Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-05-29
KANSAS clTY's IMPORT TRADE.
orronrt MITES Tu,r AWAIT IN.
TEttrRIsiNG ENGiisuMrN,
An Intcrc.ting Article h, Wee Cons
sui Philip u. hnrroueh In tt ion-
don rubiicntiun-Nniuc OF
the Principal Imports.

In Its Issue Of May =. Commerce. n
London financial AMI trade journal. Of
wide circulation. has % t~wo-pHrc article On
The Trade Of Kansas The title Is or
roncous, as the trade OF Kansas CITY was
meant. The writer is Philip Il. Burrough.
British vice consul at his port. Ills pur-
pose. Of course. In compiling the data
which fills the sketch Is TO show Britleh
business men how great tho opportunities
are In the Southwest. He says: THE
British vlcc consulate, Of which Kansas
'iiy Is the seat. includes. besides the states
OF Kansas, Missouri. Nebraska and Colo
d the Indian and Oklahoma Territories.
as the city Is their nearest and natural
wholesale market.
Large quantities OF essential oils, caus-
tic soda and s%altpetre are used In connec-
ton with the staple Industries. These Inn
ports, are mainly Brit sh. and | think IL
,nSrd de- (, great advantage to British
inodites direct, and sell to the consumer.
In this connection it should not he forgot
ten thnt often rates can be obtained lower
wa the Gulf Of Mexico than by Atlantic
coast ports. The production OF oatmeal is
becoming an important Industry. ave very
large mills are In fun work In the vicinity
anu preparations are being made to export
Very shortly the first shipment OF fruit
" 10 be made on the sterilized air system
OF preservation. This invention has been
'HhAa rA'hA ttANA'FN ia lAF
and 4 1t should prove as successful as Is
anticipated, +; viii enable Australian meat
companies to compete viii American.
Among the goods In which / think Brit
!sh merchants might Improve their trade
MID TINS country may be mentioned TIN
ipods toi GiaTthf aa GGiSksilver eagsi,c
netre, fullcrs' earth. furs. ammonia and
sulphur, carpets, WOODEN goods and knitted
goods. Tho operations of British traders
misht ndvnntagcously be extended from
me Eastern states to this country. where
better prices for manufactured goods can
be obtained.
The Importation of carthenwnrc, crock
cry, china and glassware was three times
was Hest. This could easily be doubled.
] Know of no branch of business that has
such future as this for British merchants
In this Western. country. 1t mas be n dem
onstrated that British tinplates outlast the
American product. They do not rust as
bright. are of more real value. AS Kan
saS city uses more tin than any other city
n the states lfor packing, II Is obvious
that i would be we'll worth the while of
special attention. The %tinplates imported
here from Great Britain in 1893 were LEI
o5 pounds; value. tlO,9l5; In 1885. s,7i.s5l
duty is I'D per pound. Furs were Imported
for the first time last year to the amount
of 2,l36. The custom house records show
lery.. Autographs, books, silks. laces, en-
broideries, tobacco, wines, musical lnstrti-
ments. paints and oils, As regards bind
ting Irvine II is a staple article, many mil
lions of pounds being sold annually. the
Standard going ut I'd per pound and
'Slsal' at Cd per pound. British merchants
might secure n share of this trade by look
The article is filled with figures bearing
on the various industries and products OF
this section.