Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-19
TRADE With RilsslA.

WI IL vi lOQuy
TRADE WITH RUSSIA.
The recent announcement that the
Russian government has ordered that
the leyying of discriminating import
duties on a number of articles. the
products of the United States, be dis
continued, lends some interest 10 the
tigures by the department. of COM
merce and labor through it's bureau
of statistics showing the total i'm
ports into Russia from the United
States during the calendar years 1900
1904, inclusive, as we'll as the imports
during the period 19G0-19OG into Rus
STA from the United States of the ar
ticles affected by the adverse tariff
legislation.
The application Of the higher dis
eliminating rates dates back to the be-
ginning of the year 1901. when in re-
taliation of the countervailing duty
imposed upon sugar of Russian origin
in accordance with section 5 of the
Dingley tariff, the Russian minister of
finance ordered the application of the
penal tariff rates to imports of manu-
features of cast iron, of hand tools, ma
chinery and numerous other articles
classe. under the general head of
manufactures CT iron and steel. These
articles which were subject until then
to the same conventional rates as
were paid by like articles coming from
Germany and other European coun-
tries, became subject to rates from 80
to SO per cent higher
IN Mo1, of Dr1o r>f
the Russian minister of finance raised
the rates on white rosin, pine pitch
and brewers pitch by 20 per cent, and
that on velocipedes by 80 per cent,
which higher rates have prevailed
since.
In order to be able to determine the
origin of the articles affected, the Rus
sian government has also ordered the
presentation of certificates O. origin
in case the goods bore no trade marks
or other proofs of their real origin.
1t is interesting to note that the to-
tai imports into Russia from the
United States, as shown by the official
trade returns of the Russia govern
ment, show but little the effects Of the
adverse tariff legislation. Thus, the
total imports from this country are
stated by the Russian returns as fol-
lows:
1 1oo1 .'''' '.''''''.'''.' @Sz'oao'oo oo
100 - -. ''''..'.'' ao'9o4'o ooo
.ooa =. - .'''' $780, 6o'oo4 IVY oo
1903 ........ -. ........ 1881, 900
Preliminary figures for the year
1904, showing the imports from the
United States into Russia over the
tn oarroe,,a,,ai,, q 1900 &c ~, -,
80, ,t tpi.e 49, .su.t =. tn
n go - go s'. ... ,'no"ine .n1 .oe.S
s -; 70 ~, LON tn.s coah.fy 70 russia
sai,l Us .Ae eaAne 0aieAuai seai . az do
1ooo eocc, o,o
100, - '''''''''''.'@o 'o oo7 az
100 100 = -. ''''' $500 -. 1' ao1 80 90
1ooo 49, -: -. o Q CO.,
1oo9 - -. $1,000 1 30 oo9 orc
'''.c' =, % Ao,o2o
ii.t ene nsulsa " 'ie wv 81,
nnen's, ileasuiiiiS .ile eaihs laue
my einene lor tne same peflou' SHOW
MiuS ulsolepailcles, hei..lel oi 'n .,l
u,seiosee any serious ellecl VI .ie
apov I,n"i,ieu uiSci iiiiiha.ioiis upoll tie
siow'n oi tie general tiaue liove-
lileiit' Inc nam reason LOT 'nis phe-
ioiiier,oh IS ,lat the puih OF imports
ineo oussia RON the ohllea o.a.es 70
l na up o. raw co'ton, me llnpo ~ >
" WHICH rom 'llis country loi ene
years IN question appear 70 nave oeeii
as as aoiiows.
19oo. -. ............ 9lo'4a .'oo IVY
1 19oa -. =. = ....... la'4o 1'oo IVY
looo. -. -. ........... ao'o9o'o ~
I9oo =. =. $50. 1895 IVY IVY
l9u4.. go. ..... ..... I4,ooo'ooo
ny comparing the values OF tne COT
Ton imports WIN those OF tne total IN
ports INTO RUSSIA from thls country,
IL is seen mat the larger or snalier
SIZE OF the total import hgures 1or
me respective years depends mainly
upon the magnitude Oh the ngures
showing the cotton imports from the
united States during the same PERIODS
An analysis OF the hgures showing
the imports from the United states
OF the various articles anecteo by the