The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-30
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War III Far East Would Help
Business 81 This Country N
Very Greatly.
'I,IlI TRADE IRA %. WITH RUSSIA
Exports to Cars Dominion, oil'li'lo'n1s
Show Most Extr aa'o'r
nary Increase.
OUR III. TRADE WITH RUSSIA 'I!;':si
,t,ror, or regular Correspondent.

frrom OFF Regular Correspondent
;wAsHINGroN. D. c., Jan. ~ 20.
Though war In the Far East does No.
BOX SO imminent as i DID q lew " y, ~
po1ie. a. member OF Congress SAID 10.
day there Is still sum dent prospect OF
:. !: 1ya : between Japan and Russia 70
l.vara,t tho business men OF the Unlteu
STATE. in feeling pretty good. For II - y
a TART that a foreign war that SETS an
F,irope by the ears Is invarian ly !, OF
hanefit "a America. one does not realize
4 ,yi,a ~ =. milton Of traders we arc untii
o,c hears business men discuss O foreign
uar and then ali the talk is OF the
! amount OF flour, and meat, and clothlng {
ma other supplies the armies VIII neeo'
: a tha chances of big contracts COMING
2 - thisf country The war In the trans
yaaS was worth millions OF dollars 70 inc
h,,siress men OF the United States, ana q
war between Japan and RUSSIA wou, YOU,
also furnish O ready market for@ me Inc loou-
stuffs and other supplies OF american az l'f ~
Dealers 5 4. !,
II: a most flourishing condition. - may =.
~ ala ed that our exports to Europe N
iana showed a falling off as compared
WITH those Of 1901. But according to sta
gtistlc. compiled by the Bureau OF sta
Stlstics OF TIA Department OF Commerce
h 81 Labor, exports to Russia show an
Increase OF more than one hundred PCT
cent. s., Tho exports from this country
TO Russia last year amounted IN round
n,,mher. to twenty million dollars. The
Sduties on American goods entering RUS
ala were Er..atsy increased in 1901.
IMPORTS.
4 H-c arc now buying moro from Russia
than ever before In 1903 our I'm ports
from the Cars domlnions amounted 70
seven million dollars, and last year .thes
we're OF the total value OF ten mlinons.
Round numbers ara used. Our exports o.t
totthe United Kingdom we're fifty million lle.
dollars less In 1903. as compared TO nv !
$t1e exports to the Netherlands showed
fa1pnr' or Of more than twelve millions,
and to Belgium Of more than five mil
lions. Tho exports to France for looS
4. compared to those OF 1901 showed an
increase OF slight amount, while the IN
crease In the value Of the exports from
the United States to Germany was over
ifortya nilllons. But in each case the per-
centage OF gain is small as compared
TO that in our exports to Russia, "hich
show !, a much larger gain proportion-
ately. than those to any other European
country. while in our own imports from
Russia a material increase Is shown.
Z. The chief growth In our exports to Rus
sia In the two years IN. uestion has oe'en
in cotton. agricultural implements, cop
per. and It's manufactures, and naval
stores. There has been a. consl !. era "a PIE 2
reduction in our exports OF flour 70 Rus-
sia. owing to the development OF the
whea t-growing Industry in that country,
and there has also been a slight reduction
In the iron and steel exports. The value
OF the agricultural implements which We
sent to Russia In 1908 was nearly twice
that OF the same articles OF merchandise
sent over in 1901. j
In case Of a war between Russia and
Japan. it may be fairly assumed tnat
there viii; be an immense increase In the
aggregate OF our exports to the two coun-
tries. The foregoing figures are given to
show that our trade with Russia Is al
ready large, and that 1t IS increasing
with great rapidly.
= TRADE WITH JAPAN.
Ths exact figures showing the extent
OF our trade with Japan are not avaiia-
BILE now. Several gentlemen from Ore
gon have told me recently that the people
of the country generally had not the
slightest idea OF the value Of the ex-
ports from the Pacific coast States to
Japan and other countries OF Asia Japan
Is one OF our best customers, and Amer
leans are the most favored OF all for
eigners, with the possibs exception Of the
English The Land OF the Rising sun
will prove to be a highly valuable Gus
toner OF the United States when the war
grnpple is on, s.5s 4. "a 85{
Tie Postof1lce Department is arrang-
Ing to make monthly payments to cons
ira ctors who are transporting the mails
on star routes The obiectfin doing this
is to prevent their having to walt so
long for their compensation, which, In
many y cases, h works hardship on the
men whom the contractors employ to
carry the malls, all Of 5whom are poor.
The change will be inaugurated in Con-
gnecticut and Iowa, and II satlsfa Glory
wiz. be extended to all.parts Of the coun-
. try.l
Some OF the members OF the House are
not so deeply Impressed with the great
ness OF Representative Payne. Of New
York, the Republican floor leader, as Is
tho gentleman himself, Representative
sHardwicl{, OF Georgia, one OF the small
est men in the House. was introduced to
the big New Yorker yesterday, IT am
glad to meet you" said Payne In his
deep bass voice. looking down on Hard
wick from several feet above "Are you
la memb OF the House. Mr. Hardwck?"
ri have that honor" replied the youth
4 full appearing Georgian. and then he sald
with the utmost innocence, "Are you q
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