The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-02-20
OPPOSED TO WARISBLL TO EURO
TRADE REVIEW or PAST YEAR
Very SATISFACTORY TO /
UNITED STATES.
FALLING I OFF in THE TOTAL

Owing to Depressisn Abroad the Ay-
aresate Sales shrunk Some, but the
Variety Was Greatly Extended.
France New Buying Our SIX, 'a!-s
Our Tin Plate, England Our cosssn
and Spain dur California Fruit.
washington, Feb. 1s.-The impor-
tant document entitled Review OF the.
Foreign Cemmerce Of the United
States in 1891 shelving the pace at
which this country ran during the last
calendar year in the great race for
supremacy in trade in the worlds mar.
ket, has been made, public by Frederic
Emery, chief Of the bureau of foreign
commerce of the state department.
1T is stated that the commercial re-
ports of cur diplomatic and consular
officers last Nyear record continued
growth in the sales of many lines of
manufactures from the United States
! in foreign markets and the increase of
general concern throughout Eu-
rope as to possible results of our In
dustrial competition. Although the
| figures OF our exports compiled by the
| treasury department show consider
able falling OF in the total value of
manufactured goods sent abroad, it is
| stated there seems to be steady and
uninterrupted spread in the popular
| ity of what may be termed American
4 novelties" all over Europe. By the
word novelties" are meant, not only
/ 1abor-saving implements and machln-
| cry which are strange to most Euro
peans, hut "a great variety of articles
OF merchandise all of which possess
ldistinglNshe points of excellence and
| relative cheapness, new to Europe,
| which commend them to purchasers
there in preference to similar articles
of home manufacture. In other words,
while the
Aggregate Of Our Exports
| of manufactured goods has shrunk. the
variety of our sales in Europe is being
extended and the territory upon which
Ithey are eneToachins is being con-
stantly enlarged. A striking example
/ of this is in Austria-H Hungary where
1 imports from the United States are in
creasing rapidly. That country orig
! mated the idea of European combi-
| nation against America in trade and
there the hostility Of the Industrial
classes is most pronounced. The
United States again heads the list of
countries selling to Germany and is
causing the economists of that nation
4 mcuh concern. Indeed, it is pointed
out. this same concern is felt in
France, Great Britain, Belgium. Swift
zerland, and the other highly develop
ed manufacturing countries OF Eu-
rope. It Is shown to be fact that we
are now supplying European nations
4 with goods which have for years been
j distinctive of the countries themselves
and which we used to import from
them. We export silk to France, tin
plate to Wales, cotton to England, and
our California fruit is making such
IheadWay in Spain as to provoke the
query in Spanish newspaper:
Shall we live to see American or
anges on the Valencia market itself?"
In Belgium, more American goods
are being consumed than ever before.
| The falling of in American exports
Is attributed, not to the goods being
Ia less favor, but rather to business de-
preston in Europe, affecting the pur-
CHASING nowAr. i:5s sy
| Lynching Is Probable.
Gallatin, Tenn, Feb. 10. Charlie
Finn, colored, grabbed q man Monday
might, dragged him into an alley and
cut OFF his head with q razor. Finn
was tracked with bloc oodhounds and
Icaptnred. Much excitement prevails
and a lynching is probable. VI ss