Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-02-06
PoOR OLD ENGLAND.
DarANT TRADE STATISTICS.
ooel,ne in all of Hngland's Export
 .a. Reported and the Brittans are Startled.

6u oftbe GoFefllillelie Roafu oi F rotnrns for 1893 has.produced a E,nd impression throughout the
 'v and has deepened, if possible,
 aom caused by the present com
 !, depression. The report fully
 ont the statement made ex- Eply in Sthese dispatches some
 bs since regarding the decline
 ] imports and exports of Great
 The returns show that the 1 imports last year were 405, ,069,-
 Bunds as compared with 923, ,793,-
 Bunds in 1892, and 432, HI, ,264 in
 The value of re-exports of
 and colonial products also kpd last year by nearly 6,000, ,00O
 s SSO,00O00, as compared with { Hence the country not merely fted less Tor US own consulnp-
 styear, but itlost the handling
 |large amount as brokers, and
 kual profit thereon. The value &itish exports in 1893 was alS,-
 bounds, as compared with
 E.O5S in 1892, and 247, ,22335, ,150 in
 The apparent balance against
 Duntry was 127 ,627,s ,s52 pounds
 }. as against 126, 409,521 in 1891. kponse to,,a request for all analy- i this report for publication in Fnlted States for circulation in hepial circles in that country
 N government official, who also hn information reputation as a lealeconomist, hasprepared and khed thefollowing:
 he great falling off in the past Fin our trade-like that of 1892 fainly in textile fabrics. We Enot only imported less raw cot Ebut we have re-exported much
 -mainly to Russia, which seems
 P gradually encrOaci1ing on our hntradein manufactured cotton
 s. The flax and hemp imports hue to decline, and the wool inn B show a large decrease, both in Fity and value, so that in every fh of our great textile industries +Eork is being done, fewer people Pyed, and less profit being N. As . natural consequence, Food imports are diminishing The value of the living animals Rrted for food fell from an aver biabout 9,S00, GOO pounds in 1891 Is2 to 6,35l .704 pounds last year; |nearly a 100000 worthless meat came into the country Fear than in that previous, and N half Il million worthles than VI. The wheat import values |lessened by more than 3,60D, ,000 |ds as against 1892, and more S,25O,00 as against.IS91, but the |ase here is mainly one of values, quantities being about the same, n means, as bread still averages game price, that the mitldlenien, pliers, and the bakers have tli- nearly 5,000,000 among them- E at the cost of the public. The |Fls of wines and spirits have (ased considerably, so that as Pquorbill grows. either the home |lers and brewers benefiting, or Feralion is i'll full swing, or here tlle sellers are profiting by low En prices. Our coal exports con- 10 fall-not in consequence of great strike, as the miners no N would like to make out, but in udhce of the steady decline nO- ple since 1891, and showing last
 d decrease of 100000 sterling Olhpafed with 1891, and nearly 'OOo against 1892. The decrease ' exports of manufactured tex 'aorlcs and yarns to foreign tres and the East is especially. Faole- The exports of yarns to BY TOT instance, were 21. .529, ,O0C 'us' M az against 29, ,S54 ,000 pounds 0'z and 27,S53, ,0Oo pounds irl ana the exports to Bombay \ Il 'ooo' 'o0o pounds, as against a'so. pounds in 1892, and up- \ ol 100000. in 1891. The ex- S. Y France fell from about l5,- V '. pounds in 1891 and upw ards "' '-9V 'VOO in 1892, to a little over s. ~ ~. last year. The Germans are sI''s su us everywhere, and are s,'S walking away with our - :" Mooien goods, the increrse a', svl''hg woolen yarn to fierma- :. s as remarkable as is the de '. 4u theexpoft thither Of weolen :, .,ss'ea <, goods. The remaining ,s,' sa''hSage is in metals manu- ma, ,,ss' Including machinery and .s'A' ", the total value for last sa. ssas II ,s56,a52 pounds. as again