New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
TR4DE WITH NDi4-
The United States Is One Of Its
LargeM Purchasers.

Washington. Jan (special-APPreclatlns 'fl-
fact that popular interest has been directed I0i
india rs result OF the recent nlagnlflce1t ouroaI
-he Treas11 Bureau has prepared a monogram
~ commercial India in 1902 which will appear in
The December issue OF its monthly SUMMARY Per
bapz the most interesting single tact ennPhasl@eD
II this paper is that India occupies sixth RANK IT
tho list Of the ir1rortng nations Of the world and
belongs 10 that small list of countries whose eN-
r,arts -y1astly exceed their imports In TACT the
Indian report shows that last year the exports eA-
cae5ed the imports by s1e7Oooeco which is larger
excess OF exports than IS shoVTA by any othe7
country except the United States =
The value of the Indian imports in the fiscal year
1902 was S264 coo 0o0 Of which to per cent or prac
ticaIly two-thirds. was drawn from the thlteo
kingdom and 81 per cent from all Europe Inc
exports were See 0000H OF which . PEI cent went
~ the United Kingdom and 20 per cent TO all ELL
rope OF is exports S47o1o.cco or = per cent was
sent To the United States and Of its imports s57s-
en or . per cent, was drawn from the Onlteo
States OF the exports. rice. hides and skins Jute
cotton tea opium and oil seeds are the pr1nclIai
items their relative value being in the order
named. Tho value Of the rice exported amounted
70 over $40 go. hides and skins. nearly an eqna4
sum: cotton and jute about S35oooWS each' opium
tea and oil seeds about s3e"ooo00 each: manu1act-
,1red 1ute about S25,0eoooo ana manufactured COZ
I'm IS COO ea. The principal imports are cotton
,-,s-rfac+D-es which form more than one-thrd Of
the total: metals hardware and cutlery; sugHr'
oils silk raw and manufactured; 'wooilen goods
,-8 machinery OF various kinds. Of cotton manu-
facr,,-es alone the total value of imports IS IN
ro,,nd numbers sloe0000o. practically all Of which
IS drawn from the United Kingdom as are also
-,os- Of the metals hardware and machinery. and
large proport.on OF the miscellaneous merchan-
disc imported.
British administration in its present form IN lnol1
dates from 1853. when at a durbar held at Alaha-
had was published the proclamation by Whlch
C,1eaD Victoria assumed the government OF 1ndla
and many comparative statements of conditions
in India date from the year preceding thaL
The commerce Of India IN 1894 was lInLotI s5sI
ts, Go: exports s12S,Glh@sD: against imports
0,5 f.o and exports SS92 Opl0Bl. in ly2 me ran
roads in operation in India in 1871 were 20 mics IN
length and in 1862 over tWenty-ifFe tioI'sa,59-
exao+ AguTe FOR 1901 being 25035 miles In 1891 th
1,TIrrtsr of postoffices in operation was lee, aIu
in faaa 90 645 handling annually S2o4'f" lett.
1l.vrsnar arers and packages. The number OF miles
7f -aieErarh operation IN le7f was aUout olls
-t,1ssfs md in 1890 - aQ9. with 1865 miles OF
wire and transmitting duIlllS lIaN Se"i V'-'
5 g-igstio7 works. most Of which have been
million acres and the value of the products or the
area thus irrigated often exceeds in single Eeet
the entire cost Of the works Whca 5s no The
railways and irrfgatlng WoTks nave oeeLl ~
sTructed largely with money borrowed by the Ing-
ian Government but the receipts Irotn Iut - a.,
a15 railways are sufficient fully 10 meet the IN
terest on the cost Of construction - -,
The United states is large purchaser OF III N
,,rodTJcts Of India American tmportatons from
india and the British East Indies generally haEng
erroyTn from s2s oO0 600 IN 1882 to $SeO0e) in lS@
r. +o This time American exports 10 India have
hen small compared with the imports from tIlat
country the total exports from the 5nltep Stati -;
$40 Sc s74 37 and in 1902 Ss21.s76 The 7rincipaI
imports into the United States. from India are
,,-- , rtijred lutte s4oe01no and hides and
ek;us e9og1 The principal exports IRON ne
600 annually: iron and steel manufactures, H""
and cotton cloths. ss9oet-