The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-24
OURTRADE WITHBRITAIN
AMERICANS IMPORTING LESS AND IN
CREAsING THEIR EXPORTS.
Figures Taken from the "AccOunts of
Trade and Navigation of the United
Kingdom" just Out.
pecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct pa marked re-
duction in the foreign purchases of the peo-
pie of the United States in the year 1898
compared with those of preceding years is
illustrated by the figures of the British
Accounts of Trade and Navigation of the
United Kingdom" covering nine months of
the calendar year 1898, which has just
reached the treasury Bureau of Statistics.
This official publication showing the ex-
ports of the United Kingdom to various
parts of the world compares the exports
Of the nine months ending Sept. &c. 1898,
with those of the corresponding periods OF
1897 and 1886, and where these are stated
by countries an opportunity is given to COM
pare British exports to the United States
in 1898 with those of preceding years and
at the same time determine what other
leading countries doing in the matter
of increasing or decreasing their imports.
Under the head of Cast and wrought
iron and all other manufactures unenum-
Grated the report shows that the exports
from the United Kingdom to the United
States were in nine months of 1896 E4Sl69
sterling in value, in 1897 9S2,116 and in 1888
G26. 021 sterling. Exports of tin plates and
sheets to the United States in 1896 were
Old
and in 1898 G549, sol sterling, while the total
exports of tin plates from the United King
dom was e2,2Sl 519 sterling in nine months
of 1896 go .151 in 1897 and e. OS6 4O2 in 1885,
the falling off being almost exclusively In
the exports to the Unlted states. Unuer
the head of Steel, unwroLght, the exports
to the United States were Ell, 539 sterling
during 1886 SOS, 1872 in 1897 and but &1S7,60o
sterling in 1898. The exports of black
plates for thinning, which III IN 1870 were 5SUU
G3S3 $751; The sales of locomotives to the
United States fell from 97,5y9 sterling In
1896 to &5l9 sterling in 1898, while the total
exports of locomotives in 1898 were con-
siderably in excess of those of 1896 or 1897.
Under the head of Apparel" being man
ufactured articles of personal use, the , e1a
months of 1896 We're 953,6O6 sterling, In 1897
f41, 1902 and in 1898 Ae31 1874 sterling. 'Haber-
sterling in 1896 to SIS, 429 in 1897 and 221,S4O
in 1893. Exports of wool, sheep and
lambs" which in nine months of 1896 were
f1979S2 sterling in value ard In 1872 tl'gSo.-
III were in 1898 but G90.5l4 sterling. Elk
ports CT cotton piece goods, unbleached,"
which in nine months of 1896 amounted TO
We're III the corresponding months OF 1898
1878, 400 yards, while "beached cotton piece
goods which in nine months Of 1896 were
Is, 291, 400 yards and In 1897 $40 100 yards,
were in 1898 1857 800 yards. OF cotton
prints" the exports to the United states
in 1895 We're 3,2OO,50O yards, in 1897 500, 400
'cotton piece goods, which in 1896 were
G734C20 sterling i'm value, in 1897 were &S97,
$40 and in 1898 G624, $50 sterling IN value. The
exports of Linen piece goods which in the
nine months of 1886 amounted to 1881
yards and in 1897 to ST. 200 yards We're in
1898 IS, SAC 800 yards the value in 1898 being
Ct. 253, 276 sterling. against 81. 63O2l1 in the
corresponding months of last year.
In woolens the falling off in expectations
to the United States was even more strong
ly marked. Wooden yarn fell from 1850
pounds in 1896 to 50,S00 in 1897 and SOD
pounds in 1898. while the total exports of
WOODEN yarns meantime were practically UNI
changed being 726.0C0 pounds in 1893, against
761 200 pounds i'm 1896. The exports of
worsted yarns. which i'm 1896 were 265,700
to 81, 7C0 pounds in 1888, while the value fell
from $50 1853 sterling in 1891 to GS,601 in 1898.
Under the head of wooden manufactures
the exports of wooden tissues to the
United States were in the nine months of
1886 g. 4S8 800 yards in 1897 $40 800 and I'm 1893
10000 yards, the value falling from 9l.-
COS 25S sterling in 1896 to E23S .265 sterling in
1888. The exports of ''worsted tissues"
which in 1896 were 2755S.4O0 yards, were in
1887 1861 500 yards and in 1898 O959 200, the
value being G1916.423 sterling i'm 1896 e.
315 1874 in 1897 and &625041 in $685. Wooden
carpets, of which 1920 yards were ex-
ported TO the United States in 1896. showed
a record of 1866 500 in 1898.
Meantime the imports from the United
States into the United Kingdom have in
creased with as great rapidity as her ex
ports 70 TINS country nave failen corn I'M
ports from the United States in the nine
months or 1886 were t3.6i5,lto sterling IN
value in 1897 E53 692 and in 1898 Go, $50 ~;
wheat flour e4.716221 sterling in the nine
months of 1896 G4.657. 754 in 1897 and 97.097-
762 in 1888. Wheat in the nine months of 1896
amounted in value to g6. 1852 S46 sterling i'm
1897 TO GS.506.31 and in 1893 10 9ll,l67 167
sterling. Bacon imports increased from Ga
O43 $50 sterling in value in 1896 tc 1884. 163
in 1897 and "a ,72S 02S in 1898; hams from e.
Oh 461 sterling in 1886 To e. 7S5. 2S6 in 1885,
and fresh beef from e.. 1873 744 sterling in 1896
to E3.605, 343 in 1898. Raw cotton increased
from s. 623. 23S hundredweight in nine months
of 1896 to 9.163340 hundredweight In the
corresponding period OF 1898
Great Fleet of Coal Barges.