Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1877-08-25 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

FEW STARTLING FACTS.  To the Editor of the Denton Examiner. •_  Ste,—The foll2wing statements of our exports to foreign nations for the year 1875 copied from our parliamentary returns, has an especial bearing Just now upon the staple trade of the Lancashire districts as not only is the present depression in oar cotton trade very seriously increased by the almost total absence of our usual Eastern trade, in cumequ,mce of the war, but si,oald Russia succeed in her rip:scions de-igns this trade sent be closed for ever to Great Britain. Our tomb eis just now trembling most ominously in the balance and already broad east ruin has overtaken many previously flourishing concerns, while others are asking what and s eere will be the end "fall this falling off an our usual preponderenee as a commercial nation. 'thin question is ta- with all the world imposing the heaviest of —tiles lion our goods, and which in many cases are slog. nor prohibitory, walla we in turn admit their goods null free, the end can have only one termination, which is 'hat, while we are enriching our neigh. boars we ate impoverishing ourselves and committing national suicide, and all this is to suit the humour, or philandering craze of a peculiar school of politic ins which gives free trade to all nations except their own. And now we have the phenomena of another terrible blow to our commerce aimed, and evidently with dire intent, by the very same class of pliticans, or railer a small but very noisy section of it, who coolly propose to hand over to the tender mercies of one of the most detestable and olood thirsty t rauts, and scourges of mankind toe woad ever saw; and they themselves know Ibis, yet forsooth because Turkey has for some occult reuses incurred the displeasure of Mr Gladstone (the reasens he his hitherto given are so much humbu.;) he alvociates their entire °bitter-Hon froui he face of the earth, and according to dietlue &gland L to stand quietly aside, while her very beet customer, Hums, ex, epted, is to be 'wallowed up bag ant hasgsge' by Holy Russia. 13 ting aside other easideratioha -nob as the conirol of ConstantUople, Euslano cannot afford to lose near £6 t)00,000 a year (the returns below do not represent all we do with Berkey) and for an elaglisnumn to coolly aite opt to inflict ouch a loss upon his co, ntryuten seems unexplicable, and yet there are met whose blind infatuation iinpels them to endorse this "bag and bagyage" policy, of their leader, traitorous and infamose as it really is, if .n this diabolical onslaught Turkey is lost to us much will lie at the door of these instigators of the war, for it is useiess to say that Mr Gladetone's advocacy of Russia's designs has not lured her into the belief that England would not oppose, and assuredly if Mr G., had been in the pay of Russia 'lie could not have gone further or advocated her cause with greater zeal. . .  The returns are aliaply the value in yarn and cotton goods Value of Mau. --•red Cotton.  nralut) of Cotton Value of Many China i773-6t130 ...-17,319;14r Turkey Egypt United State] 67,975 ... 3,399,493 Brazils' — ... 3,498,823 _  Holland 2.288,150 ... 1,368:866 Jaya 73.600 997,954 Other Dutch Possessions 108,136 France 338,406 ... 1,887,184 French Possessions ... 165,298 Italy 1,304.892 ... 1,402,455 Germany 2,721,599 ... 1,901,709 Austria Russia 326,242... 391,708  Russia takes oftyarn and manufactures cottons £717,950, a paltry amount for "All the Rananie," and nearly £4,000,000 sterling a year less than Turkey, which takes £4,646,313. Germany takesyarne and manufactures £4,682,308, £35,965 more in value than Turkey, but representing altogether far lees paid to British operatives, because .21 sterling of calico contains more labour and less cotton than Al sterling of yarn. Yours respecufully, Denton, Aug. 20, 1877.