The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-25
Rose. Colored Statistics.

The treasury bureau of statistics
has just issued bulletin relating to our
foreign trade, notably that with Russia,
Germany and Austria Hungary, where;
there have been for two years threats of
withdrawing from trade relations of i'm
portance with us.
The menaces of Germany and Austria
Hungary reached the point of trying to-
organize a league Of Europe against our
invasion OF Europes trade preserves.
Germany has enacted a tariff law which
is aimed at our trade, but it has not gone
into effect, and il no commercial treaty
is negotiated, it will affect seriously,
thru it's higher duties on foodstuffs (grain
and meats), our export trade. The gov
for the nine months Of the fiscal year
ending March 81, our exports to Russia
were $1S,5s4,S75 in value as compared
with s4747,s44 same period in 1894, and
$T,SS4,740 in 1899, while our imports from
Russia were $7,115,237. as compared with
$2,625.819 in 1894. To Germany we ex-
ported in the period named $15S, 742 O47,
as compared with s7s. seo.o57 in 1894. and
imported $91,246.s16, as compared with
$54, 1858, 440 In 1894, same period We ex-
ported to Austria-Hungary during the
nine months ending March 81, $8,093. 263,
as compared. with $455,931 in 1894, same
period. To Germany we send chiefly raw
cotton, breadstuffs, provisions and COPS
per. and import chiefly manufactured cot
ton, chemicals, silk WOOL leather and iron
| and steel. We sell Russia cotton, copper
agricultural implements and machinery
and Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa.
dor 4sat Washington, stated recently thai
| Russia, had to take our goods and thai
| there was no likelihood Of cutting dowr
her purchases at either the Baltic or the
covers nearly 100000 square miles of the
earth's surface. Whatever Russia may
/ do in Manchuria, of which she has un
doubtedly taken permanent possession
our government is bound to protect oul
trade in cotton goods, kerosene and flour
which, thru the ports of Niu- chuang
Port Arthur and Dalny, amounts to owe
| $5,000.0 900. which is much in excess o
the trade Of any other nation there
There is very good reason for our gov
eminent to demand the open door of trad
in Manchuria, for the trade opportunitie
are most promising. Russia does not dis
criminate in favor Of her own manu-
featured cotton goods to which industr
she Is paying much attention.
So far as Germany is concerned, w
cannot complain Of her new tariff, 70
we have been addicted ourselves to levy
ing duties on foreign products in excess &
\ the amount needed for protection, pur
and simple. Having stimulated manu-
features to a point Of supply far beyon
the home market demands, it is inevitabl
that, if we are to keep and increase GU
trade with Europe, it will be necessar
to either export our products at sma
profit or resort to commercial treatie
to keep the door Of trade open at
wholesome profit. The statistics to whic
reference has been made are certainl
very promising, so far as the countrde
| where the most bitter complaints Of on
invasion have been made, but it is bes
not to indulge too far the belief thu
these nations will be compelled to buy
us always without concession on our par