The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-12
AMERICAN EXPORT TRADE.
The Only Decreases an the Statistics
for Asia and Ocennic.

for Asia and Oceanic.
The following report concerning the
export trade Of the United States was
issued today from the Bureau Of Sta
tistics of the Treasury Department:
Tho Pacific Ocean is the only spot on
the statistical map Of the world whth
presents an uHfavOrabie appearance in
the study Of United States commerce IN
the fiscal year just closed. To all other
parts Of the world the figures of exports
show a large increase. To South Aueri-
ca orr exports have increased 5000. NjG:
To -Nfica, z5,ooG,cg0; To North America.
SlG.o@ 600 and to Europe 500. 90 eo]
during the eleven months ending with
May 1901, as compared with the CORE
spending months OF the preceding fiscal
year. while to Asia and Oceania there IS
an apparent reduction Of over sZ6.G}1.0Ua.
Hut this appearance Of Il reduction in
our trade with Asia and Oceauia is more
apparent than real In fact. if the exact
figures Of our exports to the Pacific
countries and islands could be given tbe,,
would show little II any decrease. de-
spite the fact shat the conditions in China
have cut off one-half our exports to that
country ana that the over purchase. of
cotton in Japan last year have rnomen-
tarily reduced our total sales to the
Yankees of the Orient
Our total exports to Asia and Oceania
IN the eleven months ending with Nav.
1900. were. in round terms. sI9I, O0U.69g. and
those Of the corresponding months Of the
present fiscal year only $4,000, OCEAN ap-
parent shortage of S25.600.0gg This is
chiefly due to the fact that the Treasury
Bureau of Statistics has been unable to
present any figures Of our exports to the
Hawaiian Islands during the fiscal year.
owing to the fact that the Hawaiian Isl
ands are now considered q customs dis
trict Of the United States and that ex-
porters to those islands take advantage
Of that fact and decline TO
furnish the information for
merry supplied under the law
which required all exports and imports 20
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
u careful study of our exports to the
Hawaiian Islands. however. j1stifies the
assertion that the total for the year will
be fully $20.c1J601. and this. if added to
the total Of our exports to the other Pa
cIfic islands and countries, would bring
llAI lDLcA nlI4tl41 SfsEly-yJI VI lLldl VI ldot
year. The fact that our exports to Chi
IA have fallen about 100000 below those
Of the preceding year and that this de
crease Is admittedly due to the tempo
rary conditions which existed in that
country in the first half of the fiscal year,
Is OF itself sufficient 10 explain thu re-
mainder Of the shortage and to show
that the figures Of our exports to the Pa
cifc would, under normal conditions.
have shown the same increase which has
characterized them in all other parts Of
the world
To this, however. must be added the
fact that Japan took from the United
States last year an enormous over-suPply
Of cotton, the total for the year beng
81, 1880 against S5,E-5-0g0 IN the preced-
ing year; and the result q this over
purchase of cotton last year has
been an abnormaIIy small purchase
in the present year, the figures
for tho eleven months ending with May.
1851, being 2,SSg-24Er against 81, $50 AS in
the corresponding months of last year.
Of ali other articles japan has taken
from the United States her usual supply
IN China the partial suspension Of pur-
chases from the United States has been
merely temporary. and trade is now being
In the Hawaiian Islands the apparent
reduction is entirely fictitious. due to the
absence Of official statistics, while the &C
tual volume OF exports to the islands has
increased and not decreased. To other
parts Of Asia and OCeania the figures Of
the year show an increase: To the Phil
ippines. 81 100000. to British Australasia
SZ.yJ},ey9; to the East indies. 100000; TO
Asiatic Russia. q slight increase over the
corresponding months Of 1898. but some
thing below the figures Of 1870, IN which
year the total was above the normal
~ comparison Of the growth of our
export 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 available
portion of the fiscal year, the increase in
exports from the United states has aver
ged 100000 per month. that Of the
United Kingdom, 100000 per month;
Russia. S3.oo9oo0; France. S2.0e5.og1: Can
ada, =. o.. 01t; AUstTia-HC1gar Sl,0o9,gJ0;
Mexico. 100000. Germany. a loss Of g
t-aA y33 per month; Spain, 4 loss Of S2-up5--
ca per month. and Belgium, 4 loss OF
81 -UGb-Ig-b Fer month