YORKSHIRE LETTER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 4

YORKSHIRE LETTER.

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(From.Oar, Special .Correspondent.) . '■.. '-.."■-.;■. /Bradford, January 7, lSlpL'; .'.; Bradford's trade to a very largo extent is. .cosmopolitan in. character,, ttcro being.no : market in tho .wprld: to whiqh-. its manufac^.' ; tures.are not sent.,',; Almost ever:since tho,'.'•■ fjiyil "War;': across 'the Atlantic 'the;, .United: fitatea ha'sVbe'en'. regarded.'as'onb if "'the., ''plums" of thißi district,, that market' bb-V ing a most valuable-one to- the. whole of" the West.. Hiding, but inorb ■ particularly'. Worstedopoliß. Being .'an; English-speaking V, race, busine'ss'is' far inore'easily 'conducted ■ than, it btherwisoiwould'b'o, if .the' languagei". was foreign, and but rfor , tho high -tariffi- ■ imposedi .the/'trade Iwbuld f bo of ,_a'"jnoro'X" colossal character. ..'■H6wover,.%o' r rptur'na f i': for, 1909 cannot'/but nently-'satisfactory,; and/taking.' things,''asi:• a whole there is!much to encourage.-' neas .everywhere is/veryi sound,, .butr^mory!- 1 especially.-so in connection with jibe-raw-'' material.;. Shipinouts.-of-fully' made 'textiles:,', aro bound.to-suifersomewhat when a duty',is enforced of,loo to 150 per cent., andlthez wonder, is that -. even; the present -.- trado ' should;be done when'.such' a.tariff, barrier;.,: has' to, bo 'scaled.- >' "However,' 1 tho returns-'. show.completely, that';'thore'is-'a'grbwins,' s tendency on-.the part'of'thb United States i ■ manufacturers to 'coinei'outside; their owa. l: domains for the raw material,.this.-really;,' bcing:,an: echo : of the,,expinding.nature of - the; American .worsted-and-Woollen" induatry; . So; fair. so 'good,"and when I :.viewed &': -.' thißi'light; they/afford considerable encour-'-';- . ogement even to ''' the ■_ -American' - : textils" .•-'■'• trade', If 'mills and ;.machinery;' were ■ not'■:•' kept going, .'then their;own domestio :wbols',i<', vrould'.,be sufOoient;':.to'.-imeet.i'all.i'reQuirb- ! : ments, but,with a steadily expanding trade V the-'wools of other : countries "aro'.belriß" 1 ,- called upon..,.This;of itself;is.a,'splendid; ■ commentary.on-the''absolute need there is : '„ for the.pastoralists, of;tho'iWorld'-togrowV: more .•woQl i -.aod it is; certain' .that, although':/ Australasia.in particular has this iaßt few'years produced more'raw"ina-leriai;ye£'tho' ! : world's needs have-also expanded'atute-'as''; Qii A;;LAME.;;AGGKEckTmTOT.AL.f • • The outstanding;''feature' ot 'fhereturnV iir the",aggregate total \ of £4,209,6u6;' : this' beting., tho,. largest',under '■■ the': present: Dinglcy*--; Tarih*. : r As! ah' actual?fact'ohly• onlfive pre»ff vious' occasions ihave : the': exports; oxceededA.; four',m^U6n'•Storliag;•.namely,.'.in"lßßS,.when• , ''' ,£4,180,W8 t.worthv-of. 4 goods-;-were-, shipped:-'•-ieaj,. £4,689,034; •and;ia^, : ;,'£44li9,662, ; ithat,berf:•': ing, os ~far as, .wO;Temember,''tho'"'ltorrdl" ■ Tariff.. Then: followed the. M'Kinley Act;-:of ' ,;: ISM-to'tho-ehd'of 1894, when the. o'hipmehta--.; were serioußly-cutiuto; -In.-1895ithe:. , 'freei , i;'i wool".''TpVilsbn TariffVcaime'.into operation;?. when*.largo'. delayed shipments',, .were' made; :, ■ ! the'total thati year,.being'd,record-in';the; f history:.;of -Bradford's .America'n; tfadeji'thei' figures, ".amounting ;• to - £5,697,145;:.: The' fbl;-; : .' lowing year they droppedover'so per.cept.';''' while .in;'lß97, owing to, large anticipatory :, shipments being. made:'prbvlou's7; to: the m-'.'>. coining; of the Dingley: Tariif,'ithe' ■flgnres';;.; amounted.'to £5,028,467:- For several..yearsi i. ■afterwardß'-Bradford's .trado'iWith'-America l ; 'was : very'ilean, -it being •under two-million,-, ''• sterling,.for..;thei five.;succeeding,.years. - : ,.Ih,,\-.-1903;,: trade' begah : . to :mehd,-:'and;'ev'er-'since?: - the: .'annual :total * has.; been a rcfipectable'.'- ■ ono.'ibut nothing lika the figiircsi'for:, ! l9o9;"-' Oonsidoring'that there 'still"obtains,'a.-Very/ , high .'tariff' fate.'ytho'.returns .for lastiycar;-';-' aro';phenomenal, ataountingvtoi' £4,209,605;-,'.'•' compared with £2,335,011; in. 1908,'ior .an:in-'; : ., crease:-..0f- 80 ;i per. cent.;;-.,A11-. things: con-:/-: sidered,. wo say,the .returns for last~yearV. are'the' most ;rema'rl;ablei. of'any.-i'simplyi'v:; because' ; there has beeh'.no'-,unusual 'ovent '-

