The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-19
INCREASE IN AMERICAN COMMERCE..
Annual Report Of the Secretary Of Stale
"A Most Favorable Showing.

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WASHINGTON, August lS.-The animal
report Of the Secretary Of State upon the
commercial relations Of the United States
with foreign countries for the year 1878
has Just been printed, and contains ex.
ceedingly interesting and signifcanttables
Of figures setting forth the improved con-
dltion Of the export trade Of the United
States. He says that the depression which
has, for some years, paralyzed the trade
and industries Of foreign. nations, has
been, II anything, more emphatic during
the year 1878 than in previous years.
He holds that the statistics show that
We have not only now to great extent
emancipated ourselves from dependence
upon Europe for our supply Of manufac.
lures, but We have In some important
branches OF manufactures entered into
very successful competition with Europe
In It's own markets. The trade OF France
with the United States shows decrease
Of importations into the United States OF
nearly S, 500, 900 under the preceding year,
while the domestic exports from the
United States TO France have increased
more than 100000 in the same time.
The following are among the items OF in.
crease OF the exportations:
The value oil cotton has increased $780,.
900; lard, Sl000,Sl2; bacon aud hams,
nearly s, 900, 900; agricultural implements
from $3.50, 900 to $642, 600, and wheat -four
from 81, 600 to $l73,000. The importation
OF silk and velvet piece goods has decreas-
ed about s., 900, 900; calf skin leather and
hides about 81 100000: raw silk, $500, 600;
cotton goods, $50, 900; hats and hatters
goods, 100000. The balance OF trade be-
tween Germany and the United States for
the year ending June 80, 1878, was, in
round numbers, Sl9,000,000. The wheat
import into Great Britain from the United
States shows an increase Of Sl4, ,000, 900; Of
cotton, an increase Of SS,600.00O; OF bacon
and hams, an increase OF over $1,000, 900.
The exports from Great Britain to the
United States OF iron, manufactured and
unmanufactured, have decreased $1,000:
900; cotton manufactures, linen manufac.
lures and woolen manufactures have each
decreased about s., 100000.
The year 1855 was the last year in which
the expectations OF the United States ex
ceeded or even equaled the importations
therefrom. The highest figures reached
since then by the explorations to the
United States from the United Kingdom
was reached in lS72-viz: $223, l05, 900,
while the importations from the United
States during the same year amounted to
$284, ,5T3,0 900. From 1874 to 1876 the ex-
portations to the United States fell OFF
more than one-half, while the importa.
tions during the same period increased
more than Sl00,0O0,OOO.
The importations from the. United States
during the year 1877 amounted to $685.
234,OO0, being an amount equal to more
than one-haltthe expectations OF the Uni
ted States tn all countries, an increase of
nearly $ll ,000, 900 on the preceding year,
while the expectations from Great Britain
to the United States during the year 1877
amounted to S96 64S, 900, being only 81 ,24O,-
600 less than during the year 1876,
Taking the volume and value OF the i'm
port trade into the United Kingdom from
the United States into consideration, and
its steady annual increase, it is questiona-
BILE whether the expectations from the
United Kingdom to the United States can
decrease much further. II is also ques.
tionable whether it would be desirable on
our part to look for any further reduction.
We cannot expect to sell all things and
buy nothing and the volume and value
OF British imports from the United States,
it would now seem, need only be limited
by the ability and desirability Of England
to purchase from country which might
not purchase reasonably in return.