The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
EXPORTS ID CHINA SHOW GREAT GAIN Past Ten Months Double Any
 Previous Period COTTON CLOTHS BIG ITEM These Alone Form More Than One half the Total of United States
 Exports to China at
 Present Time.

Washington November 26.-(Special)- Exports from the United States to China in the ten months ending with october, 1905, are more than twice as great as in the corresponding period of any preced- ing year in the history of our commerce, and in the month of October, 1905, for which the department of commerce through its bureau of statistics has just announced the figures the total was larger than in any preceding October with the single exception of October 1904. The total value of merchandise ex- ported from the United States to China in the ten months ending with October, 1905, was $50104.767, against $2o5571S4 in the corresponding ten months of 1904 which up to that time was the high record year in our export trade with China In the single 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 645, against $2, ,S4s, ,S03 in October, 1904 s1,324,b35 in Octo- Der. 1903, $1, 634, ,ss4 in October. 1902. sl399.- 6O7 in October, 1901 and s57soo6 in October. 1900. Thus the October, 1905. exports to China from the United States are larger than in any other October except that of 1904. and more that twice as large as the average October since 190O
 In cotton cloths, which form more than one-half the total value of our exports to China at the present time, the quan- tity exported in October, 1905, was 29,s2S,- O2o yards, larger total than in any pre- ceding October in the history of our trade with China, with the single exception of October, 1904 when the total was 43,33,- 535 yards. During the ten-month period ending with October the quantity of cot | ton cloths exported from the United States to China in 1905 by far exceeds that 1 of the corresponding months of any pre-. ceding year. The total quantity of cot l ton cloth exported to China from the 1 United States in the ten months ending with October 1s05 was 451 million yards. | against I'll million in the corresponding | period of 1904 TIT million In the corre- | spending months of 1903, and 299 millions in the same months 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 l times as great as the average of that period during the last decade.
 l A comparison of our exports to China in 1905 with those of 1895 shows remark able increase. In the single month of l October. 1895, the value of our exports to China was s266117, against s3,1sS.64o in Oc- | tober 1905, and for the ten months ending with October, 1895, our exports to China amounted to $2,S34,S03 against $50, 1047 767 in the ten months ending with October, 1905. In no year prior to 1895 had our
 tl.e A -ft1i11 int,- dollar line, while in the fiscal year 1905 they passed the 5O-miion-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 cotton cloths, refined mineral oils, copper, manufactures of tobacco, manufactures of iron and steel, l flour, lumber, and other manufactures or l wood. In the ten months ending with Oc- tober, 1905, the exports of cotton manu- factures of all kinds from the United | States to China amounted to $N,6 ,43S, against S9,u3,320 In the corresponding months of the preceding year. Of copper ingots, bars, etc., the total exports in the ten months ending with October, 1905, amounted to $11,326,4N in value. against but s6l167 in the corresponding months ! of 1904 Of refined mineral oil our exports ! to China in the ten months ending with l October, 1905, amounted to 80, 5,5SS, 900 in value, as against s6,47s,668 in the corre- spending months of last year, slight de- l crease in value, though the quantity shows an increase, the total number gal l Ions exported to China in the ten months l of the present year being 65, ,6S6, 749. against | 61, ,496 234 gallons in the corresponding months of last year. Of manufactured | tobacco our exports to China in the ten months ending with October 1905, amount | ed to s1, 1864 AIS, as against $929.S9 in the corresponding months of 1904. Of four the value of our exports to China in the ten months ending with October, 1905, amounted to ,002, as against s170,644 in | the corresponding months of last year. Large quantities of flour destined for the markets of China go to Hongkong and | are credited to that port in our export statements which show that the value | of flour exported to Hongkong in the ten months ending with October, 1905 was S2,- 07o726. as against s4,O5S,733 in the same | months of 1904