The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-15
commercial and Financial Matters.
The German government esnec,H w derive
n revenue OF tpo.uoo.ooo marks tabout s25.Ooo.-
nopi from tho new protective tariff.

- rayep,,a af 100 uOD. 900 marks about s2B.000.-
nnnl from the new protective tariff.
Tho strike In Durham, England takes In
M nm coal minera. IL is understood that
a,,na or tho Iron mills are supplied with
enough fuel for two or three weeks, 40 that
Tho etise,H may enjoy themselves that long
ii neacefnl leat free from the opportunities u
employers anxious TO resume operations.
Eiajp tunaula and Fremiuma showed nh
advance yesterday. Gonsols closed firm at
: etssm5lfs, against bo'.@bot. on Saturday.
Premiums ruled strong nj 2as ad01era against
asssm2ess on Saturday. The sales yesterday
al the Exchange aggregated s31 900 Of States
and elTa, 500 Ut Premiums.
The Coal Trade Journal gives the amount
If anthracite coal marketed each year since
1890. showing Nh aggregate Of bnT, 900, 900 toms,
and adds, IF this amount represents but one
half the contents uf the seams worked. mo
anant'H reflection will convince the most slsep-
teal that the available supply may DO es-
hauatea before many decadea.'
-
A cotton mill with English machinery, ts
" he net up III Shanghai, to manufacture
cloth. The enterprise la started by ohiha-
man, and Ia 10 he run with Chinese eap'tal.
and VI. course Chinese labor. The aapital y
fn be s4larN1. and the mill Ia to contain Aoo
lootna about tho ai5a and capital ot the
average Fall River mill. Tha'trade paper.
Che Manchester Eng Cotton. estimates that
Though tho short staple Chinese cotton will
liz ,,aed AMI the goods will he AT beRt nf thn
CHEAP sort atil Manchester makers will he
able even In thu China market to undersell
tho home product
The report Of the tax commissioners Of
New York shows that tho amount Of proper
ty exempt from taxation IN New York city ia
nearly as great ma the entire amount Of per
aolal property returned for taxation. The
exemptions embrace property of the value OF
sia5. III. aaT. while the whole personal lat IL
41n7. Dga.o1b. or the non taxable property the
greater portion belongs to the city, and CON
aiata of buildings parks, lots, waterworkn,
etc; aln. ana. 600 belongs I'D the United States.
81, a82. GOO consists IN churches and the rest
colleges. hospitals, libraries and private
schools. There Ia no return Of United States
and other non-taxabe bonds. IT these were
Included. the exempt amount would appear a
great deal larger.
The agitation In England In favor OF tho
restoration NJ ailyer coinage Was furasceD by
by Lord BeaconsIield ma far back as 1sTJ.
When. In November Of that year, he was In
stalled an rector of the university at Glaa-
gov, he attributed the monetary disturbances
then beginning to act iniuriously on trade
largely to The "eommaaion which waa sitting
II, Paris at the time Of tho great exhibition
He spoke Of tho convnlHiona that would fol-
low 'stepa to establish d uniform gold stan
dard of value" and said. Our gold standard
IL not the cause of our commercial prosper
ity. but the consequence Of our commercial
prosperity" Ha referred also to the troubles
Germany was giving by forcing silver upon
the market and making an artificial demand
for gold.
The Spaniah-Amerioan republics Of Chill
aud Bolivia have gone 10 war over the salt
peter beds In the desert of Atacatna where
Gillian capitalists have. with great pluck.
established works This territory Ia claimed
by Bolivia, aud aha imposed a tax If $4,000
on the Ghilians for the ealtpeter privileges.
the latter protesting that the tax was CON
trary 10 tho treaty made some years ago
between Chill and Bolivia Chit has n small
a
1000 infantry, III cavalry and soa artillery.
Bolivia has no navy. She has an army OF
1000 men, commanded by eight Generals and
1913 other officers. or one officer for every two
men. Her public debt Is sis.ooo,ooo chiefly
due England. Tho government ia upset
every year ny revolution. The prospect II
that Chill will whip Bolivia out of her boots
and remain mistress Of the saltpotcr beds.
The New York Public In its Issue Of tho
eleventh instant says: THE elearngs for the
past week IA compared with the same week
last year show the following: Increase
York, 4 40 " cent; Philadelphia. . 9-1o fa
cent; Chicago. 80 3-1o " cent. San Francisco,
8 u cont; st. Louis. . LILO " cent; Milwaukee,
10 Clio W cent rittsburg. % 2-1o VI cent; In
dianapolis, IA 5-1o " cent: New Haven, 10 $40
Il cent: Syracuse. 6-l0 W cent The follow
Ing cities lost: Boston, q g-10 m cent: Cincin-
natl, . 5l0 w cent; Baltimore. . U cent; New
Orleans 3 $40 y cent: Louisville. 3 $40 "
cent. Providence. % clio ia cent; Cleveland,
6-lo " cent: Lowell, u cent. The increase
IN the aggregate is not large. and the increase
at ALI cities outside New York IN even smaller,
but the returns nevertheless point to a con-
siderable advance since last year in the guam
TUES ~ products transferred. prices having
IN the meanwhile declined. In this respect
the result does not vary TAR from that OF pre-
sious weeks since January /. and ~ cspe-
eially encouraging IA to the activity in the
iron, coal and grain interests
Great Britain Il the largest customer Of the
United States. Tho commerce between tho
United States and the United Kingdom Inn
ports and exports -during the year ended
June 80, 1873. constituted 43I4 per cent OF the
total foreign commerce Of the United States.
and our commerce with that country and her
dependencies constituted $500 per cent of our
entire foreign commerce The total exports
of domestic merchandise from the United
States during the year ended June 80, 1878,
amounted to 500, DOG a2s Of which S3s7 ,i3o, 80
or 54.57 per cent, consisted of exports to tho
United Kingdom During the same wear he