The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-07
HAwAus TRADE.

There are two sections of trade re-
ported by the Bureau of Statistics
which are Of peculiar interest to us,
viz. the trade to the far East, and the
trade to Oceania. The latter is of in
terest because it includes estimates Of
our own trade, and the former because
upon its expansion depends a great
deal of the future prosperity of the
Territory.
Comparing 1892 with 1902, however,
there is marked growth in the ship
ments to all OF those sections of Oce-
ania now included in the statements Of
foreign commerce. To British Aus
tralasia our exports were, in 1892, S11,-
SS6,677, and in 1902 will be about $780,
10000 To the Philippine Islands our
exports in 1892 were s6O,914 and in 1902
will be about $5,OOO,OOO. The total ex-
ports to Oceania in 1892 were $15, 572 767,
and these figures included $3,7S1 62S of
shipments to the Hawaiian Islands; in
1902 the total to Oceania, exclusive of
the Hawaiian Islands, will be about
$35, 100000 while to the Hawaiian ISL
ands alone the shipments during the
year, according to the best figures OBJ
tainable by the Bureau Of Statistics,
amount to about $2O,OOOOOO, making
our total exports to Oceania including
the Hawaiian Islands about $4,000 600
The figures counted as exports by
the Bureau would be equivalent to i'm
ports from the United States during
our period of independence. The i'm
ports" from the mainland are nearly
double what they were during the last
year of the Independent republic, ana
more than doubla that of any previous
year. With our population of 10000,
we consume four times the quantity Of
goods from the mainland, than the
Philippines do with their 100000
Exports from the United States to
Asia are showing a greater gain in the
present year than those to any other
part of the world. The latest reports
of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics
show an increase in the exports to
nearly every division of Asia during
the ten months ending with April,
while to South America they show a
DECREASE in the exports to nearly every
division. To the Dutch East Indies the
figures show an increase of from ST.
49l, ZAP in the ten months of 1901 to ST.
GS31 in ten months of the present
fiscal year; to Hongkong, from So, $780,
703 to $780, 27O; to Japan, from SIS
1883 to $S,9S1, 250; and to China, from
$7423,34} to 500, 1863, 1913. To China our
exports for the full fiscal year seem
likely to exceed those of any preceding
year, and to Japan they will exceed
those of any preceding year, and to
Japan they will exceed those of any
previous year except 1900 which was
exceptional because of the large pur-
chases of cotton made in the United
States in that year for the japanese
market.
Our exports to China which in 1892
We're $500 497, seem likely to be nearly
or quite $25, OOO,O 900 in 1902. To Japan
our exports in 1892 We're $3,29O,111, and
in 1902 seem likely to be 1923 1000, 900 To
Hongkong our exports during 1892
were $4S94, O49, and in 1902 seem likely
to be about $S,5OO,OOO. To the British
East Indies our exports in 1892 were
81, ga, 3O7, and in 1902 will be about $5,-
100000. To the Dutch East Indies they
We're in 1892 81, 1872 O35, and in 1902 will
be about 100000. To the Russian
in Asia our exports in 1892
We're $120, 200, and those of 1902 will |
exceed a million dollars. |
To all of Asia our exports in 1892 were
$40, 59O35O, and in 1902 they will aggre-
gate about $66OOO,OOO. Asia and Gee
ania combined will be about 1920, COO 900
in 1902, as against $35OOO,O 600 in 1892.
This immense advance is due to the !
Republican policy. Had another trade
policy have been put forward, instead |
Of an advance, we should have had a
back seat our mills would be idle and |
our sea ports deserted. The Repub-
Iican party if it remains in power will
continue this policy and give a trade
expansion unparalleled in the history
IF the world.
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