Arizona republican., 1905-12-08
THE CHINESE
 BUYING YET
In Spite of the Boycott of
 American Goods
Exports to China of First Ten Months of This Year Greatest in Commer- cial Records.

| from the United States to China in the 1 ten months ending with October, 1905 | are more than twice as great as in the
 corresponding period of any preceding ] year in the history of our commerce, and in the month of October 1905, for which the department of commerce through it's bureau of statistics has just announced the figures, the to- tai was larger than in any preceding October with the single exception of i October 1904. The total value of mer-
 chandise exported from the United States to China in the ten months end ! ing October 1905, was $50,104, ,767, against 20,557 1S4 in the corresponding
 ten months of 1904, which up to the time was the high record year in our export trade with China. In the sin
 gle month of October, 1905, the very latest measure of our trade with China, the value of our total exports to that country was $3,13S. G45 against $3,S46,- S03 in October, 1904, $1,32i535 in Octo-
 Der, 1903, $1,634,S64 in October, 1902, sl,- 3996O7 in October 1901, and $579, ,O05 in October 1900. Thus the October 1905 exports to China from the United States was larger than in any October except that of 1904. and more than twice as large as the average October since 19O0
 In cotton cloths, which form more than one-half the total value of our
 exports to China at the present time, the quantity exported in October, 1905, was 29,S2S,023 yards, a larger to- tai than in any preceding October in the history of our trade with China. with the single exception of October, 1904, when the total was 43,343, 533 yards. During the ten months period ending with October the quantity of cotton cloth exported from the United States to China in 1905 by far exceeds that of corresponding months of any preceding year. The total quantity of cotton cloth exported to China from the United States in the ten months ending October, 1905. was 451 million yards against III millions in the cor responding months of 1904, IT in the corresponding months of 1903, and 299 millions in the same month of 1902, which was the high record figure prior to the present year. The total value of exports to China from the United States in the ten months ending with October is more than twice as great as in the corresponding months of any earlier year, and four times as great as the average of that period during the last decade.
 A comparison of our exports to China in 1905 with those of 1895 shows a re- markable increase. In the single month of October. 1895, the value of our exports to China was $266. 6.117, against S3,13S.645 in October 1905,, and for the ten months ending with Octo- Der 1895, our exports to China amount ed to S2,S34.SO3, against $50. O.1O4, 767 in the ten months ending with October. 1905. In no year prior to 1895 had our exports to China reached the ten mil lion dollar line, while in the fiscal year 1905 they passed the 50 million dollar line, and for the calendar year which ends with next month will also exceed 50 millions.
 The principal articles exported to China from the United States are cot ton cloths, refined mineral oils, cop per, manufactures of tobacco, manufac- lures of iron and steel, flour, lumber and other manufactures of wood. In the ten months ending with October, 1905, the exports of cotton manufac- lures of all kinds from the United States to China amounted to S27, ,697, 43S, against S9, 9,713,320 in the correspond ing months of the preceding year. Of copper, ingots, bars, etc, the total eX- ports in the ten months ending with October. 1905, amounted to S11, ,32e, ,407 in value, against but sell. 1.677 in the cor responding months of October 1904. Of refined mineral oil our exports to Chi ma in the ten months ending with Oct ober 1905, amounted to $5,5SS, 900 in value as against $6,47S,66S in the cor responding months of the last year, a slight decrease in value, though the quantity shows an increase, the total number gallons exported to China in the ten months of the present year be- ing 65,6S6, 749, against 61. .496234 gallons in the corresponding months of last year. Of manufactured tobacco our exports to China in the ten months end ing with October. 1905, amounted to $1, 156, AIS, as against $929, ,S90 In the cor responding months of 1904. Of flour, the value of our exports to China in the ten months ending with October 1905, amounted to s333 002, as against $170,6 GA in the corresponding months of last year. Large quantities of flour destined for the markets of China go to HOnkkong and are credited to that port in our export statements, which show that the value of our flour eX- ported to Hongkong in the ten months ending with october, 1905, was S2,070,- 726, as against $4,053,733 in the same months of 1904
 CIVIL SERVICE ExAMINATION- The United States civil service con- mission has announced a series of eX-