The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-06-14
GROWING EXPORTS.



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A suggestive sign OF improving trade
is 10 be found in the treasury returns
OF the exports of domestic merchan-
disc. This is particularly 20 in manu-
featured goods, Of which our exports
are still. relatively. insignificant
There were evidences last year of con-
sidera ble gains under this head, par
ticularly in chemicals, cotton cloth
and fertilizers. The gain in quantity
OF the exports Of cotton manufacture
was. Of course, much greater than the
gain In value. For the twelve months
ending with last December the cotton
cloth exported reached a total OF 1885,
900. 600 yards. agaist ls9,Oo0.oo0 for the
preceding year, while the increase in
value was only from $40, 100000 TO SILL
600. 600. In other words the gain in
quantity was e2is per cent, while the
gain in value was l2i4 per cent The
great industries of iron and steel and
their manufactures. agricultural inn
plements and chemicals contributed
less To the exports OF the calendar
year 1894 than they did TO those OF
1898.
But under all these heads. an in
crease has begun To manifest itself this
year. The exports of agricultural i'm
PIGMENTS which in March. 1894, were
valued at S59l. 900. figure in the returns
for March. 1896. at 900. Chemic-
ais. too, have come up from $4,000 To
ST., 900, and iron and steel and their
manu- features from secs. 900 to s2,975..
600. OF manufactu cottons, the
quantity exported in March. 1894. was
l3.43. 900 yards, while for last March
it was 10, 7es. 900 yards, or a gain OF 24]1
per cent This is all the more remarka'
BILE when account is taken Of the tenn
porary check to the trade with China
which took last year IS per cent OF oui
whole exports Of cotton cloth. There
continues to be evidence OF a steady
gain in the quantity of our cotton
goods exported TO the United Kingdom
albeit the monthly contribution does
not exceed ] 900. 900 wards.
Our export trade in these manufac
lures is merely beginning, promising
as the beginning may be. In cottor
manufactures we export less than
per cent of the annual total sent ou
bv Great Britain; in IRON and steel anS
their manu- factures we have not go
beyond IL per cent of the British
aggregate. and in woolens we do
not export enough 70 be worth men
tioning. In fact, the total annua
value Of all our exports Of manufac
tured goods isgreatly exceeded 10y tina
Of any one group of the manufacturer
products Of Great Britain, which ar
sert out of the country But the fac
that the American manufacturer is be
ginning to show his ability to compel
for a share OF the worlds markets is
very instructive one. in view OF the DIS
NAL prophecies that we're made OF tn
lower import duties on his bushes
prospects. He has by no means los
control of the home market, and he
getting an increasing share of the fol
eign one That Is quite in harmon
with the teaching of all antecedent G,
perience as TO the effect on commerce
, Of freeing il from protectionlst tran
mels- But it marks only the first q
vance Of a movement that before pan
years are over Will have attained sue
> a momentum that the trammels whic
remain will be recognized for whs
they are. and their removal demande
. by the very men who, erswhil'
thought them a necessity OF their e.
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