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Show British Exports for 1897. From the tables printed by the London Lon-don "Economist" of the exports of British manufactures of the year ended with December, 1897, a total decrease of 2.4 per cent, appears as compared with 1896. The largest decreases are in cotton piece goods, 10.5 percent.; woolen fabrics, 14.1; worsted fabrics, 10.3; carpets, 13.3; woolen and worsted yarns, 14.5; jute piece goods, 7.3: linen yarn, 6.2; linen goods, 5.1; silk manufactures, 5 8; refined sugar. 20.3; boots and shoes, 12.2; arms and ammunition, 22.8; earthenware, 3. Among the principal ite,ms where an increase of exports is shown over 1896 is English wool, of which large quantities foundjtheir way to America duty free, under the Wilson-Gorman Tariff, 123.8 per cent.; leather, 7,4; coals, 9.9, iron and steel, 3.5. But for the extra large increase in the exports of wool the percentage of decrease would be very much larger than 24. The falling off in the exports ex-ports of cotton piece goods amounted amount-ed to $26,835,7 10, while the gross decrease in exports for the year was $2s975000 Am. Economist. |