08
OET OE WORK.

1t begins to be 4 rather serious question
with Mr.. John Bull, as to what he is going
TO do, after a while, to earn a livelihood.
He was obliged to give up agricultural per-
suits, long ago; but he did this rather
cheerfully, for he agreed that there was a
deal more money in manufacturing than in
farming, and that it would be far more
profitable TO his people to buy their bread
and meat from other countries than to try
TO raise these necessary articles themselves,
and that by so doing they would be able TO
give Just so much more time 10 the manu-
facture Of all those useful commodities
which, time out Of mind, Mr.. B. has been SCI
ling at handsome profit to the outside bar
barians." So far so good but now comes the
time when the wonderful development
Of the manufacturing facilities OF the United
States has made il possible and profitable
forour people to manufacture among them
selves all these things, better and cheaper
than the same articles can he made in Eng
land. Hence the American market, which
hitherto absorbed the bulk OF. British man
ufactured .oo1s, is being cut off entirely;
not only tLis but the American manuiac-
turer is even now sending American-made
goods across the Atlantic, and is actually
under-selling the Englishman in his own
country. j. Il. thinks this is "bcastlv
hodd," but he doesn't know what TO do
about il. The L. :. Consul at Leeds. Eng
land, has sent TO the State Department a
report on the export trade of that place,
which is thus summarized by the Washing
ton Union:
Woolens and linens are the principal man
ufactures of Leeds, and home manufacturers
have almost completely closed the markets
of the United States against these goods only
a small quantity these very highest class of
woolens, TO meet the demands of that class
who will have foreign goods at any price,
and somewhat larger quantity of the very
cheapest, being now exported hither. The
exports Of woolens from Leeds to the United
States during the year ending September so,
ls76, amounted to sl,li2,ll2, eing a decrease,
rs compared with the preceding year, of 81 ,35l,-
xG0.
The decline in the British export trade, and
how TO regain their manufacturing suprema-
cy, are the leading topics among the thinking
people of England. The consul believes, after
full Investigation, that no efIectuaI remedy
can be applied, but that British commercial
interests must continue to odec!ine, and that
American interests will be effected in inverse
ratio. The perfection of our machinery, the
fvl md fr.ic nff ha ,st.
inventive genius of our country, together
with the Acknowledged tact that the Ameri-
lean artisans Will do twice rs much work in a
given time as the English artisans, thus equal
izing the rates of wages in both countries,
have not only shut out British man.
ufactures from our markets but have enabled
the United States to become a formidable
competitor with England for the trade of the
different countries. While the export trade
of England 10 the United States is rapidly de-
clinins, her important trade from the United
States is INCREASING year after year, and these
imports are goods which she must have
while her exports are goods not actually nee
essary to us.
During the year 1865, England imported
from the United States SIS, ,7voO0, and export
ed thereto sle, ,,ooo.oo a balance of trade in
favor OF England Of over Ss7.oOo,ooO. During
the year ls7s, she imported from this country
goods TO the value of $50, ,il2,OO0; while her
exports hither amount TO only SsS.0O0O0O, Ca
0Os,00o less than i'm 1867 showing a balance of
trade In favor Of the United States of over
ES5,ooo,0O0.
The conclusion which the consul draws
from these facts is that the United States is
destined to be the one country on the whole
globe where all requirements, necessaries
and luxuries, can be produced, being de-
pendent upon other countries Tor nothing in
exchange for her surplus productions, SO
that there must be a constant accumula-
tion OF wealth. All of which is very nice,
20 Tar as We are concerned, but 1t contains
no grain of encouragement or infor-
nation to the English manufacturer in
earch of market.