Our Trade With Europe

The trade of the United States with European nations hassteadily increased f or years past, partfculartj in the export line, until it lias attained a magnitude far bi'}ond the most sanguine anticipations af tlie past. Our commercial relations wilh Groat JJritain and Irwland are on a ïmicli more extensive scuic Ukim with any otlier country, our exporta Uiereto in 1880 reaching the enornious ïnoney valueof $45;.79G,497, and our importa therefrom $210,613,69 1 making a total ooininorce of $G(54,41(1,191, agalnst $100,251,911 in 1870. 'rile great bulk of our exporta to Qreat Britain consists of iirciidstuO, cereals, provisions, and otlier produets, demonstruting clearly the graaft inoportauce of the afiricultural intercsts oL the United States. Our trade with France shows ,i rcniarkable gain, rising from a total of $88,287,385 in 1370 to $1G9(407.45G in 1880, of which !?100,OG3,044 were exports and $69,34 1,112 were imports. Ilere we lind, ás in the case of Crcat l'iuitain. a srreat nreDonderance of export s over import, :md it will be seen that the balance of trade in favor of the United Stiltes with these two nations alone is something startling. Gcrmany ranks next in import anee in our Europea u conmierce, the trade between the United States md that country flguring for $109,273,500 in 1S80, against $69,304,108 in 1870. The total of 1880 was divkled toto $57,(M)2,2t:5expoitsand $52,211,237 iniports, showing that our trade relations with tl ie. (iennan Kni]ire werc more. evenly li;ihuiceii tlian with the otter great coniineiciul !ountries Of iMirope. Little Uelgium occujiies (juili a eonspiciious poaition towarda us in the matter of our Eui'opean trade. In 1870 our comnjercé with Bèlgium aggregated $10,195,778. but in 18S0 it had swelléd to $45,94"),64.r), a greal per centage of gHil). Passing to the otlier countriea cf Báropc, we lind Miat our trade is of niiicli less iiiiporlance Hum with those already naiiiccl, altbougË i. has crcasi'd vciy inateiially wjlhiii the per(h! ol' alidiil t'ii years. With tbe N'cthcrland.s, lor instaure, our trade has increased to $24,151,185 fwm $7,71 1.757 in 1870; wiüiTUly, to $22,670,:i8 froni $13,116,219; with Jsguin, to $19,710-808 from $13,420,748; with Knssia, to 13,994795 fnmi $5,775,907; with Portufaf, to $5,366,433 from l,8(J9,y(j(); with Denmark, to $4,810,795 from $l,8t:!,940; witli Austria, to $3,861,830 from $1,580,10;; with Sweden and oi way, to $3,075,Üü(J from $1,280,273, and with Greece to $596,95f from $80,001. Tutky ahowed a decreas.t from $8.257,032 in 1870 to $3,114,43S in 1SSO, aïthough in one of the intervcning years, vrhen we supplied her with a large imoinit of munitions of war, the total ran up to $9,767,518, chiefly exporta. The same was tlic oase wil h Greece, wjieu in 1878 the total roae to $5,166,77J.. These figures fonn an iulereatiiig study for the incichant and the ppliiical econm at. They nvey at i glance tlie great progress made ly the Dïiited Statsa asa commercial nation within a coinparatively brief ])cii(l of tiiiic, and alïord matter for genoral congratulation. Hot springs arè gemeraUy loumi wbqre Uie rncky struuture admits of easy eoinnnmieation with subterráneas watrs. TUe ranga al teiaperatuíí of the watcis is tiiund to le f'ar bigher n tlie western regions of the United states than in the eastern. The [ntzoduoUon into dyeing and calicó ]iri]it!i{í of tiift colors obtained fruiii coal bil" has caiisel quite iirevolntion in tli(s arts, tlie proceesea having beconie more simple and the facilities IncraoBed for obtainlng every variety of tint. If a pieoe of Un be bent it eniits a sound; this, being legarded as ft property peculiar to tin, lias been tèrined the "cry oi' tin." 'J'liis phenoinenon is explained by tin; peculiar crystaline structuie of the metal.