The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04

British trade returns for April exhibit signs
OF more decided Improvement than have been
YiSihl" for long time past. Tho imports show
an increase OF - per cent, and exports one Of
1l.2 per cent on April. 1898. in which increase
is included the value Of now ships built for for
cGn lines which amounted to Sl3. +HW,OOO In
the imports there was a marked decrease in
both the quantity and value Of fOodstuffs that
in wheat alone amounting TO - per cent de-
cline in quantity ACCOMPANIED by a fall of mora
than 2i Per cent. in the value, The value Of
tn" eggs imported was nearly Sl.75O.OOO.
IL metals the imports Of copper or" fell III
40 per cent. from 1346 tons I'm April, 1Sa'S. 20
@H2O this April: but for the four months Cf
this year the increase was nearly 1000 tons.
In unwroupht copperther" was n slight decline.
principally from this country. In iron ore
there was n steady increase. principally from
Spain. one of the main sources Of EnglandS
supply Of iron ores. Tho imports Of tin also
increased. being 1000 hundrchwcight above
those Of last year. As compared with the In
crease in quantity which was 81 per cent.
that in valu@wNS enormous. being 226 per
cent. Lend also had advanced in price hut
supplies from Australia promised to be large
with = fall in value
In cotton wool. jutc and raw sill; thara was n
d""ln" in tn" imports both for tho month AMI
tn" year M to tn" end Of Npril: IN h mn thorn
was n Slight increase Tor the month bmt n faiI-
ing or for the tour months
In exports. That ~ coll. which is being sent
abroad in mmonSc quantities. is giving tho
least satisfartion Cr"n' fc0r being fclt that II
must react irlnriouely later on ON III" indus-
r. "s d"rcn3"nt on it. In I'll" t"X,il" trades
lIlslr 'NS was good In ,om" Iim"s lad in others.
III" EXPORTS 70 Germany, France aud Italy
steadily declining. Tn" conversations came
from Central aud South America Iaparrsr
custom il 'hIliuE away almost as fast NJ that
ofthi- country. Tn" r"i"es. however,. Keen mr
as whole, ,rn"d some satisfaction is derived
from thHt tn" linen trade WIS about station
nrv l'ut the rhi"f Gcfan'or upprars 10 be- thi.
country. to whose tarin the heavy dccIue in
lr'tLSh exports is attributed Cpmpnrpd with
lS'!. tho textile trade still lags FAR behind that
Of that year.
Pig iron hns gouo ont nv Croator urontitios
thnn in lSS, though less than in 1871 ana in
Lar iron. railroad iron, iron and stool WIRE
10 'r~, ~h""t iron and armpr nIHtos There is a
rrnrr"sNly. docr"ase on the three wears The
trad" in TIN mates and in cast nnG wrought
iron work + shrinking. but steel manurac-
lures show slight Improvement The trade.
however,. is good in machinery and mill work
nni especially SO in loCOm Dtivcs and agrirul-
turn and other kinds Of steam engines. The
exports ~ mining machinery 4 50 are good as
well rs those, of tcyt,lc machinery, ~ which
attention was drawn in TIVE Sun some time ago.
70 SUN IN. tho total Imports for Auri' were
$lN, 7SH, 10, n. figure below that Of 1908. Int
considerably ohoye that Tor 1917 Tho ov-
ports were ,S'T ~ 30, again below 1873 and
For the four months ~ the year tho exports
Of British materials md merchandise Gf all
kinds wer" Siu7,lI1 80, and Of colonial and
foreign ware Sl1o,04G525. making total ~
S5lS,Gn2Mn The imports amounted 10
over exports Of s2G6, I4S.255 The amount Tor
which the rc:cNDort ~ colonial and foreign
wares figures IL noteworthy.