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Show R tiTURNH OF DBITIQH TRADE. tncremi'd lixport of Michlnrry mid In-crrtnol In-crrtnol IinpcrU nt Otlirr Artlclea. Brit.sh traue returns tor tho six months ending Juno no show a Blight increnso In tho exports, principally In machinery, but tho irrrr.ortn continue to have tho samo tondoncy to augment tho adverse balance already noticed at tho end of cr.ch provloua month of tho present year. Iho cxcea3 of Imports ovor oxpoita for the last six months amounts to ?405,7r,C,2i0, being over 1100,000,000 Greater than In 1607, and moro than $1 44,000,000 ovor 1890. Tho steady and continuous dccllno In British Brit-ish trndo appears to bo attracting b good deal of attention from foreign EovornntentB, among others tho Swo-dish, Swo-dish, which has caused a special ro-port ro-port to bo drawn up on tho' subject." This roport, comparing tho production ot Iron oro in England from 1871 to 1805 with that In Germany nnd tho United States, chows tho Englloh output out-put to have gono dawn from 10.057,000 tons to 12,240,000, wh:io tho Gorman output haa moro than doubled, and that ot this country has risen from a yearly avcraco of 4,032,000 to ono of 14.288,000 tons. Tho nrniliiellmi nf nrn fnr the ramo period In Spain increased nlno-told. nlno-told. Tho produc'ton ot pig Iron In England as compared with that produced pro-duced all over tho world has cunk from 4C.3 to 27.5 per cent, nnd that of this country has risen from 10.1 to 30.9 per cent. In the output of coal England Eng-land still has tho Iced In tho world's production, but Is gradually losing U. her proportion having fallen frdm 17 to 34 per cent, while thnt of Gormnny has rlcen slightly from 17 to 18 per cent, but that ot this country from 17 to 30. Of tho r.cnccal trade of the four grontcst trading countries, Germany, Ger-many, France, Great Britain nnd the United StateB, tho first and Inst named hnvo Increased each 15 por cont, that of France has stoidlly docllncd, and that of England has Increased only 2.5 per cent. Tho state of things descrlp-cd descrlp-cd In tho Swedish report appears to ho causing something of n panic In commercial com-mercial circles In England, nnd more attention Is hc'ng given to the growing competition ot this country. Tho foar thnt Germany was going to provo tho successful rival ot England In the world's trado Is clvlng placo to a greater foar of tho unrivaled power ot production of this country, and ot Its singularly ndvnntngeous position In respect to tne most tmcuiy popmnteu section of tho cnrlh, western Europo apd eastern Asia. The startling rov-elatlons rov-elatlons ot tho trado statistics of this country for the last year havo opened wldo tho oyes of tho3o In England who havo hitherto rogarded Germany ns tho most dangerous competitor, nnd tho danger la recognized to ba tho mora serious because tho rivalry of Germany was In prlco only at tho expenco ot quality, whllo thnt of this country extends ex-tends to both prlco and quality. Sure ly a greater than Germany Is hero, says one of tho English financial organs, commenting upon tho wonderful showing show-ing of American trado statistics for tho last fiscal period, nnd It asks In all serlausncsB If tho moment can really ho at hand when England will ccaso to bo tho shopkecplug notion of tho world, nnd will have to take oft Its hat In farowcll to Its former customers and rotlro fram business, Ex, |