The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-24
Our Trade With China in 1901.

Our Trade Win emma IN 1SoA.
The following statistics. compiled by
Mr. Walter J. Ballard from consular re-
ports to the State Department, will be
found of interest as showing the rejuve-
nation of Chinese trade following the Inn
perial courts return to Pekin and the ip-
trade with the Chinese Empire in the
ye& 1901; c.,.r., John Goodman O,
Shanghai gives our sales to China as:
fRs9.. .......-.............s VI SVo'o oOV
1900. .................'....'. H91+' so
A. near : as he records show, but he
thinks the correct figures would be con-
sfiiuped by Canadian Pacific steamers flor
want Of American ships) are credited TO
Canada Those shipped by the Japanese
line from Seattle and San Francisco (aiso
to Japan. Those via London are credited
to Great Britain and those via Hong Kong
to Hong KONG We get credit at the Chi
neee Imperial maritime customs for only
the goods shipped on the few American
lines and cleared from United States
ports to ports In China.
The Consul General says the general
trade Of China is recovering RAPIDLY since
the Chinese court returned to Pehin.
China's total imports i'm 1901 exceeded
those OF 1880, wlTich had been the bap-
ner year; China's export trade In 1900,
hoysver owing to io9 3ss. and dsstnroanoSs
inoes, while greater than in 1901. did NOT
reach the total of 1899. The figures ior the
three years Of exports and iuavoHts aret
1889 Is RaR sss.ss7 sl nSg ats
1907 1901. :: ':.. ...:.:.... ns15s SIS issis,iS
Our principal sales to China IN 1900
were:
Cotton drills. :. E. 81 1853, 500 $34G. 113
Cotton sheetings.. ,4.600.l91 Sass. 90
Kerosene. :. =. .......... 4,723.25S 6s19,fM
Flour. .............. 3 497 40l S,O3.AS
TIMBER. ............ 00,yIo 1NI.YUI
Iooacco: '''''''''' e aS eoV s $500
'"rhe imperial maritime customs give
81 0R2. 551 as the exports from China to
the United States in 1901. but the Consul
General says the invoices filed in his con-
sulate alone are So, 6,2s7. and he estimates
the aggregate of the other consulates at
90 90 in 1900 or in al. sissSs,2G Chinese
bookkeeping Ii evidently not very accur-
ate The principal items Of the exports
from Shanghai to the United States we're:
cswhides.. =. =. ........s1. sSs'o4 . $3.50
Raw silk. ......... 7,1o2.7S4 417.1sS
Tea. e. :. =, .............. S,46s.545 1,61s,S0
Sleeps wool. 651. 500 $50.
Straw braid. 1852 4N,6l9
WOOL. .............. SSS,o4I
Our total trade with China in 1901 (ex-
perts and imports) was about $42,0Oo. 900,
as against about the same in 1900. I'M
ports from the United States increased
about 81, 100000 and exports to the United
States fell 90 s7,5oo,o0O. making the bal
ance of trade $4,000, 900 in our favor. The
falling OF In our purchases Of tea Is
large, but It cannot yet be attributed to
the successtul experiments Of our De-
partment of Agriculture in tea raising in
our own country. We must account for
1t by the increasing carslessness of prep
aration Gas the Consul-General says and
our Spanish war tax. All lines OF imports
increased except iron, lead and machinery.
American cottons show gratifying
increase; more than cottons of any other
country, the figures being for our goods:
Pieces.
1870. ........'.....'.'''''S'zS S' 20
10y! !And for ali rountries including ours.
the figures are:
Pieces.
L9QV'... ~ 20
i I've increased by f$S1 100 pieces While
the total increase, all countries, was only
976 237 pieces. Settlement of Boxer trou-
bles, and our persona grata" share in
that settlement, doubtless account for
this Cheaper goods are finding favor. ow-
ing to the depreoia ton of wages paid in
silver by reason of the fall of exchange.
Tho same cause which will cost China
present American efforts to secure the
consent of the Powers to a correspond
ing reduction. are successful
American cotton flannel and gray and
white shirtings are becoming quite pop
ular Our sales OF -four show a large in
crease. thanks to the success OF our treaty
commissioner, Hon. w. w. Rockhtll, in
keeping flour on the free list. The fig
urss show nearly 81. 900. 900 increase In 1901
over 1900. Timber shows an increase OF
nearly 100000.
'''rhe difficulty of obtaining room for
freight from the United States to China
did not decrease during the year. OF the
Is, s57 vessels entered at and cleared from
Chinese ports in the foreign trade in 1901
only 204 carried the American flag. The
total tonnage IN and out was 12,S55o2s.
but our share was only 1856, 1873. Our trade
with China was about II per cent. of her
total foreign commerce, but only 1.3 or 1t
was carried in American ships. All the
lines, except American. are subsidized In
some form or other by their respective
governments "
AGENCY OF L. E. HAYS & CO.,
Tailors, Cincinnati, o.