The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-25

Under the head of Apparel and
SUCH being manufactured articles of
personal use, the exports to the United
states in the nine months Of 1896 were
53,6o6 pounds sterling: in 1897 Al ,3O2
and I'm 1898, 1894 pounds sterling
"Haberdashery and Millinery" fell
from 2S324 pounds sterling in 1896 to
25,429 in 1897, and 2l,340 in 1898. "Ex-
ports of Wool, Sheep and Lambs, :"
which in nine months Of 1896 We're 1877, .
9S2 pounds sterling in value. and in
1897, 1,O95, III, We're in 1898 but 9O,514
pounds sterling. Exports OF Cotton
Piece Goods" unbleached, which in
nine months of 1896 amounted to 2.555, =
800 yards, and in 1897 to 3,949 700 yards,
were in the corresponding months Of
1898, l,Sli,i00 yards; while "Bleached
Cotton Piece Goods" which in nine
months Of 1896 We're 1921 400 yards,
and i'm 1897, 9,430, 100 yards. were in 1898.
S,597,S00 yards. OF Cotton Prints" the
exports to the United States in 1896
were 3,20O,50O yards; in 1897, 3,O74,40O
yards, and in 1898, 2,O23, 300 yards Elk.
ports Of Cotton Piece Goods, DYED ."
which In 1896 We're 734 ,O2O pounds ste :
ling in value, in 1897 were S97,S2O, and
The exports of Linen Piece Goods, -"
which in the nine months of 1895
amounted to 7s,S45,1O0 yards. in 1897 to
SGSO2,IO 700 yards. were in 1890, 6S, ,646, 900
yards, the value in 1898 being 1.253. 276
pounds sterling against $50, 211 in the
corresponding months Of last year.
In woolens, the falling off in exporta-
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more strongly marked. Wooden yarn
tell from 73,6OO pounds in 1896 to so, 500
I'M 1897, and 6,2OO pounds in 1898, while
the total exports of wooden yarns mean
time were practically UNCHANGED, be-
ing 726OOO pounds in 1898 against 76l 900
pounds in 1896. The exports of worsted
yarns, which in 1896 We're PCS, 700 pounds.
were $4,000 pounds in 1897. but fell to
S2,7OO pounds in 1898; while the value
fell from 6O,763 pounds sterling in 1897
to S,6Ol in 1898. Under the head of
Woolen manufactures. the exports of
Woolen Tissues" to the United States
We're in the nine months of 1896 Q, ,4SS, 300
yards; in 1897, 1870, ,9OO and in 1898 l.
3O9,5OO yards, the value falling from
l'OO6,2bS pounds sterling in 1896 to 23S,-
700 pounds sterling in 1898. The exports
OF "Worsted Tissues" which in 1896
were 2755S,400 wards, were in 1897. 20 =
66l,5O yards, and in 1898, 10, 95s. 200 the
value being 1,9lG,423 pounds sterling in
1896 2,3l5,lS4 in 1897, and 625.O4l in 1898
Woolen carpets, OF which 4l6, 200 yards
were exported to the United States in
1895, showed a record OF 1876 900 in 1898.
Meantime the imports from the
United States into the United Kingdom
have increased with as great rapidity
as her exports to this country have
fallen. Corn imports from the United
states in the nine months of 1896 were
3615,l15 pounds sterling in value: in
1897, 5,32l,692, and i'm 1898. $500, 772:
wheat -four 4,716,221 pounds sterling in
the nine months of 1896 4,657, ,754 in 1897,
and 7097762 in 1885, wheat in the nine
months of 1896 amounted in value TO
6,752,S46 pounds sterling; In 1897, to
S,5O6,S7l and I'm 1898 to l1,lG7,l6 pounds
sterling. Bacon imports increased
from 3,O43,S3O pounds sterling in value
in 1896 to 3,954,l63 in 1897 and 4,72SO2s
In 1898; hams, from 2,071.4 .461 pounds
sterling in 1896 to 2,7S5, ,296 in 1898; and
fresh beef, from 3139,744 pounds sterl-
ing In 1896 TO 3,GO5,3f in 1898. Raw
cotton increased from 6,62S,23S hundred