Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-28

10 an unprecedented degree during
the last few years, And certain II
Ii that a food OF gold has been pour.
Ing into the United States from the
Orient during the last year or SO,
such AS was not dreamed Of twenty
years aga. The total exports Of the
United States to China In the ten
months ending October, 1905. amount.
ed 10 10000. 900. as against $50 .000,.
during the same period 0f 1904, and
In wonderful contrast to the 1900. 900
Of ten years ago. or the first ten
months OF 1896. Looked at not sim
ply from the standpoint Of its pres
ent magnitude, but judging the future
growth by the history Of the past
ten years, the trade with China nj.
fords one Of the most limitIess pros
pects which appears on the CONNER.
cial horizon Of this country.
The statistics OF the past ten years,
up TO the period Just before the boy.
colt began to take effect tell an In
teresting story: 80 III 3
Exports from the United States 10
China In the ten ponths ending with.
Octdber. 1919. are more than twice
rs great ~ In the corresponding peri.
cd Of any preceding year In the his
'eosyaol oer commerce. Tbs total val.
kle Of merchandise exported from the
limited States to China n the tsn
months sh6inss wifi October. 1906:
gas o6O,lO4.g 07, against >20,t57,lS4 In
the corresponding ten months OF 1901,
which up to that time vas the high
record year In our export trade with
China. In the single month cf..pcto-
Der. 1905. the very iatest measure Of
our trade with China, the value Of our
total exports to that country wal Is,
iss, 0l6. against t3.S4s.sO3 In October,
1904. 1884 .b36 In October, 1903. 81 /.
FOS4sC4 In October. 1902. 81, 1893 GOT N
October. 1901. and $500 O6 In Octo.
her. 1900 Thus the October. 1906,
exports to China from the United
Etastcs ara larger than In any other
October except that OF 1904, and more
than twice ~ large as the average
October since 1900.
In cotton cloths. which form moro
than one-half the total value OF our
exports to China at the present time.
|the quantity exported In October.
1905, was 2s.S 28. 023 yards, a larger to.
tai than In any preceding October In
the history Of u trade With China,
with afhtngle exception Of Octobery,
1904, when the total way 43,s43,6S3
yards. During the ten-mdnth period
ending with October the quantity Of
cotton cloths exported from the Unit
ed States to China In 1906 BY far OK.
Fceeds that o. the corresponding
months Of any preceding year. The
total quantity ,Qf cotton cloth, exported
10 tChi>a from the United States IN
the ten months en.lng with October,
1905. was slf million yards. against
III millions ID the corrsspoudlng peri.
nd Of 1904. III millions IN svhe corre-
spondt1us10nthas OF l90N ia 100 mil.
lions jnH ~ same monaAp Of 1902,
which ~ Tho highest record figure
prior IA tho present year
The principal articles exported to
China from the United States are cot.
ton cloths. refined mineral oils. cap.
neky manufactures Of tobacco, manu-.
features Of iron and steel, -four. lum.
Der and other manufactures Of wool.
In the, ten months end.ng with Octo-
Der, 1905. the exports Of cotton man.
.Iufactures Of all kinds from the Unit.
ed States to China announced to $27,-
Ios7. lss. against s9.7l3. 320 In the o
responding months Of the preceding
scar.
The following table shows the duan
tity Of cotton cloths exported from
the United States to China during Oc-
tobcr and the ten months ending with
october Of each year from 1895 to
1905; also the value Of our total ey
ports 10 China during the same pe-
riCds.