Show THE BRITISH ARE ANXIOUS exports of good to america very larcaly decreased Decre aced tho new york importers of foreign goods were not satisfied with their first meeting at cooper union when the namo of president ex harrison was Be lauded and when they agreed to swallow the carcass out of which the festering of lies and peri 5 constantly rise they wanted another meal of it so held a second meeting but did not publish this time the a of any importers lawyers presidents chairmen free trade editors and eating house proprietors who signed a call but held it under the aue apices of abo manhattan single tax club the urgency tor the passage of the wilson tariff bill so called is becoming very pronounced trade and business are in a critical condition in england where the volume of exports is decreasing and particularly so far as the united states is concerned the decrease in shipments to this country up to march 81 last exceeding the entire falling off shown in the total trade with all other foreign countries for the quarter in anticipation of our lower tariff on cotton manufactures england continues to buy very largely from us of cheap raw cotton expecting to ship it back here in the shape of cotton goods later in the year but in the matter of exports of british goods to the united states the london economist gives the following exhibit TO TUB atteo airet quarter 1891 1893 beer and ale cotton piece foods ante piece boode eo ode linen piece woolen 2100 worsted steel unwrought altula Al tull 2069 i and china rare fare here we find that the british manufacturers rs have sold to american consumers worth less of the goods enumerated during the first three months of this year than they sold us during the corresponding quarter of 1893 and this does not comprise their total aalee the aggregate of their exports showing a shrinkage of for the three months this year or at the rate of a month when the british shopkeeper is dropping fewer shillings into his till be is apt to go wild and it is not surprising that a loss of a month during three consecutive months of golden dollars that ought to be squeezed out of the american eagle should result in the issuance of instructions to the british merchants in new york to demand the immediate passage of the wilson bill charles it buckland |