The evening times., 1898-10-06
OUR TRADE IN TEE EAST
Remarkable Increase in Ex.
ports to Japan.
RAPID AND STEADY GROWTH
Value of Goods Purchased From
America More Than Doubled in
Some CommOdities-TheC Commerce
With Other Countries Is the
Wane-China n Good Customer.

The steady and rapid growth of our
commerce with the Orient is illustrated
by statement just received by the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics. showing
the imports and exports of Japan dur
ing the first half of the present calendar
year. This shows that Japan'S pur-
chases from the United States continue
TO increase with rapidity, while in many
cases those which she has been accus-
toned TO make from other parts of the
world are being reduced
Her impOrtations of raw cotton from
the United States in the first six months
of 1898 We're l.. .I22 C6i yen in value, against
3,Su.s2S yen in the corresponding months
of the preceding year. the quantity be-
ing given in the six months of 1898 at
G59, 7l6 piculs, against lS4,025 piculs in the
corresponding months of last year. the
picul being equivalent To 133 pounds On
the other hand, the Importation of cot
ton from British India. whence most of
the cotton for Japan had formerly been
drawn. fell from 9l.62l piculs to 697.047
Inc total importations OF cotton into
Japan in the half year amounted TO ~
1O2,y63 yen in value, increase of a little
over 100000 yen over the corresponding
months of 1887; while the increase from
the United States alone was nearly 9O0D-
900 yen. showing a general reduction from
other parts of the world, while the i'm
ports from the United States were more
than trebIed.
Iron and Steel Trade
Our manufactures of iron and steel seem
to be especially satisfactory to the jap
anese, the increase in nearly all articles
OF this class being strongly marked
Imports of locomotive engines from the
United States Increased from S2i 0S9 ven
in the first half of last year to Las. .240
yen in the first half of the present year.
OF nails, the imports into Japan from
the United States increased from 8 261 S5S
catties in the first half of last year to
7i94, l91 catties In the first half of the
present year, the catty being one and
three-tenths pounds the total importa-
tons OF nails having fallen meantime
from 10, ,9@i. III catties in the first half of
last year 10 S154 ,033 in the first half of
the present year
The imports of bar and rod iron from
the United States increased from I6S U.s.
catties in the first half of 1897 to 1,O7I 1870
in the first half of 1898, while under the
head of 'other iron and steel the i'm
ports from the United States increased
S,il0 yen in the first half of 1897 to 49, 475
in the first half of 1898, the value of the
gold yen being i9.s cents.
Importations of alcohol from the United
States increased from 10 .2S3 yen in value
TO l65 .254: those OF cigarettes from PSI 09l
yen to SOL. $40; of beans and peas from i1i
yen to 1856, while other articles of this
class also showed marked increase.
Like American Watches.
The finer grades of American manufac-
lures also seem 10 be finding special favor
among the Japanese, imports of Ameri-
can watches having increased from 95,51l
yen in the first half of last year TO 165. .6sJ
yen in the first half of the present year
while our own records of expectations
show an increase in exports OF type
writers, sewing machines and other arti-
| cles of this class TO Japan in the fiscal
| year just ended as compared with those
| OF the preceding year
Returning TO our own statements of
| exports TO Japan, it is found that in the
| first seven months of 1925, our exports to
! Japan increased over 81 per cent as COM
| pared with the corresponding months of
| 1897. This increase was in large num-
| Der of articles Exports of books, maps
| ana itdSSd ilOiu |l--o-V W
| S14OS1, those of wheat flour. from 80 152
| barrels TO 96. $50 barrels; cycles, from S1,-
| 900 to S5S, III; clocks and watches, from
| SOS S34 to S10o. .09i; raw cotton, from ST.
| 400 157 to s., ,063, IT'S; hides and skins, from
| 4,00S pounds to 10000 pounds; instruments
| and apparatus for scientific purposes, in
| cluding telegraph and telephone, from
| SOL 901 to S111, ,25S; steel rails, from SASS
| to s9101l7; sewing machines, from SS27S
- 10 tlN.N,-
| to 6,949 pounds; kerosene oil, from a.,
| 97O,OSS gallons to 1920, 492 gallons; paraf-
| fine, from 2,5496 63S pounds to 1885, 713
pounds; butter, from A, 10 pounds to S.
| 5S4 pounds; cheese, from IA, $50 pounds to
| 49, 935 pounds. and a corresponding growth
in many other articles.
To China our sales also show a gratify-
ing increase in many articles. Exports
of flour to China which in the first
seven months of 1896 were 96S barrels,
increased to 1850 barrels in the cores
ponding seven months of the present
year Of bicycles the exports to China
increased from $3, ,2a5 to s12,65S while un-
der the head of Cars and parts Of
the increase is from s6.076 in seven
months of 1897, to s11,S3s in the CORES
ponddng months of the present year.
While there has been a slight reduc-
ton in the expectation of cotton cloths
in the seven months under consideration.
as compared with last year, the total for
the month of July, 1898, was SO per cent
in excess of July Of last year. and for the
seven months of 1898 was S9,2I51 139 yards.
against 59,911, ,O63 yards in the correspond
ing months of 1896.
OF canned beef the exports to China
Increased from SO 514 pounds in 1896, to
&C. 445 pounds in 1898: instruments for sci
entific purposes. including telegraph and
telephone, increased from 1920 to s27-
7S4. and manufactured tobacco from s12i-
S92 in the first seven months of 1897, to
s19S, ,645 in the corresponding period of
1898, while the total exports from the
United States to China in the month of
August, 1898, were 81. 432.211, against sT70.
595 in the corresponding month of last
year.