Show I THE TWINING TIDE Adversity is much swifter of foot than prosperity Disaster to trade and commerce may come in a dayan hour but prosperity only comes with years of work and waiting This general gen-eral truth reminds one of the China mans description of a toboggan slde Gette on tobogzip walke mile upe hille The past few years have been years of depression in the commerce and general industry of the United States and for matter of that throughout the world The tide went out suddenly tde enough its ebbing was rapid but the I returning flood has been long delayed I de-layed and some who watched longingly longing-ly for its return grew sick and faint and at last slept before it came But it is returning Slowly perhaps I but it is coming and one of the evidences evi-dences of i is seen in the increased imports and exports of the country I An eastern exchange making summary sum-mary of a little sheet issued by the Bureau of Statistics on imports and exports for February and also for the I eight months ending in 1895 and 1896 says In February 1S95 we sent abroad only 55982734 worth of merchandise In February this year our exports c5f goods amounted to 77710938 a gain of more than 21000000 or over 38 percent per-cent I Fir the eight months ending with February 1895 our exports of merchandise mer-chandise amounted to 5578S566S For the corresponding eight months of this I year they were swelled to 602614981 Our imports for February 1895 were 58315981 For FEbruary 1896 they were 62487298 For the eight months in 1895 they were 466233610 while for the eight months of this fiscal year they were 5541212774 a gain of nearly 75000000 These figures says the exchange mean that the people of this country have been busier this year than last that they have had a larger trade both in exports and Imports that they have sold more goods and are able to buy more that more men and women have been employed more wages paid and a greater prosperity secured I is a good showing and an encouraging one |