The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-01

"'.oS 'tdteuieut thS foiioWinS cOmprehenGve
abftraet:
CHINA TRADE---P.r of Canton.
American Trade in the year 1905.
IMPORTS. EXPORTS
1865 l-2 pee. ginfang s,74s,492 lb. tea
z'ozo,eoo dollars l,247o77 ps. nankeens
1927 pee. black wood $500 p. China ware
l'27o land otter nsins 5000 pieces fix
1o,62l beaver do. I,644 peculs CaIia
i'25o rabbit do. 3I4 do. fewing fix
1888 fea otter do 1926 do f;,u,r
2s7'4i6 Zeal do. SO do. rhubarb
1889 fox do. 1926 fans.
Tn the year 1904
$3.50 pee. black wood 6,7996e5 lbs. tea
1926 lea otter Dins l,656ooo pieces nankeen
29o's6e ieal do. 22o5 pee. China ware
1850, 500 dollars S7i3 do. Ca0ia
e75 pee. ginfang 5s4 do. Sugar
'4,S67 do. Cotton 1874 do. sill
40 do iron 81 do. Rhubarb.
AMERICAN IMPORTS IN 1905.
1869 pieces Dutch Cambets; 27I pieces Englifh
Camblets 9S4 pieces Long Els 1886 pieces Cot
ton; lo3,2S3 pieces Seal ikns; 3o84l Beaver
icins; 6S765 pieces land Otter lins $3.50 Tea OF
ter tails; S27 Rabbit ikins; lis Fox fkins 99is
Peeuis Black wood sst Catty birds nefts 1o5
Peculs Quicksilver 662 pecus of iron SCI
do. Cinfang l5l4k peculs Dollars.
AMERICAN EXPORTS IN 1905.
l733 pecuis Nankeens IS catty Nanleens 90 ps
100000 ps. 442k peculs fix so per peeul is
26,5oo ps. 2loO dolls. is pecu 1905 3 pecnls
is 3367s9o dolls. 3l249 peculs SO catty, p Or
ehet oZ94S or. cheits green :
o'izf 90 571I3
or. chefs black tea
Expectation to particular Parts in 1904.
TO bottoms, 90 Peculs black tea-2,45e do green
tea-s7o do. China ware-744 l. do. caiIia. 1887
do. nankeens-l6 do. lugar-4O DO rhubarb TO-
600 fans-l2 l-2 peculs fix.
TO NEw-YoRK-6,l2l peculs black tea-6, % do
green tea, 6s4 do. China ware $50 do oafiia-
1867 do nank eens-l 9 do fugar-42 l-2 do fix.
TO PHILADELpHiA--2,59Op eculs black tea---IoO25
do green tea-6is do. China ware---I 1877 do cat.
iia---5,oso do. nankeenslo do. fugar---l do rhu-
barb---77 do. fix
TO BALrIMoRE-l 500 peculs black tea Q o24 do
green tea, COG do. China ware, 200 do cafia. 255
do nankeens, $50 do. fugar, do. rhubarb, I6 do.
fix.
TO rUsorE--lo7e7 Pecul' black tea, ,o5s do green
nankeens, do. fugar, G do. fix.
IMPORTS IN 1904.
BY EngG6 comp. BY Eng. country Bis5.
Cotton 56.o49 pee. Cotton 1856, so7 pee.
Cloth 1888 Piec. Madr. cloths 1888 do.
Sandal woed 81 pee. S. wood .es4 do.
Lead 96,7lo do. Rice e,ool do.
Giniang do
Furs 1ol 400 Gkins
Long ellis 25S,75s piec.
dollars 455 pee.
EXPORTS.
By Engii6 conn., By Emo. e,y,t,, H;s,
265.443 rec's. Tea gro 90.
500 do. Cafia 4,s25 do (,a0ia
2,o69 do. Nankeens 2.oo2 do. Napkeens
So4 do. Sugar 29,663 do. SUGAR
'S9 DO. Moth. pearl 1879 do. Sug. Candy
1000 de. Camphor.
Na have taI a.
The trade of 1905 is not at all exhibited.
From the preceding Tables, we rejected
many minor artio les.-The following are 4 few
OF the many reflections, which this fubieet is
calculated to fupply.
The aitonihing progrefs of our trade with
China refutes one of fir c.. Staunton's favour.
tie petitions. He admitted the general prin-
cipe, that commerce ought to be AS little
.hackied as pofiible by unnecefary reifraints ::
but commended that the Chnefe commerce
was an exception TO the rule. To induce
a .Ch'nefe merchant to have his goods rea
dy for your veffel, when it arrived at Canton.
It was not enough for him to contract with
hngIe Englifhman. whole refources law in
diitant country, and might fail him, ere his
goods were completed. Hence The infersl the
heceihty OF an incorporated company. whole
capital was injured by the number OF lis part
ner', and Whole agents might refide at Canton.
But this allertion is difproved BY the great prof
perlty of our own trade, which has tbriyen
without the Intervention of commercial com.
Pany. Iii dilproved too by the Jingle fact, that
10 great is the quantity of goods brought to
the Canton market, that A few of our mer-
chants have been perfsaded to take goods A.
mounting to leveral thouland dollars, on a er,.
dir of teveral months.
The principal articles which we exchang.
for the productions of China are DoXars. Gin
f'ng, and Pehry which is chiefly obtained on
the N. Wet coat Of America.
The turn total of dollars which was emplov-
ed ny usin this trade during the at wear, was
1914 l-2 pecul', which at 2loo dollars Der
pecul, are equalto 3,l8O,45o dollars. Let the
whole of this fun be fuppoled to be exported
rom the U. States, and let Mr.. Blodget's Sta
utlcal table be correct, which climates orr
msfHIte medium during the lat year at 1s. ooo.
600 dollars, and it will follow that orr la(f
years trade TO China confirmed more than one
iixth of orr whole coin.
ms annual fhipment of dollars is a complete
reputation OF an opinion, once 70 popular A.
tnong the merchants, that the wealth of a conn
~ commits in its gold and FLYER. For where il
tncre country on the earth, whole frides
towards wealth are 70 rapid and wondrous 40
our own 90
ihis var influx of dollars into China muG
Ultimately reduce their value, and of conf
,,he'r importation. The difproportionate va
iue winch hiver has to gold, is the principal