The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-08

1873 they fell back nearly 10 those Of 1Qq-
us HItsularliE being caused BY the en-
actment OF tariff law which occa stoned
OFeTimpoTtauon in 1895 Just before the
law took effect The imports of 1900 are
. .5gvyg greater than those Of 1888. the
heaviest previous year With the 800
uon OF 1893. there has been a steady in
erase each year Tor the past ten wears
0uriug which the total has been RAISED
rom 81 w 6o5-sS in 1891 10 Slf3.O1S 1926 in
l5N IN me latter year. 2l.9 per cent Of the
States
For each Of the past five years. the
imports OF the Empire have exceeded the
sNePoIla 20 the average extent Of so So. -
$50. and the excess tends TO become stsiI
greater each year. being more than S+0 -
Vy.cy Tor the year under review
Although the trade Of the United
states with Japan exceeds that OF any
other nation. she having nearly one
J, urth Of the entire volume Of trade
there IS no American bank I'm the F,rn
pre-. and all business with the limited
states must be carried on through ma
tive or English banks.
i-Est year. the total exports 10 the
ht'r d states amounted 20 S2S Us 0s5 and
the total imports therefrom To S8I 255 -
20 -. making the entire volume OF trade
between the two countries S5T AZ 40 81
oI TINS amount. goods 70 the value Of
only Sh.5oi. i3uS, OF "A little over one
hhth, We're carried IN American steam
ers ana sailing vessels. the British car
y ing hIteeu times as much, or about
tve-tWelfths Of the entire trade OF the
Empire. while Japanese vessels did over
oue-thiTd. The following table shows the
number and TONNAGE Of vessels from the
uIt-t states and the three countries do
Ing the most u the carving for Jau1n-
csc commerce United States. IG5 steam
ttS- "-l.LN' TONS ~ sailing vessels ~ $50
tons. Great Britain. 1.5f2 steamers. g.
I39,l5f tons. Is sailing vessels so $50 tons
Japan. -.6i5 steamers. g 2.s3 e5- tons 6l4
sailing vessels. 56S5l tons. Germany.
~ steamers. Lnao.l1S tons. 10 sailing YES
sells. % ,l46 tons.
The total amount Of gold and silver
coin and bullion exported from Jauau
during 1900 was S2,-fuII-t3 10 which
there Is partial offset iu imports OF s5-
t9'.H'l-SS. leaving net export of S22.5l4
-'.'-'-- me net export 20 the United States
was N.Hi6.3i-3t being more than enough
20 settle the trade balance with our
country. although the total net export is
only little more than half the difference
10 tween ne total exports and Imports
For the first tIme In the history Of our
trade with Japan. the export Of specie t0
the United States has been greater than
that 20 any otEer country. II consisted
chiefly OF gold coin, with SlS lg2 80 in
American silver coin
ION October 7. 1885,, Japan changed from
silver 20 q gold basis Fortunately f,r
the country. The price Of silver remained
stationary for considerable period at
that time. and as the value Of the gold
yen adopted was equal to that Of the sill
Yer yen previously in circulation the
change was accomplished without dis
IuTblug business or interfering with con
tracts The transition did not Injurious
" affect the Internal trade and proved
very beneficial 10 foreign commerce with
sold-standard nations. exchange being
much SttadIer than before
The new treaties have now been in
force FOR nearly two years and foreigners
have suffered few of the Inconvenience
which they feared would follow this order
The most frequent complaint has been re-
s3ralug customs regulations and a re-
cent enquiry by the Jill Shimpo a ma
tive newspaper shows that there have
pren SrNrnty-SiN appeals from the drcf-
Sipus of customs officials. Of which TWEEN
JN-tour have been decided in favor of the
foreigners and ufJy-tWu in favor OF Off
Gals This indicates disposition on the
part or the Government 20 be fair. and
the friction has probably resulted from in
experience. and not from a desire To in
Jure or annoy the foreign importer
some complaint among foreign nG-r-
chants has arisen by reason Of the I'M
satisfactory working of the native courts
Unreasonable and veNatlous delays I'm
nearing and deciding cases have fire.
guently arisen. and IL is a common occur
renee for case 20 be adjourned FOR no
other apparent reason than that one 81
the parties Is not prepared with his cyl
dence- The methods Of pleading and rules
OF evidence and practice are not Of
character To secure speedy administration
or Justice, while the judges are uuderpaid
silly Inexperienced young men Ia
is hoped that these defects Will De