The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-11-11

nearly one.sixteenth to Germany, more
than one.twenty fourth tn Belgium. over
one-thirtieth to Canada, nearly one-forty-
ninth to the Netherlands, about one-fif'
ty-sixth to Spain, more than one sixty
eixth to Italy, about one sixty-seventh
to the Russian Ports on the Baltic and
White Seas, and acknowledgements to
Brazil, the ten countries named taking
1874 per cent. of the surplus products
of our soil and labor
1t is found that l.62 per cent. Of our
imports come from Great Britain and
her possessions; that we send to the
same countries 60.3S per cent of our ex-
ports, and that 5l.SS per cent. (more than
half)of all our foreign trade is carried on
with these countries.
Besides our immense exports of food
stuffs $685. ,036,935) we imported $685.
532 of the same articles, doubtless main
" from the British American provinces
So, also, Notwithstanding we sent abroad
1921 ,517 ,343 worth of cotton and cotton
goods, we imported the same materials
to the amount of $29, 1896.
The improving industry of the South
is indicated by an increase Of S49, ,23l 500
in the value of cotton exported, and by a
decrease of$692 24O in the value Of i'm
ported rice
From the advance sheet of September
exports, it seems the value of breadstutts
exported during the month was $29, $751;
936, decrease of l1,946,912 compared
with the corresponding month last year.
But the expectation of the same articles
for the nine months, ending with last
September amounted to $2OS, ,679,542, an
increase of $92,279,596 compared with
the corresponding nine months of the
previous year. During the nine months
mentioned we exported 1070 09l ,637 bush
els of wheat, or 1,383,773 bushels less
than in the corresponding period Of the
previous year but the valuation shows
considerable increase, the exports for
the nine months of 1880 being valued at
$l28, ,941 ,519, while those of 1879, though
more than million and a quarter of
bushels in excess, are valued at only
SLY 7,426,O99 That is to say that wheat
for export was worth only about $l,09f
per bushel in 1879, but was worth about
81 81! in 1880. So oats for export were
worth only about 80 cents per bushel in
1879, but they were worth about A! cents
in 1880; and so on throughout the list,
The September expectations Of pro-
visions and tallow aggregated in value
$1l ,27l ,S5l, an increase Of S4,696,6S3
compared with the same month last
year. And the expectation of the same
articles for the nine months ended with
last September aggregated in value SlO3,-
733,550, an increase of $2l, ,803,504 COM
pared with the same period last year.
During the nine months ended with
last September the expectations of fresh
beef amounted to 70, 6S2,536 pounds, an
increase of "a, ,626,SS2 pounds compared
with the same period last year. All
other articles in the list shows an in
creased expectation in bulk, except but
ter and cheese, which exhibit the same
feature as the expectation of wheat, viz
a decrease in bulk but an increase in val
ne. The expectation of butter for the
nine months ended with September 49,
70, was 80, ,4620l3 pounds, valued at ST.
540,074, while the expectation OF the
same article for the same period this year
was only 29,366,82 pounds, but valued at
$5, ,45O. The expectation of cheese in
the nine months ended with September,
1879, was Ill ,99S,452 pounds, valued at
SIS, 1863; while the expectation for the
corresponding period this year was only
lO5,276,966 pounds, but was valued at
$l1 1,734553. In other words, butter for
export was worth about 10! cents per
pound this year, against not quite IA
cents last year; and cheese for export
about liz cents per pound this year, but
only shade over p cents last year.
The other articles also show an in
crease in price, but being heavy staples,
the differences, ofcourse, not tso striking.