to causey such'an, increase. fj'«":SS''>'-';'<?::■■ ~;■ KECOKDWOOL SHIPMENTS, .jr; .-;;.'.'- - Looking.:over the' list"of" shipments,' raw.-* materials claim.' first attention'.-. In 'fact;?, raw. 'materials-are -being"-exported"' aniiually'in .increasing 'quantities■> to;-" the--United'' States, 'and^wbat-that/means': to,manufab--? tnrers'is.too;,well known,to enlarge.upon.; Wool.,; heads, the.4ist; Vl with a--.magnificent '- total 'of .£1,559.457, ,'conibared with -£532,209 '- in', 1908, ; -or,: an' increase of .£1,127,218.;r.1n!-; other <*ords. therwool shipments- last yeai* wero more : .than double'' those of - the' year'" previous, V&ndrthe''.inoro.ono"analyses them. tiioi-inore .significant ;do =thoy become!''•: One ; ; has to go back to-1397.t0 find' anything like-.' tho figures' seonilast.ycsjv.'that "free-wool". year holding ". the previous ■ record. with .;a shipment'of £1,783,JC0. ,; -'ln. -19C4.<wbol was : a Tory' big total; • .and considered'highly-, satisfactpry.'.wkon'.the-.flguros were: £822,895, '■ these, being •' year,, 'when';,they:, amounted ; to ,;£1,1(U;OT. Since 1 ,then'v;'our. ! 'sliipmenl«:.of: wool varibdH'b'eWi&h'-iSOWiOO: and:,-£9C0.000.; ari-v nually,'.while last'year, as' already stated,'a further. record j-waHestablished: '.-:.-■'-. .The .reader. may.;.not 'perhaps 'know, .but : . the duty wool is 11; cents per; lb., for-.colonial' greasy'descriptions,: and 12 conts'oniEnglish'"washed croSsbredsl, This;., as; everybody '.knoiWwaaloviedffor .the'solo-' piirjioso-.-,"of .protecting' 6heep'aha ..wpoL-inWrests..against. Uhe-onv! .6laught'V- of. ".English, '.;Australasian;; and'. Sbdth 'American,crbssbre'ds,'but.the'fact'.is": remarkable,'.''that; i;''hbtwith^ahding7~siich.' heavy -, : taxation;' increasing-quantitiea 'bf : both -'Homergrown i and'-foreign''wools "'.arebeing shipped aoross the. Atlantic.o/Duringi" the.-'free-Woor.V \V"ilson.Tariff.days'Am'eri- ■ can' manufacturers ; , tasted'; fully the • excel- • lent properties.of- merinos;and,croßsbreds:' grown, outside their otan States,'and., they have', never.'lrclinquiehed-'lusing \"th'em;,' and : never•;. will;;"':'..Under>:>:normal "conditions: America can:henceforth.be' looked l upon as , a.customervfor,;.at least, 1 a .-million pounds sterling;worthVofVforeigh-gfown wool. ondiV its'takings .-will increase. rather.:than diminish;. one- contrasts' the.".amount..of,' wool. shippe"d : to;' Ambric'a during the;last'-. six ::■ or; ■ seven.: years,' . upon" which, a';, duty, of 51d: per: lb. has - had:.toj bo- paid,";with' - the' -wool, purchased -j when it ■ .went-, in free, : therVis,"'tb"Bay the least,, an.,astounding,advance displayed." In'the table below we show .these, details,'\which;, are-well worth .' considering:—-'■t»','V'i'.''' :'; '].",<•.'.'':■.>.',■:•:■:

; '.';''. !.Exports under '"...v .Exports natter'-■ '~;-'!', ; -,0 Tariff,!; ■•'; ' ''.',. V-Nodiitybn. ■ '/> - : '.;*;':''Duty,'sj£! j>;': :; ''"';v //'..W001. :?tv!' :<•':■•:■ per lb: ;L"','-r.'.■•■;'..^/■■..'.'•v';-js.';i"-.V'-V'.*'f*''.':•-' :'."-.•!;£' v !;'' v ."■ 1895 '" ;r 1904 1 5>'^822,895^^.i 1896 305,600--- ; !-: i MOS: ; ■•M97:-.i~.'t'l,fM^Bo : - | ::'.-'''-19M , .Cr".''9IIO,fl«)';'-''i;''! : ■■.:,:.!.■,V. : -v. ', :■■■{::' i|''Y.V'-' 190?. ..i7;./;l908.200O.:a/. '■'-;.• -.;,i',.-.;;i - i90a.V.;...v i 832,209 >;%;■; :'i v!:>'vT-i..:;;'!,.:..".:,-ISO9/'...,. 1,959,457; vi sV .

