The true northerner., 1898-01-19
HAS FARED THE BEST
TRADE COMPARISONS FAVORABLE TO
THE UNITED STATES.

Omcfal British Statistics show That While
the United Kingdom Has Lost $50. .OOO,-
900 America Has Gained Over 80. .OOO,-
OOO-Exports For Eleven Months.
Some interesting contrasts are pre-
sented by the treasury report of statis-
tics for the month of November and by
the figures given in The Chamber of
Commerce Journal, the official organ of
the London chamber OF commerce, re-
garding the import and export trade of
the United Kingdom and other Euro
pean countries.
Exports of domestic merchandise from
the United States during November
amounted TO STA, 1908, 301, gain of
nearly $1,000, 600 as compared with
November, 1896. The imports Of mer-
chandise during November aggregated
$50. 352, 331, Of which over so per cent
was free of duty. The gain for the
month in the imports of dutiable mer-
chandise was over 50, 800, 900. For the
last nine months the increase in the ex-
ports of merchandise was $50, ,90l, 435.
The entire gain in the imports of mer-
chandise was sos, 492, 1914.
Turning to the board of trade returns
for October, we find that the imports of
first ten months of the year, show a
gross increase of e12, 936, 324 as COM
pared with the same period Of 1896, the
largest single increase being in articles
Of food and drink, amounting to e6, 5S3,
5l8. In exports the decrease for the ten
months amounts to f8, ,065,02 The
largest items Of decrease are those OF
manufactured articles. In the export
of yarns and textile fabrics there was a
falling off of eS, 800, 7l3; in apparel
and articles of personal use, e537, 425;
in machinery and mill work, G124, ,O10,
and in other articles, wholly or in part
manufactured, e570,70S. Increases in
some articles Of export, mainly raw
materials, offset the decreases above
stated and make the net decrease of ex-
ports for the ten months ending with
October little more than $50, 600, 900.
During the ii months ending with
November the exports of domestic mer-
increase of $50, 901, 435 over the CORE.
spending period in 1896, while for ten
months ending with October Great Brit
ain suffered loss of over $50, 900, 900.
AS between the United States and the
United Kingdom there is a gross differ
ence of SIG, 900, 900 in favor of the
United States.
Austria Hungary for the nine months
ending with September has "a total OF
exports of manufactures amounting to
247, 269, 0S4 forms against 251, S95, 687
the previous year, or decrease OF
1926, 603 fiorins.
For the first nine months of 1897
Germany's exports have increased, the
figures being 200, 828, 405 quintals OF
100 kilos, while for the same period in
1896 the total was 1877, 059, 495 quintals.
Among the articles in which decreases
are noted are cotton and cotton goods,
glass and glassware, articles of cloth.
ing, furs, silk and silk goods, pottery
ware and wool and wooden goods. Ger.
man imports increased in bulk for the
nine months by %, 003, 4S5 quintals and
exceeded the similar period of 1895 by
81, 747, 9S6 quintals, while exports
show an increase of l3, 766, go quintals
compared with the nine months of 1896
and rise of 30, 725, 452 quintals when
contrasted with the same period of 1895.
For the ten months ending with Oc'
tober France shows gross increase in
imports of 76, 1S4, 900 francs and in ex.
ports of 1914, 03S, 900 francs, the percent
age of increase being 2.42 and 60 re-
spectively.
1t will be seen that no country in the
world has Jared so we'll in trade, com.
merce and industry as the United States
in this year of protection, 1897.