The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11
OUR TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA.
The Exports from the United States Have
DOubled in Five Years.

In the fiscal year 1904 the total exports OF
American produce and merchandise to Austria
liza we're OF the value OF So 100 900: in 1895 they
we're 81. 100000 in 1895 they were So 700, 900:
In 1897 they were S17.4O0000. and In 1898
they were $1S.000.000. showing an increase OF
moro than 100 per cent. in Ave years. while
the imports to the United States from Australia
were less In 1893 than In 1893. 1896. or 1897
These conditions seem unusual In view OF the
fAot that Australia is an English colony. the
chief mercantile business OF which is done with
the home country. and under trade and other
conditions which are naturally more favorable
to the interchange OF products. agricultural or
manufactured. with England than with the
United States.
The chief item OF American expectation to
Australia is petroleum. the average exporta-
tion OF which to Australia from the United
States amounts to about IL. 100000 gallons n
year. though recently that sum has been ex-
ceeded. The value OF exports Of American
petroleum to Australia is now about s.. 600. 900
consider able item Of expectation. and one in
that OF railroad cars and carriages This item
has increased from SITS. 900 in 1894 to 81 20
600 in 1893. The trade in tobacco with
Australia is considerable. Notwithstanding the
proximity OF tho Philippine Islands and
Sumatra, in which fine tobacco is pro-
duced in abundance. Tho American trade
with Australia amounts to more than
$l.OO0.0OO n year in cigars and to about
a quarter of a million dollars a year in
leaf and smoking tobacco. Sewing machines
TO the value OF 100000 a year are exported to
Australia and agricultural implements to the
amount OF nearly $5O0.O00. This item OF COM
merce has been steadily increasing OF recent
years. The Australian market for American
machinery has about tripled in three years
The explorations OF wire have increased since
1884 from 1875,OO pounds to l3.OOO.oOO and
it may interest some Of the critics of American
commerce In other countries to know that the
trade with Austra ia in canned provisions. 9TH
1893, and lell 70 $4,000 in 1895. and was only
cover much Of the loss in the future
In five years American trade with Australia
In leather goods has quadrupled. In marble
and stone it has tripled; in musical instru-
1t has doubled: in clocks and watches 1t has
more than doubled: in fishery products II has
increased I5 per cent, the chief item Of which
cradle, item OF American trade with Australia
IL In lamps and chandeliers, and since the
large development Of the American lum Dor In
dustries upon the Pacific coast there has been
q very large increase In the expectations from
Pacific ports to Australia Of American planks
and timber
The development OF American trade In the
Pacific and In Occanica through the acquisition
OF colonial possession cannot fail. it is believed
to add TO the volume OF American business with
Australia. already increas ing. The chief item
Of importation is now wool other imports from
Australia into the United States are gold in
some years.. hides. chemi lea 8. tin and coal. but
there Is practically no business done by Au-
stralia in manufactured articles with the
United states. though Australia is on the high
way OF American commerce from and to tho
Pacitc ocean ports.