The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-07
COMMERCIAL JAPAN
Statistics Are Issued Concern
ing That Country.
"
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
United States Traffic with
Orient increasing

Washington, April 6.-"Commercial ia
pan in 1904 is the title of a monographs
just issued by the department of com
merce and labor through its bureau OF
statistics. 1t shows that the trade rela-
tons between the United States and ia
pan in recent years have grown with
greater rapidity than between Japan and
any other nation.
In 1881 the imports from the United
States formed less Than per cent of the
total importations into Japan, white in
1902 they formed nearly IS per cent of the
total impOrtations. Meantime Great
Britain share in the imports of Japan
fell from > per cent To IS per cent In
1907 The United States is also Japans
largest customer by reason of the fact
that the chief export products of Japan
are articles required by the manufactul-
ers of the CniteG States, and which cah
NOT be produced in this country. The
total exports from Japan in 1900 amount
ed to 204, 429 S94 yen (yen is equal to 81
cents, United States currency in value,
AMI OF this amount s., SGT, 395 yen went 10
the United States, 59.177 455 to Hong Kong.
e1,8T1,576 TO China, - 150,423 10 France
and 1.252. 997 10 the United Kingdom. The
tolal exports of 1902 amounted to 25S, 903. j..
06o yen. of which SO. 232 sos yen in value
went to the United States, 25,S76, 90 10
Hong Kong, 46,SGS,545 to China. 1898, los
to France, and 1886, 1f9 to the United
Kingdom.
The exports of Japan to the United
States. as already indicated, are chiefly
of articles which are not produced in this
country, and in a majority of cases are
those required by our manufacturers. OF
the 50 2S2.S05 yen in value exported to the
United States in 1902 the value of f6,7S4,-
720 yen consisted Of raw silk, S921, 995 yen
manufacture of silk, 9l24.0S5 yen of tea,
6,3Sl, 1873 yen mating for floors, 577,SSS yen
rice, 1,516.A01 yen chemicals, drugs. etc.
while manufactures of bamboo. lacquered
ware and other products peculiar to the
Japanese have also figured largely in the
list Exports Of raw silk from Japan to
the United States have steadily grown,
especially since the development of the
silk manufacturing industry in this coun-
try. In 1898 the value of her raw silk eX1
ports to the United States was HOS 74S
yen; in 1891. %. 457,34S yen; in 1895, 27.s26245
yen; in 1896. Il, 9S09S1 yen; in 1897, 2,262 500
yen; in 1900 26.710.050 yen, and in 1902. 49,,
7S4. 720 yen.
OF raw silk from Japan the total eX-
uortatiJhs exceed 5o,O0GeeO yen annually.
of which the United States IS the largest
purchaser. France is the next largest
customer in this line, her purchases of
80,
II, $50. SIC yen in value, against t5.7S4.720
yen by the United States while Italy
took raw silk to the value Of 1921 ,S83 yen.
England 464. 94S yen and Russia 116, $50 yen.
The total exports from Japan to the
United States in 1881 were II ,056. i64 yen in
value. being 36.5 per cent Of the total eX-
ports of that year anG in 1892 we're s0232,-
sos yen, or les per cent of the total eX-
ports.
Japan's imports from the United States
have grown with even greater rapidity
than her exports TO the United States. in
1881 they amounted to but 1.7Sl,c0S yen,
and in 1900 had reached g., al .196 yen in
vaIue Proportionately they have grown
with much greater rapdity than the total
importations of Japan. our share of her
import trade having increased from 81
per cent in 1881 to 17.9l per cent in 1902,
while the United Kingdom. opr principal
competitor in that market. which fur
nished, in 1881, 80 per cent of the total
imports of Japan. supplied. in 1902. SO
per cent \ detailed examination of the
supplies furnished by the United States
to Japan can perhaps he better made from
our own standpoint measured in dollars
In the fiscal year 1892 our total exports of
domestic merchandise o Japan amounted
to 81 2SS. 2S2, and in 1892. TO S2i.1$9. 762. OF
this total. the largest item of export was
raw cotton. which aggregated S9,05S290
the next largest item being Illuminating
oil. with 40 total Of 1915. 655.
Third in rank is manufactures Of iron
and steel with total of $l923.6o1 other
important items being breadstuffs, $780,
6l5: provisions, $l96,537: scientific instru-
ments. Ss1l73f; leather and manufactures,
500. 40; tobacco ana manufactures. $519.-
92I; clocks and watches. $lI5.3S6; paper and
manufacture thereof $1S1S60; lubricating
oil. SlS7,l3S. and paraffin. $5ll.920: while
many other articles Of less Importance
have found place in the markets Of
Japan. Taking up the great class Of iron
and steel and examining its details, it is
found that the exports of locomotive en-
sines in 1892 amounted 10 $l29,s52 in value.
builders hardware. $io665l; sewing ma
chimes. s159 $50: firearms. S9.5l3; car wheels,
81, s55: other machinery. S75t,696; and mis-
cellaneous manufactures Of iron and steel.
s9i5.46e.
The exports of raw cotton have grown
from but SS5,2il in 1890 TO So ,05S299 in 1872.
Illusninating oil. the exports Of which
amounted in 1880 TO S3.559. go in value.