Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26
TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN
Our Purchases Decline, but Our Sales
Greatly Increase.
Food Products Sent to the United
Misunderstanding OF in Imports
of Manufactured Goods.

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 making from Great Brit
ain our sales to that country continue to
increase. In nearly all of the great classes
of goods for which our producers are seek
ing market abroad. the October exporta-
lions to the united kingdom from the Unit
ed States We're in excess of those in preced-
ing years, while the imports of manufac-
lures from the united kingdom were in
most cases smaller than those in earlier
years.
Products Sent to England.
Exports of bacon to the united kingdom
in October, 1888 were AL $40 pou IDS sterl ng
in value. against 1863 9S4 in October 1897
those of hams, 303 63- pounds sterling in
October 1898. against 1877 .5SS in October of
last year: of butter. "a .097 pounds Sterling
in October, 1898 against 30 72S in October
1877: lard. 206131 pounds sterling in Octo-
Der 1893. against 166.756 in October of
last year; flour, Gao, 1G4 pounds sterling in
October, 1898, against 81 ,592 in October
1897; oats, 1857 in October, 1898. against
123.I42 pounds sterling in October 1897
copiet uhWrouSnl ana part wrought, 1296ii
pounds sterling in October 1898, against
1891 in October last year; lead, Al 031
pounds sterling in October. 1893. against
36611 in October, 1897; tallow. So, eco pounds
sterling, against 1929 in October last year :;
hewn wood and timber. 54O12 pounds ster-
ing. against 37.114 in October. 1897: wood.
sawn, split planed or dressed. 1874 ,657
pounds sterling. against ~ 800 in October
of last year: leather. 274.6S3 pounds ster-
ling, against 175, 723 in October, 1897.
Decline IN
Britain.
On the other hand our imports from Grea t
Sritain are in nearly all cases smaller than
in October. 1896, and in many cases smaller
than in October, 1897, despite the fact that
they We're abnormally small in that month
because of the excessive importations in
the months just preceding the enactment
of the revenue law in July of that year.
Imports of wool In October, 1898, were val
ued at 1861 pounds sterling, against 2!, 44S
in October 1897; those of cotton piece goods
were 3, 293 300 yards, against 3.3H, TOO yards
in October, 1897, and 3,AT, POO yards in Oc
tober. 1896; wooden tissues showed an in
crease over October of last year. but very
great fall, compared with October, 1895,
the totals for October 1895, being 1890
yards against 29,21 in October, 1897, and
46I $50 in October, 1885. The imports of
wcrsted tissues We're $4,000 yards in DC
tober. 1893. against $4,000 in October, 1891,
and ,:}.5, 400 in October, 1896.
Inc imports OF hard"are from ,'l'al
BI1talh IN octopeI. ln'H "tft ",ioi loIiiu'
STERLING, against ','st" N 'ctonef Oh last
year and l66T2 IN Octpbef, $50. Imports
or wire OF IRON or steel were III octopet Vi
the present year "',h'' pouhus if.hs;
against 11i' III OcIoo-r 81 iiSt year anu
fao1 IN octooef iS:~; VI bn pt,tes li,e
imports III OCTOBER, .n"I, Wtic t".o4,, n'uiu'3
stetnhs' aS14nN, ID t,n CO. y.
iis,ihf II octoDer' IS"'. nose Oh piar N
plates Ior INNING alliouht ,.ao 10 on. 10 10
pottIiuS 'tCi l IS- III - 80 -. C., ,en:
II, OIlopel, i0''t, en- 49, ; -, ,i,,tI,.
i.ai ~ ~ 'Iii t'. k 80 - 49, - ~.
t;a,,,, - ~ -, Hatnb.. 1soc bofpc.
:, 90 "a ,o;i AZ j., octaber 1Sns %
300 ~ Ppt 800 a M "a 1-s =, Octobnr
1ooe " Oot'"N'' ''''' ''''' " -
Iror.s os r,r;.ire, ~, ,,r;n,i,s nanor and
o,,.eio,,os .,,nrnteI in cctohar of the nrae
ont ,,car 70 s1I ro,,nds sterling and in DC
| tober of last Year 10 / $50 In certain lines
of r,anufactTred articIes srcb &C linens
oo,tnn uooran ar6 s,r1- Goods carnets and
cintbing Cctahar Of tho nresant car shows
:. siinbf increaSn over H. ;n1norts Of the
corrnsnonding month of last Tear but i'm
many rases falls belou, octoher of 1895
In ono narticuIar the imnorts from Great
pritain sbou, , rnarked increase and this
! is ~ tba c1.ss Of artic,as racnirad in the
f,raat industries Of This countrv Of int
| Yarn nsed in rnanufacturinp the imnorts
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