The evening times., 1898-06-25
OUR TRADE WITH CHINA.
Americas Sales This Year VIII
Show a Great Increase.

The rapid growth of our commerce with
China. a subject just now attracting es-
pecial attention, is shown somewhat In
| detail by a series of tables In the Latest
number Of the Summary of Finance and
Commerce. issued by the Bureau of Sta
tistics.
These tables show that our exports TO
China in the year just ending will be
about four times as much as in the fiscal
year 1890 and more than three times as
much as in 1895. The exports from the
United Sta:es to China in 1875 were s..
O3.si0 and in the fiscal year which ends
with this month, promise to be in round
numbers sl1.OtO.G00. But for the fact that
there has been reduction during the
past year in the values of many articles
exported. the figures for the present year
would be considerably greater than the
sum named. The exports of mineral oils.
for instance, have increased this year
more than 4.000,090 gallons over las:
year. but by reason of the decrease in
price. the total cash value falls considera-
bly, below that of last year. In nearly all
of the articles exported from this country
to China there has been an increase in
quantity in the fiscal year 1885 compared
with 1897 or any preceding year.
In bicycles. for instance the exports TO
China for ten months of the present fiscal
year amount to sel.6 Cos against sl1. iA in
the corresponding months of last year. IN
telegraph, telephone. and other instru-
ments of this lasstts- -axpests-ef -the-ten
months are 237i against $3.50 in the
same time last year. Carriages and cars
increased from sl,632 in the first ten
months of last year TO seS.fG3 in the cor
responding months of this year; fruits
and nuts from s1300i last year to s2S. .a9l
this year; canned beef from 30 Ss4 pounds
in ten months of last year TO 15S, us
pounds in the same time this year. bacon
from 1s002 pounds to 30,S15 pounds; hams
from 46, 033 pounds to S. $50 pounds: butter
from 16.311 pounds to 20,0s5 pounds. and
other articles in like proportion. In cot
ton cloth there is a reduction of about IL
per cent compared with last year. though
the total number of yards this year will
be nearly double that of 1896 and more
than three times as much as in 1885.
Our sales to China this year will show
an increase of more than 800 per cent over
those of 1889. while our imports from that
country show an increase of but 35 per
cent in the same time. Our exports of
merchandise to China In the present fis-
cal year are ten-fold those of the fiscal
year 1880, the total for that year being
81, 10l. 3S3 while that of 1895 Is likely to
be 81. 100000, in round numbers. Our to-
tai exports to all Asia this year Will
amount to about $45, ESQ co., being a gain
of 10 per cent over last year. more than
double what they were in 1890, four times
what they were in 1850. and more than
ten times what they were in 1870 OF
this total of $i5.00Q0oo. about one-th;rd
goes to China dn part by way of Hong
Kong, one-th.rd to Japan, and the bulk
of the remaining third to India and the
East Indies. In this calculation Of dis
tribution 1t is assumed that the bulk of
the imports into Hong Kong. which are
always heavy, are for China, the States
mans Year Book saying of the business
Of that port that 1t is VIRTUALLY q part
of the commerce of China"
The following table shows the leading
articles exported from the United States
to China in the last fiscal year. compared
with those of the preceding year:
f port, # domestic merchandise rom The United
States to China in the fiscal year 1897, compared
with 1SQ6