The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-02
ChiDa's Growing
Foreign Trade


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| 400
Inc ior''Rh 'Faue OF emma curing the year 1879
vas was ''''' 'tll"'u ny reinarhdoIe ueIeIopneh.'
anu anu n,y''"an'S' po'h foreign ana native, HirHe
"',.uSo',e Pion'S III a'iloSV every OIdtcl' me
rise 10 no iinmGuiate iearS' exchange renamed
r'i''lN'p'E Scauy' 'he rice crop was aDuhuanVi
s"c Ti"lnE N'''"'r "ull"H 'nG critical pe'lou
| W. '' sun "'i"'H was "''usu"i's i"'ol'ule' anu
| N''P' ,'' i''iuueSce.'e VI piracy ol ,i'e "e''
| ,i'Ct "ar'c "'it no uis'uI DdhceS 10 cnecN 'nS
| iaue' rue E'"'"S'ne result was 'n"' Tue year
ot', an previous ieCotuS anu sno"eu All au'a"ce
| "l'i''u' P''''u,i'' lne tot'l uSue was ,Siucu
| al "'lh"an tae'S foO'o5o'2Ho, rise oi hdihWah
| tae'' "'io'"oo on lo's, ana more thah double
| Tue nEu'es lor l''o' me ln'einSi uaue vi the
| NO"""! was 'i'' u'iu9u",,9 D'iSA' anu 'he '"'
| por'oh' chahEeS Whicn VIII oe Drought ABOUT uy
| 'lc 'A'cIlS"I' VI rail"ays nave aireauE oeen
| t''''" -N'N'"""'S anu re" iS," h"'e P'o'"p'
| ~ responded 10 the stihu'us oi oe''er means Oh
| communication, anu lhe t'aue at THESE Por's mas
| .'"Pcu lor"'ru' ai'Housh tne lo'!i,tr sunereu
from a severe outbreak OF plague IL is iound
t,'"' l'iheu,ateF ualhS oesih 10 run districts
| ''"ouR" "iiIc" 'mcre was comparative! niue
ra"'c' Su'n as r"otinE anu reh'h, suuueh'y
| commence 10 mum win ne ana acuVity' ana
| ."'rc springs up hourlsh'hg traue "ihch was
| '"'"'t'S u""''d"lV ol anu i'iPoSs.oie ior want
u" rH'"P transport nc russian Hhe mas oeeh
| t"'"I,c''" "S l1r nor'n as NouNoeh' anu the sN-
| "'''''naiE i''"mcSa o' Ni'h'huild VIII SUM pe'
| come e'lueht' me Luz ralI"ay' from feAih
| I" iahho"' "'aN'S S't"u| Pr"EicS9' MIthlh SIX
| "o'''"S ~ Is cNP'c'tu 'hat trains VIII DC run
nl"R as idr sou'h dS 'hlhStlhs'
|
| As "Hat was "rl''eh last year concerning
| '""d lorelEn Taue was crl'lc'Sed III some
| quarters as 'oo "P'li"l''I'' 't-ilat pe well 10
| point out that 'he report dealt with the condl-
| 'Hhd hall"haI interests ana prosperity ana
not rom 'he point "t view OF tne lhdlNlduai
| foreign mercnantS' VINO hhdS the volume OF traue
| 10" restricted Tor the amount OF competition en-
countered' 1t Is true that the trade when the
| p"'''plIltcS are c"hSlaoca' Is OF small uineh-
'lohS' uut the iu'ure IS distinctly DriGht' the
results to be expected from the coming rail-
! ways are calcuialeu lh'Se 'hIhcse, Hoh 'he
hlGhe't 10 the lowest are TRADERS ny instinct
ana are prompt 10 tahe advantage OF every OPP
p"rtumty OF Proht 10 form an lnea OF What
| nture prospects are II is talr TO make COM
| P"lsoh WIN lhdla, Inc areas OF the Two en-
very similar, But China has larger, more in
INDUSTRIOUS ana more lhtelilgeht popuIatlon;
WhiIe' on the Whole' the country Is Probably
more lerllle ana possesses greater mineral re-
sources IN the FORMER country trade Is assisted
ny G"ou r""uS rai"ayS ana lshlheSs OF an'
| Nchce OF 'aAa'oh' III the latter at present, IL
is hampcred by directly opposite conditions The
result Is that the exports from lhdla are worth
three times the exports from omna' Nlth equal
opportunities which the building OF railways
ana opening OF mines VIII hrng about this
discrepancy should disappear Inc year lo9o mas
shown IN striking manner what an advance Is
made when circumstances are propiuous As
VIII be shown later' the year was favorable 70
| exports, ana we nave as result TO record IN
each direction highest hgures ever reached.
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The net value OF the import trade was haikwan
taels 2A,74S,i56, being an advance OF haikwan
tacIS 5o'l@',l22 over the previous year, and
double the hgures Tor lSO. OPIUM OF all kinds
| Jumped from i0'S5 to 53loo plculs and realized
most renumerative prices. Both importers and
native dealers made large prohts' The reason
Tor this remarkable increase IN trade which
has been steadily dying out was probably due
to bad crops OF the native drug. The Chinese
government has been warned OF the evils which
are resulting from the improper use OF THIS
drug, and steps are now being taken to have the
importation restricted
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The trade in cotton goods, which has remained
practically stationary for three years, made a
great advance, the value having risen from haik-
wan tacls 77,6lss2i to haikwan tacls lo3,4G5,Ois.
It would be tedious to particularizc all the
gains which Will be found on reference to the
table Of imports, where it will he seen that
every article mentioned, with the exception Of
grey shirtngs Gnsgnihcant decrcasc), T-clohs,
English and Dutch jeans and English yarn was
imported in quantities exceeding the figures for
ls9S, As regards the falling of in Tcloths, it
is explained that their place is being taken by
what generally known in the trade ICON,
tinenths," which are included in our returns