Arizona republican., 1903-02-16

WaShlngt eDruary 1o.-Ihe two sections of - world in which exports from the United States do not make satisfactory growth are South Amer ica and India In each of these eases the United States import large and constantly growing quantities of the TroduCts O. the countries in question, but makes TO perceptible gain in it's exports to those parts of the world. The imports into the United States from South America have grown from $90, 006, IA in 1S90 to $119, 7S5, 156 in 1902, while the exports to South America from the United States in 1890 were $3S, 752 64S, and in 1902, S3S, ,043,617. From the British East Indies (which includes India, the Malayan Peninsula, Ceylon, etc.) the imports into the United States were, in 1890, $20,S ,S04, 319, and in 1902, $4S, 4z1 ,21S; while the exports from the United States to the British East h. dies were in 1890, $4;655, 979, and in 1902, S4,621 ,S76.
 These facts, especially with reference to the trade of the United States with British India, are set forth in a state mcnt just published by the treasury bureau of statistics, entitled "Commer- cial India in 1902" The absence of growth in our exports to British India is the more strongly marked because of the fact that inpOrta tions into India are steadily increasing. having doubled since 1864 and grown from 166 millions to 264 millions of dollars since 1880. An other equally interesting fact in regard to the export trade to British India is that Q large proportion of the articles imported into that country is of the class produced by the United States. Of the 264 million dollars worth of ar
 ticles imported into British India in 1902, 36 per cent consisted Of cotton goods, of which the United States is a large manufacturer and constantly in crCasing her nIanufact ctures, while her possibilities in that lire as the chief cotton producer of the world are all most unlimited. Second in order in value of imports are manufactures of iron and steel, which form about F per cent of the total imports; next in order is mineral oil, which forms about per cent of the total imports. Thus more than half of the total imp0rtations into British India was composed of the class cf articles for which the United States has special facilities of production and in which she ranks among the worlds greatest producers. Prominent among the articles forming the remainder Of the imports of British India are pro- visions. clothing, copper, paper, instru- ments and apparatus, chemicals, salts and spirits, of all O. which the United
 States is a large producer and con stantly increasing her exports. Yet in spite of the fact that more than three fCurths of the imports of India is of
 the class of merchandise which the
 United States produces and exports. less than per cent Of the imp0rtations of British India in 1902 was from the United States. Of the four and half million dollars worth of exports from the United States to British India in 1902, mineral oil was the largest item, amounting to S1,437, ,696: next in order
 were cotton cloths. $569 293; machinery, SzSO,2S6; pipes and fittings, S215.34O chemicals, drugs and dyes, S103.215; in struments and apparatus for scientific
 purposes, $115,S2S, and clocks and watches, $93, ,533.
 Of importations into the United States from the British East In dies. manufactures of fibre, chiefly jute bagging, amounted to over $12, ,0O0,- 0o0: jute for use in manufacturing over