The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-12
REPORT OF COTTON
Marked Reductions Noted in
Exports of Cotton Goods.
CHINA THE CHIEF CAUSE
Imported In 1902 More Than
Consumption Required.

! Washington, Dec. 1.-THE marked re-
duction in the exports of cotton goods
from the United States TO China in 1855
/ compared especially with 1862, has been
the occasion of considerable anxiety and
inquiry both on the part Of manufac-
turers and those generally interested in
the development OF the foreign commerce
of the United States. a statement re-
Gently issued by the department of COM
merce and labor. through it's bureau of
statistics. shows that in the ten months
ending with October. 1903, the value of all
exports from the United States to China
was S13. BE, Sis. against $4,000 69 in the
corresponding months of 1902, and sl5,-
516.52e in the corresponding months OF
1901 An examination of the details Of
our exports to China shows that this re-
duction is almost exclusively in cotton
goods. The total value of exports Of
cotton cloth to China from the United
States in the ten months ending with Oc-
tober. 1903, was Ss.5l6. $50, against Sl4,633,-
so in the corresponding months of 1902.
and $s,5S5, ISL in the corresponding months
of 1901: while of other cotton goods our
exports to China in ten months of 1905
were SIG, 305, against s51 100 in the cor
responding months of 1902 and Sl22, $50 in
the corresponding months of 1901.
An examination as to the cause of this
reduction, made by the department of
commerce ard labor, through its bureau
of statistics indicates that the falling
off is due to a general reduction in the
imports of cotton goods into China, rather
than from any reduction in the popu-
larity or relative share which the cotton
manufactures of the United States have
in the total imports into China. While
the exports of cotton goods from the
United States to China do show a large
falling off during this period. this is also
the experience of other countries supply
ing China with cotton goods. The United
Kingdom. India, Japan. and the United
States are the chief countries supplying
China with her importations of cotton
goods. An examination of the October
statement OF exports from the United
Kingdom. covering the ten months of
1908, ending with October. shows that her
exports to China, including Hong Kong,
of piece goods. gray or uHbleached. in the
ten months of 1903, were Isl, 800 yards,
against 2i7. 157, 700 yards in the correspond
ing months of 1902, and 1885. 400 yards
in the corresponding months of 1901 OF
bleached piece goods. the number of yards
exported to China from the United King
dom was 10S 49,, 400 in ten months of
1903. against 153 305. 4c0 in the same months
of 1902. and 11S, So, 100 in the correspond
ing months of 1901. Combining all classes
of piece goods. the total exports from the
United Kingdom to China in the ten
months ending with October. 1903. Were
405, 100 yards, against 507,l65.S0o yards
in the corresponding months of last year,
and 1872, 900 yards in the corresponding
months of 1901. In the case of India the
total exports of piece goods to China in
the six months ending with September.
1903 were Ss,316 yards, against 2.e0S.309
yards in the corresponding six months
of 1902 and 2sS SIS yards in the CORE
spending months of 1901. the total for six
months of 1903 being, therefore but about
, per cent of those of 1892, and hut one
third of those of 1901. The japanese
monthly statement of exports do not state
quantities in sufficient detail to render
practicable a determination of the guam
tity of cotton goods exported to China.
but the total value of cotton tissues
exported from Japan to China in the nine
months ending with September is given
at 2,056272 yen equivalent to slo25,0O0).
against 1.S52102 yen Cor 500, 000) in the
corresponding months of 1902. which fig
ures in view of the increase in prices of
cotton goods during the year. would in
dictate no material increase in the com