New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-20
AMERICAN TRADE WITH FRANCE.
FRENCH OFFICIAL FIGURES SHOWING THE
VALUE CF THE MARKETS OF


FRENCH OFFICIAL FIGURES SHOWING THE
VALUE od THE MARKETS OF
THE UNITED STATES.
Under the heading Of = Franco. American Commerce
"Le Courier dcs EiatsI'ns' published Yesterday the
first official statistics relative to the foreign trade OF
France during the last year. The importance Of this
document under the present circumstances. is easily
understood especially in regard to its figures concern
ing the Franco, American trade. which are Intentionally
singled out By the French organ Of the New World.
II mp follows the tables and statistics pnb-
lisllcd by the Government for les9:
That year has not given The lie to the hopes
witch were entertained with much greater faith
because Of the S,cady Improvement experienced during
1857 and losa in the commercial situation. The
general trade in 1850 reached total amount Of ten
,nilliariS lo4 900 600 francs that is increase Of
39.COO.OOO over the preceding ycIr aid Of go
600 900 over the average for the five yc1rs bcfo:r
Isss. OF course imports and exports contribute tr
Gether in making the totals given above
lie Courier des EtatS-t'nis." laying aside, then.
the statistics of general interest. says: Tho tables
of the transactions with the United states deserve 10
he studied in detail American impo1atonS into
Frarce reached 100000 francs. increase of
81 900 900 over I-o!. French Sp0rto to The Tinted
States amounted TO valne Of hOj,OCO.O00 francs. or
increase of 2:I.oO0O0O. In the total OF American
imports cotton stands for 13s 30- 1876 francs cereals
for II 1'14,61 francs. oil and petroleum csScnfs for
33.G0o jGl francs Grca>e> for l6,776@ii francs In
the total Of French exports 10 the United States. silk
fabrics pas>cmcntcricS and ribbons represented
ty ll3.,0i.:,Gl francs. woolcn fabrics. PASSENGER
tcries and ribbons for 1-.o2j.o3O francs. cotton
fabrics for iI,O-l,1lo francs. ard leather c'"ds
for 3j,12l JOJ francs. In the Uf the year
l,o0 France has sent to the United states G4G3400
lltcs Of wine IA l!,:c is little less than quart. OF
a value of oO-511 francs. The article Dc Paris or
Paris notions amounted TO 4.Giol31 francs OF artificial
flowers, 4.i0Oi3j francs Of ores feathers and H..
,0l.-76 francs Of tabctt t,r:c AM bintc!Gl,ric al
kinds of small wssodcE. ivory articles, kni' hhnarh-
These figures a7c still more significant when it is
borne In mind mat The thousands Il North Anrri. ans
s;oMSn, back IN Their >an, "' q, per'1u ctr
cioshs. watches. jrwcl,. rair. aud oti'r small Oh
1ccS. which dad no, figure on the In,t"m ii,n>"
though they represented an important eanouut Uf
profit to the mer, litnt> and tradcsmcn.'
FRANCE RUSSIA AND THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
Paris. sept. 1o.-When Major-t,cneral Baron Fred
ercks, the Military Att:che Of the Russian Einta.,
here quilted the which the review held
At Cambria yesterday he escorted t. his residence
BY enthnsiastc crowd who eheescd him and shouted
Long live Eus.ia.'
France has cntered into contract to supply IN.
Russian Government with enormous number CT
rncs. According TO the terms OF tho contract 100000
Of the weapons Will Le delivered within eighteen
months.
La Paix- sayS that Emperor William and the FIN.
pcror ot Austria haze had long deN,tt" the adn-
sion OF France into the alliance with GERMANY .iu-
tria and Italy.
Vi. de- tiirr,. the Rus sian Fmcign Minister. has ar
rived here direct from 81. Petersburg.
La Patx was formerly TIE organ Of cX Pre-, dcnt
CREW and, nkc .;s patron. il la> fallen into such in
significance that ,criou, attention b. given 10 t
uttcrncs. Tie idea Of attracting France into the
Triple Alliance is prcpOttcrOu. IN it>"lf that IL j.
Incredible that II could have been a:tatcd bctwrch
the EmpcrOrs OF Germany and Of Au>;lo llungd-y
EmpcrOA w iam who is a. restless In mind ~ in body.
NAV have considered the polite c0n.panc" "f the
French Government with is request 10 >c:d delegates
TO the Eciln congresses for the diruNsip OF the scii
and the medical questions ~ being She fr,t >ffp'
toward a pos sible French reconciliation with Germany
But IL lo has attempted e. breach III: subject IN hi'
stran brother Emperor. the later must haze 4 ppc
him. only with these tso v,:r;,: "hl>aoc L"ralnr'
Emperor Joseph Eno~> the French national cha;a ter
too well 20 ignore the fact that freud nip he
re- established hctwn the tainctr OF Paris and Bciiin
20 long a. tlc,r. will lie French poa,d or Ncn"'ia
between the NO-gc. and tl" Rhine. TIE idle irinor
launched By La PN j. ahih 10 that on" a"r"rl!hr
10 which IN" y0llrg C"rI"" Eai.cr had 'hH>'d y the
Ia-, Ministry 10 b" soura.d in r:.ri b. It VILLAIN
II ,rn,.ld Ire 10 pay 20 President tirn"t NNh"".
France l. prepared 80 enter into an aifti'" nrr''
ed against Russia at the moment Wien Ir"n; d"inrii
,tra,,n> have >t.ll accclua'"d IL" fi1"d-h hip
uniting the conservative French Republic with ti'
Russian Empire.