Arizona republican., 1903-06-29
A Growing Output for the
American Product.
EXPORTS HAVE DOUBLED
A Comparison Of the Figures Of Last
Year With Those OF Ten Years ago
and With Average for Last Five
Years.

Washington, June 2S.-The popularity
OF American flour in China is attract
Ing attention on both sides of the
globe. The British consul general at
Canton, in a report sent from China to
London and published in that city,
states that the demand for -four among
emigrants returned from the United
States is so great that the quantity
of flour imported in 1902 exceeded that
of 1901 by 95.S31,32S pounds, and was
also some IS. 100000 pounds in excess Of
the average for the past five years.
These figures of increase in Chinese
consumption of flour are justified by
the figures of the treasury bureau of
statistics showing expectations of -four
to China and adjacent ports. Indeed.
it is only when the ship ments to the
ports adjacent to China are consider
ed that the rapidity of increase in ex-
ports of flour to that part of the
world is realized. To China alone, the
exports of American flour have grown
from 19.71S barrels in 1892 to 99.624 bar
rels in 1902. This increase of S5,906
barrels is small. however, compared
with the increase in the shipments to
Hongkong. from which point most of
the flour there received is distributed
to the various ports of China. The ex-
ports of American -four to Hongkong
in 1892 were 457 $50 barrels. and in 1902
1885, S93 barrels, an increase of 941, ,203
barrels. To Russian China the exports
of American flour which began in 1900.
were 1851 barrels, and in 1902. 5O,140
barrels. To British China the -four ex-
ports were 375 barrels. Grouping the
three statements of exports of flour
from the United States to China. to
Hongkong and to Russian and British
China. the total for 1892 stands al AL
40S barrels, and for 1902, 1.549,OS2 bar
rels. This shows an increase of over
200 per cent in the expectation of Amer
lean flour to China and to ports con-
tributing to the consumption or China.
while the total expectation of -four i'm
the same year was. in 1892. 1916, 769
barrels. and in 1902. 17.759.203 barrels,
an increase of about Is per cent.
From the standpoint of dollars. it
may be added that the value of Amer
ican flour shipped 10 China grew from
$67.441. in 1892 to S291.252 in 1902: to
Hongkong. from s2.14O.O71 in 1892 to $4,-
1858 in 1902. while the shipments to
Russian China in 1902 were s149.669 and
total value of flour shipped from the
United States to China and contiguous
ports 1920, ,512 in 1892 and 81 SOC, ,739 in
1902; while the total value of all flour
exported from the United States in the
same period fell from $75, 5,362, ,2S3 in 1892
to S65.661.974 in 1902
The above figures cover simply the
years 1892 and 1902. since the fiscal year
1908 is not yet sufficiently completed to
enable a comparison of its figures with
those of completed years OF an earlier
date. The bureau of statistics figures
for ten months, however, show a slight
reduction in the quantity of flour ship
ped to China and Hongkong. but =
marked Increase i'm the quantity ship
ped to Russian China; while the total
value for the year 1908 will consider
ably exceed that of 1902 The exports
of American -four to China, Hongkong
and Russian China in the ten months
ending with April. 1902, amounted to
1.S46,0H barrels. valued at 81. 423. 692,
and in ten months of 1905. 1.437,472 bar
rels. valued at $4676.491. This sight re-
duction i'm the total quantity shipped is
| apparently due to the fact that the
shipments of 1902 were somewhat ab6 We
| the normal, by reason of the very light
| importations of flour in 1901 during the
war period in China.
The following table shows the total
quantity and value OF flour exported
! from the United States to China and
1 Hongkong in each year from 1892 to
| 1902, including the shipments to Rus
sian and British ports. which are re-
! spectively termed by the bureau of
| statistics, Russian China and British