The Atlanta constitution., 1900-04-30
AMERICAN FLOUR ABROAD.
LARGE AMOUNT HAS BEEN SENT
OVER THE PACIFIC.
Our Trade in Breadstuffs with the
Orient Is Growing Very
Rapidly.

Washington. April 2t-(Special)-Th
announcement of a large wheat shipment
to Japan. sent from a Pacific port. lends
interest to some figures which the treas
ury bureau of statistics has prepared re-
garding the growing demand for American
foodstuffs and manufacturers In the
orient. Nearly $G.000,O0O worth of our -four
went to the orient last year, against
about 100000 worth in the preceding
year and nearly all of it to China, ia
pan and Asiatic Russia. the large proper
tion of that which reached China passing
through Hong Kong. to which is was ac-
credited in our export statements. snip
ments of breadstuffs in the form OF wheat
to the orient however. have been In the
past rare and the large shipment or
wheat inst announced shows the growing
demand for our breadstuffs in that section
of the world which buys annually Sl,VOO-
100000 worth of goods. and which has been
In the past taking less that per cent
of its purchases from the United States
Growth in the Orient.
That our sales to the orient are rapidly
growing, however, is shown by the latest
export statistics. They show that while
there has been a continued growth In our
exports during the past fiscal year. by
far the largest percentage of growth has
been In our trade with the orient. To
Europe our exports during the eight
months ending with February increased
5.4 per cent as compared with the CORE
spending months of the preceding fiscal
year; to South America 5 per cent; 10
North America. 1873 per cent; TO ASIA 80
per cent; to Oceania. 81 per cent, or 10
Asia and Oceania combined. ri per cent
while to Africa there was a slight reduc-
tion owing to the disarrangement of com
mercial conditions there by reason OF nos
tilities. Taking our exports as a whoit'
il is found that the increase during the
eight months has been per cent WINS,
as already indicated. the increase 10 As4d
and Oceania has been ii per cent.
This increase in our sales TO the orient
occurs in every country classlheu unuer
the head of Asia and Oceania, to emma
the increase being from S9,2i7,73S in the
eight months ending with February, 1SSS,
to $40 $50, 4S5 in the eight months ending
with February l9 to - 1he 9, BFisn a fo Hong S
Kong. from "a. 1872 072 to S5,l36,l62; 70 Brit
ish Australia. from 81, 525,365 TO SlI .9%l +]S
to the Hawaiian Islands. from $9,6VS'0o
TO $ j6.S59, and TO Japan. from Slgs2yo,SSf
In the eight months ending with Febru-
ary, 1899 to sls344,l79 in the eight months
ending with February. 1900.
Conditions in Japan.
This phenomenal increase in our ex-
portations to the orient and especially 10
Japan, is the more surprising because
of recent information from Japan which
shows that the general importations or
that country have been decreased under
its new tariff which is mildly protective.
The total imports of Japan in the year
1899 were 2202G ,G22 yen against 277.5O2, l57
yen in the preceding year, the value of the
yen being 45S cents. Thus it is seen that
while Japan is decreasing her general
imports, she continues to rapidly increase
her imports from the United States.
The remarkable growth of our exports
to the orient. however. only becomes fully
apparent when the figures of the present
exports are compared with those of a few
Japan in the fiscal year 1898 were but
81. l95. 49i and in 1889 they were Sl7 POI, 6SS
and seem likely to be S26.OO0,000 In the
fiscal year 1900 To China, our exports OF
1888 were $3go1,151 and in the present fiS-
cal year will be in round terms Sl5,oV0,Veo
To Hong Kong our exports during the pc
riod have doubled. being $4,2l6.602 in 1893
and promise to be over $S,OOOCOJ in the pres
ent fiscal year. To Australasia the ex-
ports of 1893 were $7.92l. 22S and promise
to be fully $2f.000,000 in the present fiscal
year. To Asiatic Russia the exports of
1898 were less than $4,000. but will reach
fully s., 900, 900 in the fiscal year about to
end. Even more remarkable, however is
the growth in our exports to the Hawaiian
and Philippine islands. To the Hawaiian
islands the exports of 1898 We're 80 S21 1863: /:
in 1899 S9.3C547O and in the fiscal year 1890
promise to be fully $12, goo while our
exports to the Philippines which in lS93
We're but $15i.37s Will in the present year
exceed S2,Wgc0. Considering our exports
10 Asia and Oceania combined the total
for the fiscal year 1898 is $27, ,421 ,S3l, for
1899. SlS,235,176. and for the fiscal wear
about to end will exceed sl00,000,00O