Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19
MAKES SMALL GROWTH.
Exports to South America and India
Are Liuht.

The two sections of the world in
which exports from the United States
do not make satisfactory growth are
these cases the United States import
large and constantly growing quanti-
ties of the products of the countries in
question, but makes no perceptible
gain in Its exports to those parts of
the world. The imports into the Unit
ed States from South America have
grown from S90,006,144 in 1890 to
$119.7S5,756 in 1902. while the exports
to South America from the United
States in 1890 We're S3S,752, 64S, and in
1902, $S8043,61T. From the British
East Indies (Which includes India, the
Malayan Peninsula. Ceylon, etc., the
imports into the United States were,
In 1890, S20,S04,319, and in 1902, S43,-
421,21S; while the exports from the
United States to. the British East In
dies were. in 1890, S4,655,979, and in
1902, $4, 621,S76.
These facts. especially with reference to
the trade of the United States with Brit
ish India. are set forth in statement Just
published by the treasury bureau of sta
tistics; entitled Commercial India in
1902" The absence of growth in exports
to British India is the more strongly
marked because of the fact that importa-
lions into India are steadily increasing.
having doubled since 1864 and grown from
S1G6, 100000 to 1904 100000 since 1880. An
other equally interesting fact in regard to
the export trade to British India is that a
large proportion of the articles imported
into that country is of the class produced
by the United States. OF the 1904. 100000
taIn H.
dia in 1902 36 per cent consisted of cotton
goods, of which the United States is a
large manufacturer and constantly in
creasing its manufactures, while its posi-
bilites in that line as the chef cotton pro-
Queer of the world are almost unlimited.
Second in order in value of imports are
manufactures of iron and STEEL which
| form about II per cent of the total i'm
ports; next in order is mineral OIL which
! forms about ) per cent of the total i'm
| portations into British India was com
| posed of the class of articles for which
the United States has special facilities of
| production and in which she ranks among
the worlds greatest producers. Promi-
nent among the articles forming the re-
mainder of the imports of British India
are provisions. clothing. copper. paper. in
strumcnts and apparatus chemicals. salts
and spirits, of all of which the United
States is large producer ana constantly
| increasing her exports. Yet in spite of the
| fact that more than three-fourths of the
| imports of India is of the class of MGR
chandise which the United States produces
and exports. less than 2 per cent of the
| importations of British India in 1902 was
| from the United States. OF the S4,500,00C
worth of exports from the United States
to British India in 1902. mineral oil was
| the largest item amounting to 81 ,437, COG
next in order were cotton cloths S369.29
machinery, S4S02S6; pipes and fittings
$215, 340o chemicals. drugs and dyes, SOB,
215; instruments and apparatus for scien
tific purposes. S511,32S and clocks ant
watches. S93.533. OF the importations into
the United States from the British East
Indies. manufactures of fibcrs. chiefly iutt
bagging, amounted to over $4,000, 000;iutt
for use in manufacturing. over S4000.000
| hides and skins. over S9,000.000; gums
more than S2,000,000; spices. $1,500,000
and cabinet and dye woods, nearlysa mil
lion doDars.
4 very large proportion of the trade o
British India is with the governing coun
try the United Kingdom and consfderabl,
proportion of the remainder is with Brit
ish colonies. In 1902 the United Kingdom
supplied IS per cent of the imports into
and took 70 per cent of the exports from
British India.