New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-12
OPEN DOOR IN CHINA
american Exports to Chinese EN-
0ire Rapidly Increasing.
rrxom TIE TRIBUNE BUREAU

- me- 1.-THE farsighted policy OF
r.+srv Hay in insuring for this country 'le
>. onnortunity 30 cultivate the Chlnese "au
6, demonstrated daily by the growth OF Ameri-
5e'hs ,.b Cl,ira For the first ten months or
g. current year both exports 10 ana imports lI'H.
ue no,,e broken ali records. The latest report OF
- pu-eau OF Statistics shows that the exports u
..-scan goods in China during the arst ten months
- ,tis year amounted 20 So.557l+ which eAeeeaS
shout s25lGOO the largest total IN the eorlespoIu
,-r period OF any previous year
ne imports from China also show growth IN
sfsc,orv ratio For the first ten months OF the
-snt YEAR they amounted TO s2S.s95S24' an excess
80 an 000 over previous records. The exports from
.ss United States 10 the Chinese Empire, when
..,bed S24 20 SOC in the fiscal year 1902, fell to
ressf5s in the fiscal year 1908 and to S2s62,E2 in
s fiscal year 1904 The fact that the figures for the
- months ended with October, 1904. show larger
800, than those for the corresponding ten months
- ise the period ct which the fiscal year figures
,,wed their largest total. suggests very rapid
increase in our exports 10 China in the few months
Aseouent to the termination Of the last fiscal year
ed this suggestion IS sustained by the figures Of
- exports to China during recent months, as
.s7rn by the reports Of the Bureau Of Statistics.
u The month o. October. 1901. for example. the
.5aI value Of merchandise exported from the United
states 10 China was $3S46.S03 against sl32+5S5 in
n.o5er Of 1903 In September. 1904 our exports to
China amounted 10 s. $50 53S against $6Ss,d24 in Sep
we're SJ747s4 against s6S744 in August OF 1905 and
q July 1900 the value OF merchandise exported
from the United States TO China was A'Si-6oV'
against se15 90 in July OF the preceding year Ihus
n the months Of July. August. September ana DC
to5er 1904. the value Of merchandise exported from
the United States 20 China was $l2S66l5. against
S4sSlS in The corresponding months Of the pfecec-
.ng year.
This rapid increase in exportat ons 10 China In
The last few months 10 strengthen the belle,
expressed during the last year that the fall in eX-
ports to that country was temporary and due TO the
special conditions prevailing in that section Of the
world and especially in the northern part Of China,
which rad been looked upon as the final destination
OF large part OF the merchandise from the United
states especially cotton goods The latest figures
Of the Bureau of Statistics show that the exports Of
eotton goods 70 China have greatly increased in
rtceut months.
Il the month Of October. 1904 cotton cloth ex-
prted from the United States to China amounted
"a Es34E33 yards. against 9o70so0 yards in October
q the preceding year: in September, 1864 the num-
Der OF yards OF American cotton cloths exported 70
China 2o395.20. against 3,377050 in September Of
tbe preceding year. while fer August. 1894. the
figures z4247.G94 yards, against 1895 16l yards
IA August of the preceding year. This brings the
total value Of cotton cloths exported from the
United States 70 China in The ten months ended
the corresponding months cf the preceding year.
In mineral OIL the increase IS Etil greater, the
exports from the United States in the ten mon rs
ended with October 1904 being S6.f7S.66S against
E64 G5S IN the corresponding months Of 1913 and
g45ELZ in the corresponding months Of 1912. In
ousntlty the exports OF mineral oil to China in the
zen months ended with October. 10 were 515st ga
gallons against 15,g6366f gallons in the correspond
ms months ef last year and @S5132S2 gallons in the
corresponding months Of 1852.
On he import side the figures for the ten months
chow ar increase Of about s. 990.o)o. compared
with the corresponding months of the preceding
year. and stand about 100000 above the highest
figure q any ten months. period OF earlier years.
This increase occurs chiefly in raw silk. of which
he total value imported from China in the ten
months ended with October, 1904, was S6,ll3 7te,
against S Az 81 il the corresponding months OF last
yer
The table which 70 lows shows the total value of
IRE imports into the United States from China and
EXPORTS from the United States TO China IN the ten
months ended with October IN each year from 1884,
70 lsA.