Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-25
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1906
Uncle Sans China Trade.


During the agitation of the Chinese
)ycott on things American 1t was as
rted that the action of the Celestials
> Id been inspired by the traders of
her nations, who We're jealous of the
owth of trade between China and
United States. a recent report of
! department of commerce and labor
dicates that the conditions are such
to make the competitors of Uncle
I'm In that field anxious for the fu-
!, re.
The trade of the United States with
nina shows very rapid growth dur
, & the past decade, especially in ex-
: 'rts to that country, though the I'm
: ,rts from China also show an in
ease. Total exports to China in the
lendar year 1895 were So, 7O3,922 and
1905 $5S,574,7 1893; the total imports
ON China were in 1895 $21 $40, $50
. d in 1905 S2S,113,S11. In addition to
F., exports direct there should be con-
h Tered those to Hongkong, a British
( lony on the coast of China, which is
! fact a door through which large
Q antities of merchandise enter that
J untry. To Hongkong the exports of
United States grew from $4,462,-
. in 1895 to SS,0S0,S2G In 1905, and
e imports from Hongkong grew from
,393,920 in 1895 to 81 ,6S5, 063 in 1905.
rhe largest growth in the exports to
lima occurred in 1905, in which the
tai value Of merchandise exported
that country was S5S,574, 1893, against
1921 033 in 1901 and $14,970 1873 In
03. This phenomenal growth was
e In part TO the fact that large con-
nets for American cotton cloths were
nde in the latter part of 1904, in the
pectation that Manchurla and other
Ictions of northern China would be
en- to commerce in 1905. Much of
IS section of northern China, where
nerican cottons are especially popu-
because of their suitability to the
mate of that temperate zone region,
d been within the war area and Its
Icks of material of this character
re exhausted; hence the large con-
lcts made in the latter part of 1904
= American cottons in China and the
'ge expectation of cotton goods to
ina In the calendar year 1905, which
lounted to $33,514,S1S, against $13,-
1866 in 1904 and S8,S01 ,964 In 1903.
addition to this unusually large ex-
rtation of cotton cloths there was
1T to China in 1905 $11,747, 267 worth
copper, against $1,35O,352 in 1904,
large increase in exports of copper
I ng due to the demand for manufac-
{ 'e into copper coins by the minis of
| various provinces. Thus the large
Tease occurred almost exclusively
cotton cloths and copper, the in
'ase in the former being about $780,
1000 and in the latter about $10.0O0,-
,.
\ semiofficiaI report cabled from Chi
y shows that the total imports of that
Intry in 1905 amounted to $326,000.-
}. of which So3,0oOOO0 passed direct
M the United States to Chinese
It's. If to this is added our $4,000, 900
exports to Hongkong 1t may be in
. red that the United States in 1905
!, )plied about 20 per cent of the for
merchandise entering China The
ir 1875 was the banner one for
lericar trade in China. hut the re-
{ was only a elimination in tie
with of past years. Combining the
tied Kingdom with continental Eu
re. it appears that all Europe in
ased its share in the imports OF
Ina by S3400O.OOO from 1890 tt
4. while the United States alone In
ased $56.OOO000 from 1890 to 1905
lctically everything that Europe sup
IS the Chinese markets is Of a kind
ieh is now produced or may be pro
.ah in the T'nited States.