-tO'-manufacturcd'goods; thoiex-'V; ports last-year,:wero, i sensiblyhigher,-..tlianw! In 1908,. ahd/alth'ough, fabrics. cost '.a trifle / : moro;':yctbbth/ih/voluine'an'd amount .'tha! returns'" are ' larger; ■•■':'k\ .very ..satisfactory";;; increase is''seeri in stuff'goods,-"amounting':''/ to' this-really ;.'"being'Bradford's ; ; staple-: trade -CDress .goods, while ;an ;im-//' proveiaeut.-.on. 1908,v,51i0%t :.a .vory/.'jsensible.';. reduction; 0n'1907; and .'..this! is ; to/be/re-,,-, ■gretted;-.'.'.lf! we ,'cbmo"- to": linings;' there'i is -'■;■ here.thb" highest total; fbr the: last; threo ,;- years; the figures -being very-"encouraging:.'';. Evidently the American; public! have taken! more to the wearing of good: solid wool lin-.., ingej than formerly.y./Ootton. goods also;'■ show,'a further improvement■;.by;!£los,976,.■'..; this-being mostly '.due to; linings;''At'the;' same- timci' those have"'dropped^tremen-> ; dously ; 'comparedv,with'. : ':l%7i;.'. ; j';:.':.':;'V .;sit'.; ':'■' not ,think;rWoi can..-.do ; ;beUer,|than;,' ; ; ' show in!, tabular., form-the" exports of these™,'!. important 'manufactures,- and.the. following."!: table'will-be found' most jUscfulfri: */''■;-:.

BXPOET OP/STCrFP:GQODS..i '■■■''.':': .''• r ''-'l^Pfcßß iiinlngi'f' Ct^L.;^-.^'■')'■ 690,928;"•:;••■' : ; •H»,lM>i?: ;..;.;j...:...;...::': 404,797-:;'■; 130,8870-:: . .:..:.!:.;;..:.;..... ; : 435,134 \.-i>:~ 317,096 •-,-

:\ '.'EXPORTS OF. .COTTON; OLOTHS:-w»; ■>' ■ 1906 iis,Boo ;^:''666,700 \& ; ': ' 1907 : •v..;.iV..—:.—... ( .-'i■ -721,800-i ; ;:;, ■'. ■ • 1908"...V.-.-:..-....;.->. '90,059 ■'■ : hV 331,712 s~; ,':;. 1909;,v,^..,..-.^-.v,'»y96.515V! :■:;'.;,431,234^;,;, ■ Worsted coatings look ; a more/respecV l ' able total, with £152,901,':;-a>mpajedi':with.' £69,672 in' 1908. the increase ;being'£B3,329. v The: ability.of' the. American manufacturer, ia- hero "acknowledged;'; Even" under; tho ■; M'Kinley ' Tariff, which was- considorodi-. practically", prohibitive,.-.worsted, .coatings .. were shipped:'• in, .1892\.-to • tuno.ipf.;: £1,089,600, hence.;oven.-lost year's Slightly: enhanced total is a "more bagatelle.-com-•;• pared with-'tho'-days'of old.. •,:'■ ;.|u/;.;,;>"; Mohair during the: lastfiew yearsv.haa.j been-an article of .commerce exported ;mora3; : largely to the.TJnitcd States..than formerly,,"; and last year's 'figures are again' slightly .■/ higher than the' year, .previous, nothing'near so large'.'na'.in. 1907,v-We' hear, =■ much- better -accounts- from. across; the 'heft; i ring pond- regarding the i popularity.; of; mo-; ■=,- hair'areas fabrics, and. no.- doubt-thenvis ;, a ; brighter : '.futuro; : for.:,this-article; ..The:\ establishment of /largo works in' Amorioa';; by one noted firm of spinners', and facturcrs'means a;larger. consumption, lastV\ yoar's total amounting with £33;100 in r l9oß. - ;'■ •■■• ;,-.■ :,;■,; V;? Wool markets everywhere oontnrao .ex»;V ceedingly Ann, prices; are alt unchanged f . and tho outlook continues good.; ;>-'.-.■■-'