The evening times., 1898-11-25
COMMERCE
WITH GREAT BRITAIN
OUR EXPECTATIONS INCREASE
Amount of Goods Sent to England
During October Exceeds Any
Other Year.

Some interesting facts concerning our
present commerce with Great Britain are
shown by the October statement, Trade
and Navigation of the United Kingdom
just received by the Treasury Bureau OF
Statistics This shows that despite the
small purchases which the people of the
United States are making from Great
Britain, our sales to that country contin-
ue to increase In nearly all of the great
classes of goods for which our producers
are seeking q market abroad the Octo-
Der importations into the United King
dom from the United States were i'll eX
cess of those in preceding years, while
the exports of manufactures from the
United Kingdom To the United States
were in most cases smaller than those in
earlier years.
Imports Of bacon from the United
States in October. 1898. were Al, so pounds
sterling in value. against 363,9Si in Octo-
Der, 1891; those OF hams, Sg3.635 pounds
sterling in October 1895 against l97, ,5SS
in October of last year; of butter. 3i,097
pounds sterling in October, 1885, against
80, ,72S in October. 1897: lard, 2os,131 pounds
sterling In October. 1898, against 166 156 in
October of last year; flour 9.16i pounds
sterling in October, 1898, against 521 ,592 in
October, 1897; oats, l7S,S in October, 1898,
against l23, II2 pounds sterling in October,
1897; copper unwrought and part wrought,
129 6W pounds sterling in October, 1898,
aaginst 1881 in October last year; lead,
al ,037 pounds sterling in October, 1898,
against 81, 611 III October. 1897: tallow, S5.-
$50 pounds sterling. against S.429 in Octo-
ber last year; hewn wood and timber,
54,M2 pounds sterling, against 97,114 in Oc-
tober 1897: wood, sawn, split, planed or
I-aS SaI
81. $50 in October of last year; leather, ga
6S3 pounds sterling, against 115,723 in Oc-
tober 1897.
On the other hand the exports from
Great Britain to the United States are
in nearly all cases smaller than in Octo-
ber, 1896, and in many cases smaller than
in October 1897, despite the fact that they
were abnormally small in that month be-
cause of the excessive importations in
the months just preceding the enactment
of the revenue law in July of that year.
Exports of wool to the United States in
October 1898, We're valued at 13, Gil pounds
sterling, against 25,4iS in October 1897;
those of cotton piece goods were 1898 200
yards, against 3,341, 200 yards in October,
1897, and S,447,200 yards in October
1896; wooden tissues showed an increase
over October of last year, but a very
great fail, compared with October 1896,
the totals for October 1898 being 74,9O0
yards, against %, 200 in October. 1897, and
467,O in October, 1896 The exports of
worsted tissues were $4,000 yards In Oc-
tober, 1898, against 4S9, 300 in October, 1897,
and 1,3555, 400 in October, 1896. The exports Of
hardware from Great Britain to the
United States in October, 1898, were 3,161
pounds sterling. against 1888 in October
of last year and 16, 6,662 In October, 1896 Ex-
ports of wire of iron or steel were in Oc-
tober Of the present year, 1851 pounds
sterling, against 1875 in October of last
year, and 4,961 In October, 1896 OF tin
plates the exports to the United States in
October. 1898, were 4O,04S pounds sterling,
against $3.50 in October 1897, and 118,764
in October, 1896.
Those of black plates for timing
amounted to only 70 pounds sterling In
October. 1898. against 142 in Octo-
Der, 1897, and 1879 in October, 1896
Earthen and chinaware incrWsed slightly
over October of last year. but was ma
terially less than in October, 1896, being
4,9A pounds sterling In October, 1898;
5000 in October, 1897, and GLIB
in October. 1896. Writing or printing pa
per and envelopes amounted In October
of the present year to s11 pounds ister-
ling. and in October of last year to L.
$50. In certain lines of manufactured ar