The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-19
SHE LEADS THIN I'LL
United States Making Great
Strides in Expectation.
JOHNNIE BULL NOT IN IT
Has 35 Times as Much Trade
in Japan Alone.
JOHNNIE BULL NOT IN 1T

Washington, Oct 1S-The interest felt
by the great manufacturing and export
ing countries OF the world in the growth
Of exports from the United States and
their invasion of new fields is Illustrated
by a recent official report of the British
Commercial agent at Chicago. in which
he discusses the export trade Of the
United States for the last fiscal year. a
copy Of this report has just reached the
treasury bureau Of statistics. The trade
returns" says Mr.. Z. Seymour Bell, the
author of the report, show evidence Of
a considerable increase in exports to
Mexico, Central and South America, and
the West Indies. There are many indi-
cations that an attempt is about TO be
made to capture the trade Of South Amer
lea. Shipping facilities are being i'm
proved though slowly and every effort is
being made to draw more close the COM
merciaI relations Of the two American
continents. Particular attention is being
paid to the needs of buyers and the cOndi-
tons Of trade are being closely studied.
Everything that can give satisfaction 10
given 10 packing Of goods, and price lists
are circulated in Spanish with, in many
cases, prices quoted IN the current coin
Of the country per 100 kilos. The ad-
vantage Of this to the customers cannot
be overestimated.
The report then quotes extracts from
leading newspapers of Chicago and New
York, in which the statistics Of the eX-
port trade for the last fiscal year are pre-
nd os111r oh
growth Of exports to South America and
those showing the establishment of new
steamship lines to operate along the Pa
ciac coast of North and South America,
and adds:
The states on the Pacific Coast have
chiefly benefited by the increase Of trade
with South America. The new steam
ships trading between Pacific ports Of
South America and Pacific ports Of the
United States, due perhaps to the new in
terests acquired in the Pacific Ocean,
greatly facilitate the trade between the
several countries. The development of
railways in Vnezuela, Colombia and Ar
gentaina, often with American capital,
has also greatly aided the expansion. In
al probability this increase viii continue
especially If the plans Of certain Ameri-
can investors are carried out. The whole
Of South America only takes about
United States, but they are increasing.
The increase in trade with Chile is con-
sidered particularly gratifying as it was
unexpected. Chile is recognized as one
of the most prosperous and most progress
sive countries in South America, and it
is expected to have a great future. The
desire to increase trade with South Amer
lea is very keen, and there is probably
no part of the world where greater efforts
al bnfr tn obj a SIM a a.
Not only has the trade been very small
but in most cases the South American re-
publics have been selling to the United
States more than they have been buying.
Particular attention is being called to the
trade in elton goods. That the United
States should have only sold in 1900, to
Mexico, Central and South America cot
ton goods or the value of s3,605.269. while
the United Kingdom sold to these same
countries similar goods of the value Of
SIS 007.5Cf causes amazement, taking into
consideration the fact that the United
States sold to the United Kingdom raw
cotton worth about Sl00 geo 600. merely
mention this in order 70 indicate an i'm
portant line Of goods where severe com
petition may De expected
The report also discusses the growth Of
the export trade from the United States
to Japan, which. 1T says. lis becoming
an important importing country Of Amer
lean goods" The report then quotes
tables showing the total imports of Japan
and the total from the United States and
United kingdom, respectively, at quin-
quennial periods from 1881. tt shows
that the imports into Japan from the
United States have risen from 1,76l,IoS
yen in 1881 to g. 761 1855 yen in 1900: and
that the imports into Japan from the
United kingdom have only grown from
740 sen in 1881 TO 1,63S,2l9 yen in
1870. Thus the United States exports to
Japan were in 1900 more than IS times as
large as in 1881, while those of the United
Kingdom to Japan were less than five
times as large as in 1857.
Commenting upon this phenomenal
growth ia the exports from the United
States. Mr. Commercial Agent Bell says:
If We make comparison between the
quantities of certain merchandise export
ed this year with those exported the year
previous many q useful lesson may be
learnt After reviewing the growth OF
exports of manufactures IN leading ar
UClcs. he saws: THAT the United King
dom makes such n Door showing in COM
petition with the United States is due
almost entirely to the use Of more per-
feet and more economical machinery in
this country. BY improvements in meth
DDS Of manufacturing and close attention
10 the wants OF buyers. there should he
no difficulty in competing with the United
States. As regards heavy steel goods
such rs rails, structural material etc,
the abundance and Chcapness OF raw ma
terial ~ the United States makes CONNIE /
tition more difficult For finished ar
ticles such as machinery. etc. Il IS more
a question Of economy Of manufacture
and design than in the first cost Of ma
terial- In this country Of high wages +
ana IN many cases Ions railway carriage /