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Show ONE WAY FOREIGN TRADE IS LOST. An importer in the West India islands addresses an American consul as follows: At the present moment, on account of the high prices of cotton . goods in the American market, I am forced to seed samples of their goods to Manchester, England, to have them imitated, and I am glad to say it has proved very successful, as I have in my stock prints identical with those, I generally get from A-ncrici, and the trade seems Jo accept these goocb as if tf.cy were American. The new tariff is now being blaned for the extreme high prices ' on cotton goods, yet, under the old latr, cotton hrt-s b?en adancing in price. It would seem, therefore, that other causes miut combine with the tariff in this upward tendency cf prics3. The problem is here and should be solved in a manner equitable to the buying public and the manufacturer. |