The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-18
APPARENT DECLINE
N MANUFACTURES
Statistics of Exports
Give Needed
Light.
$40, 1000, 900 VALUE NOT INCLUDED
THIS FIGURE REPRESENTS The
SHIPMENTS OF HAWAII
AND PORTO RICO.
$40, ZOO, 900 VALUE NOT INCLUDED
Expectations TO China Temporarily
Reduced one-HsIf-lower Prices
Another Factor in Decrease Of
Export Valuation.
LspeciaI 70 The RepublIcan. ]

Especial to The Republican,
WASHINGTON, April 3.-The rec
ord of expectation OF manufacture:
from the United States in the hsca
year which ends ninety days hence
is not likely 10 equal that Of the pre-
ceding fiscal year, for three quite ap
parent reasons:
]. The exporters engaged in com
merce with the Hawaiian Islands are
now refusing 10 furnish TO the Bureau
Of Statistics the statements OF their
exports as in former years, holding
that their exports are no longer for
eign commerce" and that therefore
the Bureau has no authority to re-
quire the usual statements which the
law authorizes with reference TO
commerce between the United States
and foreign countries.
?. The exports TO Porto Rico are
now separately classified and no long
er included in the general statement
OF foreign commerce.
8. The exports to China have tenn
porarily fallen of one-half by reason
OF the unsettled conditions in that
country
The total exports TO the Hawaiian
Islands in the fiscal year 1900 were
1874 million dollars, and TO Porto
Rico over az millions, a total CT
more than Is million dollars The
shipments to Porto Rico in the pres
ent fiscal year show a large increase
over last year, and presumably those
TO Hawaii have also increased: but
as neither OF these is included in the
export figures of our foreign COM
merce, il is apparent that more than |
20 million dollars OF actual ship |
ments from our ports in the fiscal |
year 1901 will not be included in the |
general statement of exports to for
eign countries. When to this is add
ed the further fact that the exports
TO China, which in the last fiscal
year were over sl5.0O0.OOO in value.
have been temporarily cut down one
half. IL is apparent that the years
ngures OF exports to foreign coun-
-ries will not furnish a fair or Just
basis for comparison or for measure
nent of the general growth of our
export trade.
The total exports for the s months
ending with February. 1901. show an
Increase of more than $4,000. 900 over
asst year, but those of manufactures
alone show but slight increase. and
here is reason to believe that the
recorded total of manufactures for
he full fiscal year VIII. for the above
stated reasons. fall somewhat below
hat OF the preceding year This is
iue TO the fact that a large proper
ion OF our exports TO Hawaii. Porto
Rico and China are manufactures.
ind that the apparent reduction. for
he reasons above explained. In the
hawaiian and Porto Rican figures and 4
he real reduction in the exports TO
nina by reason of temporary condi- ]
ions. therefore relates almost ex- I
10 the class of exports de-
as manufactures. !
Another condition which has a ten. |
iency TO reduce the total value of {
Exports OF manufactures is found in !
he fact that prices of manufactured {
'rticles in many cases have fallen 1
because of .--e reduction in the cost {
II the raw material from which they |
we're produced. and that the exporta.
ion OF an equal or even greater GUAM.
lily supplies a smaller figure in the
tatement of values by which the ex-
'ort movement is necessarily
Measured
II is Qhite probable. in view of the o
acts above outlined. that the record c
I exports OF domestic manufactures r
the fiscal year 1901 may show an d
pparent reduction. though the fact W
lat more than $4,000. 600 worth ef e
ctual shipments from our ports
hich were formerly counted as for.
gn commerce no longer appear In
ese statements will account for the
duction, which will thus be more
'parent than real.
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