State of Trade in England

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 103, 8 March 1887, Page 3

State of Trade in England

[Times London Correspondent.] - ' ! London, January. 12. Trade is in a condition of eqili briuni. The fond hopes of a few mouths since have, not beeu released, = and the Board j of Trade returns, whilst showing a alight improvement in imports, are u«t favorable in exports, aad tbe decline for the. past twelve mouths, as lompare J , with previous years* c< mtinu'es, though iv a diminishing ratio. Tlie-reix a; decided 'stiffening iii the metal markets, ami buyers would do vrtdl to be <m tb.«' alert. As already mentioned, metals Lava an upward lenuenej', specially tin which has been rising fur a long time past, and eoppur is sympathetic. JSo wo are just ho|n;---f ui^-uiul u<it hy any uteau^ riutspouih'iit. Of wiurse the woollen tntde, aa every i one knows, is iv a proKpt-r><us ton ditiou, and though uu T.uubt the extraordiiiHiy fliu-iuiitiona in price during the year have tended tv nicreabt) the temjKirary demauibi, yet thei^e is a large . permanent business going ou. VVork- people in nearly all tu-uuciies of the trade in Yorkshire are largely employed, and "everything promises well fur tbe remainder of the winter. The qualities of -goods pniduwd,.«*pec ially ; ftir nieh'a wear, are of unc'xauipled exueileuce, liiid *heHe gO4»ds are spreading in every market despite- of prohibitive tariffs, especially iv Aiiierica, . The turnout : now is. fourfold what it was 20. years ago, and : much, .of the success attained is duenot only to improveKd machinery, but to the technical education imparted in the schools to artizans and mauufacturt rs. This_ is the most encouraging news we can write, because it^shows that the etftjrts now being made in v every direction to impart special training touaur work-people ar^ beginning to , tell, and it will be the means of recovering that; lost ground which insular, prejudice and a foolisn notion that an Englishman wanted no . teaching, .from foreigners, are so largely responsible for.