Arizona republican., 1904-02-22
Far Eastern Trouble Is Not
 Helpful to This Country
A DECLINE OF EXPORTS
It Began in the Affected Region With the Agitation Which Has Culminat- ed in Hostilities Elsewhere in the Orient There Is an Increase.

Washington, Feb. 21-The value of the commerce of the countries fronting upon the scene of hostilities in the orient aggregates about $600, ,OOO, GOO per annum, and the value of the commerce Of the United States with those coun- tries aggregates over s10O, GOO, GOO per annum. While the prospect of war re- suited in the placing in the United States of orders from Japan for flour and from Russia for meats, the gen. eral trend of exportation to the four countries fronting upon the scene of hostilities has been downward during the period in which this subject has been actively discussed. To Japan the exports from the United States during the month of December, 1903, were $2,- 263,245 in value, against &, ,S11, ,5S9 in De cember of the preceding year, and for the entire calendar year 1903 were about $1,00O,000 less than in the preced- ing year. To Asiatic Russia the ex- ports from the United States were $716,274 in 1903 against $S9S711 in 1902 and $1, ,1o3, 320 in 1901. To China cur ex- ports during 1908 were materially be-ow those of the preceding year. being for the month of December SSf1, ,S73 against S1 S57, I33 in December, 1902, and for the
 entire year S1f,970,13S, against $22, 69S, TSP in 1902 This reduction occurs chief ly in cotton cloths, of which our total exportation to China in December, 1903, was but 3,665,364 yards, against z0,854
 544 yards in December of the preceding year, the value being S23O. 546 in Decem-
 Der, 1903, against $1,074, 463 in December. 1902. For the entire year the value of i the cotton cloth exported from the
 United States to China was SS,S01, 964, against S1604S,455 in the calendar year 1902. This reduction in exports to China is not peculiar to the United States, as the official reports of the Chinese government show general re- duction in its imports during the past year, up to the latest period covered by the reports.
 To Russian China our exports show an increase, being in 1903 SS46, ,310, against S421.l6} in 1902. To Korea the exports of tha year also show a slight increase. being valued at $370,566 in 1903, against S.'57 130 in 1902. To Hong
 Kong. which Is sufficiently far removed from the scene nf existing disturbances
 to be less affected, apparently, by such conditions, the exports from the United States show an increase, being in De- cember, 1903, S1, ,705. i36, against $1, ,417 y736
 in December of the preceding year, and ! for the entire year s9.792, ,193, against | SS, 751, 779 in 1902.
 As to the traGe of the United States
 with Manchuria. it Is not separately
 shown in the general statements of the l commerce with China The department | of commerce and labor, through it's bu- reau of statistics, however, las recent i ly compiled some figures which show | that the imports of New Chwang, the l principal port through which Manchu- | rian commerce now passes, amounted
 in 1902 to about 1SoO0, ,0G0 haikwan taels, against 17,000s00 in 1901 and S,000,000 in | 1900. The value of the haikwan taeI | in 1902 was 63 cents, so that the value
 of the imports of Manchuria stated in
 dollars would be in 1902 about $11, ,000,- l 900. The official report of the Chne-e | government does not specify all classes | of merchandise received into New 1 Chwang from the United States, but
 does specify the four principal articles I-American jeans, drills, sheetings and
 kerosenes. The total value of these
 four articles of American production
 reported as brought into New Chwang | III 15"-' ellHeI CoiilitlS ulIeCI IIOih LII" i United States or from other ports of
 China, was 611S,920 haikwan taels.
 which at the official valuation of the
 haikwan tael in 1902 would make the
 total value in United States currency 1 $3, S54, ,92O.
 The table which follows shows the
 value of American jeans, drills. sheet ings and. kerosene imported into New Chwang direct from foreign countries
 and from other ports of China from
 1896 to 1902:
 Haikwan taels.
 1896 .................. 2,249, ,S76 1897 S.426, ,23S