The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-03-01
PACIFIC COMMERCE.

The value of the commerce OF the
countries fronting upon the scene OF
hostilities in the Orient aggregates
about 600 million dollars per annum,
and the value of the commerce OF the
United States with those countries ag-
gregates over 100 million dollars per
annum While the prospect OF the war
resulted in the placing In the United
States of orders from Japan for hour
and from Russia for meats. the gem
eral trend of expectation to the four
countries fronting upon the scene OF
hostilties 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
s., 1858. 245 in value. against $2,Sll 5S9 IN
December of the preceding year, ana
for the entire calendar year l9O3
were about one million dollars less
than I'm the preceding year. To
Asiatic Russia the exports from the
United States were S7l6,2Ii in 1903,
against ss9S,71l In 1902, and sl,Oi3,32O
in 1901. To China our exports during
1903 were materially below those of the
preceding year, being for the month of
December $S41 1873, against $l,S5I,733 in
December, 1902. and for the entire year
s14,97O,13s, against s22.69S,2s2 in 1902.
This reduction occurs chiefly in cotton
cloths, of which our total expectation
to China in December, 1903, was but
1866, 1854 yards against 2O,5S2,5A yards
in December of the preceding year, the
value being $3.50, 5i6 in December, 1903,
against Sl.074, 1853 in December, 1902.
hn .Ylt of a
cotton cloth exported from the United
States to China was SS,SOl 1854, against
sl6O4S, ass 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 Gov
eminent show a general reduction in
its imports during the past year, up to
the latest period covered by the re-
ports
To Russian China our exports show
an increase, being in 1903 SS46,olo,
against 1921, 1853 in 1902. To Korea the
exports of the year also show slight
increase, being valued at $3IO,566 In
1903, against $257,130 in 1902. To Hong
kong. which is sufficiently far removed
from the scene of existing disturbances
to be less affected, apparently, by such
conditions. the exports from the Uni
ted States show an increase, being in
December, 1903, sl,7Oo,436, against ST.
All, 1876 in December of the preceding
year, and for the entire year 1892, 1873,
against sS,751, 779 in 1902.
As to the trade of the United States
with Manchuria, it is not separately
shown in the general statements of the
commerce with China. The Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, through
its Bureau of Statistics. however, has
recently compiled some figures which
show that the imports of NewchwanS,
the principal port through which Man
churian commerce now passes, amount
ed in 1902 to about Is million haikwan
taels, against II millions in 1901 and
millions in 1900. The value of the
haikwan tael in 1902 was SO cents, so
that the value of the imports of Man
churia stated in dollars. would be, in
| 1902, about 81 100000. The official re-
| port of the Chinese Government does
not specify all classes of merchandise
received into Newchwang from the Uni
ted States. but does specify the four
| principal articles - American jeans.
| drills, sheetings, ana kerosenes. The
total number of these four articles of
American production reported as
brought into Newchwang in 1902, either
coming direct from the United States
or from other ports of China, was g.
| 1885, haikwan taels, which at the Off
cial valuation of the haikwan tael in
1902 would make the total value in
United States currency s3,S54,920
The table which follows shows the
,f JrilI CHI