Evening star., 1901-07-12
NATIONS
Increase in Exports for the Past Fiscal
Year.
IT AVERAGED 100000 A MONTH
Apparent Decrease Of Shipments
to Pacific Ocean Countries.
EFFECT OF THE WAR IN CHINA

The Pacific ocean IS the only spot which
presents an. unfa-orable appearance in the
study of our commerce in the fiscal year
just closed. In all ether parts of the world
the figures of our exports show a large in
crease. To South America our exports
have increased $1,000. 600; to Africa, s6.0O0,-
OOo; to North America. S1OOOOOOO, and to
Europe Si0b090BW during the eleven
months ending with May. 1901. COM
pared with the corresponding months of
the preceding fiscal year; while to Asia and
Oceania there is apparent reduction
of over s2o,oS0.0oo. But this appearance Of
a reduction In our trade with Asia and
OceanIa Is more apparent than real. In
fact, if the exact figures of our exports to
the Pacific countries and islands could be
given they would show little if any de-
crease. despite the fact that the conditions
in China have cut off one-haif our exports
to that country and that the over-pur-
chases of cotton IN Japan last year re-
duced for time our total sales to the
Yankees of the orient. Our total exports TO
Asia and Oceania in the eleven months
ending with May, 1900. were, in round
terms. S1o1 100000. and those of the cor
responding months of the present fiscal
year only S16.H0,O00-an apparent short
age of S23,0o0,o00.
No Statistics on Exports to Hawaii.
This is chiefly due to the fact that the
treasury bureau of statistics has been un-
able to present any figures of our exports to
the Hawaiian Islands during the fiscal year
owing to the fact that the Hawaiian Is
lands are now considered a customs district
of the United States and that exporters to
those islands take advantage of that fact
and decline TO furnish the information for
merly supplied under the law, which re-
Quired all exports and imports to be stated
when passing out of or into the country,
but which does not require a statement of
movement of merchandise between ports
and customs districts of the United States
A careful study of our exports to the Ha-
waiian Islands, however, justifies the asser-
tion that the total for the year will be fully
s20Oo0OOO, and this If added to the total
Of our exports to the other Pacific islands
and countries, would bring the total within
S4.UO-WO of that of last year.
The fact that our exports to China have
fallen about s6,0Oo.6OO below those of the
preceding year, and that this decrease is
admittedly due to the temporary Conditions
which existed In that country In the first
half of the fiscal year is of itself sufficient
to explain the remainder of the shortage
ana TO show that the figures of our exports
to the Pacific would, under normal condi-
ti0ns, have shown the same increase which
has characterized them in all other parts
of the world.
Unusual Shipments to Japan.
To this however, must be added the fact
that Japan took from the United States
last year an enormous over-supply of cot
ton, the total for the year being ST. 712, 600,
against $4,000 in the preceding year;
and the result of this over-purchase Of cot
ton last year has been an abnOrmaIly small
purchase in the present year. the figures
for the eleven months ending with Nav,
1891. being S2.SS9.241. against s12 eg914S in
the corresponding months of last year. OF
all other articles Japan has taken from the
United States her usual supply In China
the partial suspension of purchases from
the United States has been merely tenn
porary, and trade is now being resumed In
Its normal proportions.
in the Hawaiian Islands the apparent re-
duction is entirely fictitious due to the alb
sence of official statistics; while the actual
volume of exports to the Islands has in
creased and not decreased To other parts
of Asia and OCeania the figures of the year
show an increase; to the Philippines a
million and half dollars; to British Aus
traiaSia. two millions; to the East Indies
two millions; to Asiatic Russia a slight in
crease over the corresponding months Of
1sti. but something below the figures of
1855, III which year the total was above
the normal
Average Increase Per Month.
comparison OF the growth Of our ex-
port trade with that of other nations of
the world shows that the United States in
the fiscal year just ended has made the
greatest increase. During the avaiIllIe
portion of the fiscal year the increase IN
exports from the United States has aver
aged nine million dollars per month: that
of the united kingdom three millions per
month, Russia. three millions: France two
millions, Canada, two millions: Austria
Hungary, one million: Mexico, one million
Germany, loss of TWO millions per month;
Spain, a loss of two millions per month
and Belgium, a loss OF one million per
month.