The Red Cloud chief., 1879-10-02
Total .......... sl,si6.S-o.G0 sl,s.9
The report remarks If this table:

The report remarks nl TINS iihlf.
In the foregoing list of inpOTtailpn- tninit-
ting the drCTpa-. Ia " heat. sugar, ana coffee
the articles of greatest importance" a. inhica-
tive of the decline of British manufacture
are cotton, wool, and timber. Tia" decrease
i'm these three articles during the year l-.I, a.
compared with the preceding year, amounted
to over 50, 5000 The decline ia the timber
import, being very marked, sconClu-lN"-
IL the great depression i'm the ship building
trade and In the other trades into which wood
and timber enter "a principal factors. The
decrease I'm the importation OF cotton. al
though not so pronounced as that in timber, n
still a. emphatic In connection with the de
preston OF this great industry of Great Brit
ain.
The expectation from the United King
dom has declined from S21I, l90, 900 in lsI'
to $257, los, 900 in 1873. The export
alton Of wooden manufacture has de-
cIined about 5000 900; of iron and steel,
wrought and ~unwrought, over $500, 90;
Goals, $500, 900, linen, tute yarns, and
manufactures, almost S~5,JCO,Oo. AT the
same time the report shows, what is espc-
cially interesting to this country, that the
impOrtations Of manufactured cottons have
decreased more in appearance than reality
During the five years beginning with 1874 and
ending with 1873, the decrease has been &c.,
81, 900, or nearly one-third Of the importa-
ions Of 1874, while i'm quantity the decrease
has been only ne-eleyenth. This is true of
the decrease i'm exported c%ottons. While
tHtlE Ndlut u y ltSss tht btiftt Apott'u was
greater I'm 1878 than i'm 1874.
The table OF imports shows that the United
States lead all other countries in the value
Of commodities sent TO the United Kingdom.
Their export. thiihrr have increased from
S2H 30, 900 1872 To S3,S, 2aa 900 in 1877.
The country standing next in Importance III
this respect is France, which in 1877 sent Ia
Great Britain goods to the value of S22l,-
"a, 900. While France has thus been in
crCasing its export trade with Great Britain.
IFS imports from that country have fallen oil
in the same years from S222 10, 900 TO $780,
Oh, 900. More than half Of the increase of
our export trade has been due 10 the great
demand for our brcadstuffs and our wood
and timber. The increase in the value of
the latter, and Of wheat, sugar., and Indian
corn mounts to So !sl5,WW. The trade
between the two countries began TO turn in
favor of the United States in 1861. In 1856
the imports and exports 10 and from the
Great Britain were almost equal. In the
two following years the balance was against
us, but since then il has been increasing in
our favor until the above result has been
reached.
II is a mistake to suppose that cotton from
this country is less in demand in England
than il was seven years ago. The difference
between the amounts exported in 1872 and
1873 il not material. Other commodities
have grown 10 be relatively more important
articles Of commerce., but not nj the expense
Of cotton. The following table will show the
value Of the expectations of our leading
commodities for the years 1872 and 1877, the
latter being the last year for which complete
returns are had: