The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-10-24
RuItttea1.
CURIosITIEs OF THE AMERICAN
REPORTING TRADE.
lrrnm the N. Y. Times, RspublIoAn.l

backs, These are, lack OF means OF trans
portation, high rates Of interest on capl'
cal, high rates of marine insurance, care
lessness in packing, waste OF material IN
manufacturing and an omission to make
concessions to the local prejudices ofout'
side barbarians.
A good time will probably come when
these will all be removed, and then adieu
60 Communism, pauperism, half'time,
over. production and all the other real or
imaginary evils Of the day. Kearney will
become bloated bondholder, schwab
will own brewery and supply beer to
the B ,varians Chinese cheap labor will
be welcomed by its whilom opponents
turned manufacturers, greenbacks will
advance to a premium, gold will be nui
sance. subsidies to steamship lines will be
regarded with contempt, and many other
equally incredible things from the pres
ent point of view will come to pass.
Meantime, Yankee pluck, even with
all the odds above mentioned against it,
"a making a gallant race, and is fast clos
ing upon it's antagonists. This is espec-
ially true of the past few years-since
1875.
Taking the figures OF 1875 67 as a ba'
ais we have advanced at the rate Of e6,-
100000 in twoy years. Our exports to-day
are more than double those in 1860, In
which year there was very heavy ex-
mort trade, the one article of cotton alone
amounting to over $3.50 900 0OO,more than
twice the cotton export Of 1855 In the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1873 the in.
crease over 1877 was nearly $6j 600 600,
or about II per cent, and this notwith-
standing the greatly lessened demand for
war material consequent upon the cessa-
aon of hostlities abroad.
The possibilities of the future are enor'
nous. To say that our progress promises
TO equal that of the past few years is to
claim TOO little, The least we may look
for will be an expansion on the COM
pound interest plan.
Our dry goods are superior to those of
England, and are preferred wherever
they are entered into direct competition
with them Not to put too fine point
upon it, English cotton goods are com
posed of one part cotton and three parts
CLAW or other filling, While those manu-
factures here are without make. weight of
anv kind, American iron is naturally of
three or four times The tenacity ofEnglish
iron. and so on to the end of the list.
In variety or excellence of raw materi.
al, no country on the face of the globe
can begin to compete with us. European
mechanics bear no comparison in skill or
intelligence with ours.
An American will turn out four times
the orantity of work that German or
an Englshman will in the same time, land
he will do it much better. Wages and
the price of living hGvs become so reduced on
this side of the ocean that in many instances
then are L0ger than in Europe We have
the aid Of an unlimited variety of labor
saving machinery great deal of which
is not known abroad, and nearly all in
use there has been imported from this
country.
A German gentleman informed the
writer that, wishing recently to establish
q branch houIs in his native city, Berlin,
he employed the carpenter who has the
patronage of the court and is therefore
supposed to be Of exceptional skill, to put
ND for him a wood and glass partition
similar to those used in counting houses
in this country. The job occupied six
weeks, whereas here six days would have
been sufi lent All the mouldings had
to be made by hand with clumsy, old
fashioned tools, and the workmen SEEM
ed to be mere machines running in
groove, and ambitious only to accom-
plish as little in a given time as posi-.
BILE.
An American lady in Vienna, in hur-
~ to catch train, went into saddler's
shop-trunk stores are unknown there
to order q strap for her trunk. She was
told that it could not be made in less than
q day. In New York, supposing there
was none IN stock, special machine
would have turned it out in two minutes.
Incidents might be multiplied indefinite
ly to illustrate this branch of the sub.
jeCt.
Every American who has ever travel
ed abroad can furnish several from his
personal experience. Should proof be
needed that all that has been said is true
1t may be found in abundance in the col.
umns of the English newspapers. These
are filled with complaints of American
competition and consequent loss of home
trade 0le paper-the British Null
tells of house in Birmingham which is
manufacturing yankee pattern house
hold sundries, such as egg whisks, nut |
meg-praters, etc." and placing them on
the market as American goods. In an
other we learn that several extensive |
paddock makers in the South Stafford |
shire district are "busy at work upon an |
order for padloCks upon favorite United |
States pattern" and American manufac |
turers are warned toimmediately register |
their trade marks in Great Britain under |
the new treaty. Could any palmer &C
Acknowledgement of defeat be given than |
this?
In all American exports-inCuding |
breadstuff5-sinCe the foundation of the |
Republic, three commodities have stood |
forth prominent in amount and value
cotton, tobacco and cheese, and of these
cotton has been the king. Yet will it be
believed that in 1884 an American ship |
which carried eight bags Of cotton into
Liverpool was seized on the ground that
so much cotton could not be the pro-
duct Of the United States.
In the fiscal year 1860, during which |
the largest crop was raised and the great
est quantity was exported, 1767 686 1888
pounds were sent abroad, over ], 1,265, 900.
900 going to Great Britain.
Tobacco to the amount Of IS 900 pounds |
was exported as early as 1921. Since
1870 we have sent abroad 8 SIS, 1913 hogs
heads, equal to 13 100000 900 punds To
transport this vast product would, 1t is
estimated, require 1908 ships, carrying
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