The New York herald., 1877-08-29

BETWEEN ENGLAND AND TIE UNITED
STATES.
From the London GIobe1
report by Mr.. Plunkett on the commerce of the
United States for 1876 has just been ssaed from the
Foreign Once He states that leaving ASIDE the extra
exports Of Canada, Of which be obtained
for tha calendar years. the results OF the trade OF 1876
"a compared with that OF 1875, may DO summed up as
foows:A decrease OF els, ,275, 1872 in the amour. OF
goods Imported; an increase OF f15 600, IS In the
amount OF domestic goods exported; an incrsase OF
fl5,9Ss,71o IN tho amount OF domestic and foreign
goods exported; an increase OF G2,311s13 IN the
amount o bullion and specie imported decrease OF
"a 5s9, sos in the amount Of bullion and specie
ported. Or taking merchandise, Snllion ana specie
together, tho results are5-A .oLal dccrexse OF
fl2 sc s9 Oh imports tola oil ELL 34s e62
exports.
uyrouSDED CONGRATULATE ON
Mr.. Plunketi ooserves:-Tnere has b sAn a great deal
Of sell both IN Couyre ~ and in te
Amer can press over the favorable lance OF trade
shown Dy the returns oil tue past year. Judging,
ever, IRON The numerous failures which III " daily tax
place, and from the continued depression SO painfully
v'Sibie IN every branch vi trade and dustry IL
would seem that this falling or in the Imports is IN
reality the e.uit oil enforced economy among the
consequences oil their DIMINISH ID resources
In ihs words oi article appeared IN the last
number OF the North American Rerelo --.'Our whole
trade Is parayzed The manufacturers o not use the
same Quantities OF materials as WoO mrinls
hides and many other orticles, while tho people
use less suSar coffee and many her nccos-
Imported" ~ Is coutendcd, on the Ter hand, by
the proectonists that this decline In III I'm ports is
due LOT TO The commercai crisis still Nng here,
but TO the gradual and steady aevclopmei of native
industry aud they point. more especial TO tie iu-
creasng expectation Of american text ne fabrics
10 loreign countries as "A proof OF the great
increase in the home production OF such
articles ls however, very doubtful VIII etrer por-
ton o the ihcrease expectation oil Amer can textile
lsDries TO iorslgn countries is not owing also the
more limited demaud there has been I Or them at
nome IL IS from tbs point OF view il propose to
see far tnev uaar m
optimist View OF the case.
aRnAr GIFTS MOST OF IT.
Mr flunkest gives the following facts saring more
directly on the traue between Gre Brit sin and the
United Ststes:-By far the largest amou A. OF pread
stuns west " the British Isles They to Ok IN round
numbers, over $9l, 0V0 600 worth Of brcadstuus
out OF total OF somewhat over $780, &C COO Pro-
visions also wcrc exported chiefly to t,se Brt,sh
Islands They took over $50 0uO 900 ,ut OF
total somewhat exceeding $S4 COO. Oo0 A new and
singular feature In the provision trade the
portsiion Of fresh beef, when killed th Al side of
the Atlantic very largely indeed far " n Chicago
aud s then SAINT over IN zee 10 Liverpool VII iors II Is
sold NJ lower rate tnan bec OF the saGsj quality
BE- bought for 10 tho retan markets Of sw Yurk
Al tho present low ruling ol freIghts etwes
and English poris his trade ou nd to be renu-
out q still larger scale rne custo mers ior
Amorcan iron ana tot man ufacturcs ol and Of
steel were the British North American, coionias
IMPORTS AND wBxxx rhET FRoM.
The Imports IRON Great Britain Ireland In 1915
fell % t32 ls4 s63 f6, 43S s2 and hose from the col
onics ie OF tlUs26, TO making total DIM inu;Ion
ing only S34 7o6 o+3 (2s o4l S2sl the to
mace up ny sL tho other countries Dt the
world. Thus Great Britain anc. her colonies fur.
nshcd about 7l2tns Of all the I'm ports the United
states aud bore 513i hs OF the diu tina,
took place imports the hsc Al year ended Ju 80
1876. More han half oil all the domestic exports from
British Isles, aud with Brfs sh mp,rs
TOOK almost two-tbirds OF tho whole amount exported