The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-18
USING MUCH AND
SENDING | | | [ LITTLE.
United States Exports to South
ern Asiatic Countries Amount
to Onlys$12,soo,ooo.
EXPLANATION OF. THE CAUSES
EXPLANATION OF, THE CAUSES
American Goods Not Offered in
Form That Oriental Markets
Require.
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Especial to The Enthusiastically
n @JVASH1NGTON, u. G., June l7.-Trade
nj the United states with Asia, excepting
Japan, China and the Phil. pines, Is
large as to imports. but small as to ex-
ports. Tho trade with Japan. China ana
the Philippines has been discusscd In.
detail by the Department OF Commerce
and Labor through its Bureau of Stats
ties, showing that The United States sup
r.ied In 1905. /. per cent. of the imports
OF the Philippines, 20 per cent. OF those
OF China, and 81 per cent. Of those of
Japan. TO the other Asiatic countries
the United states supplied but little
more than / per cent. OF the Imports
although taking large quantities of their
exports. {
The imports from NIL Asia except Ja-;
pan, China and Hongkong In tho fiscal
year 1906, were valued at eighty million
dollars. and the exports to all Assn ex-s
cept Japan, China and Hongkong were
but twelve and a half million dollars
From the British East indies, under,
which term Is included India, the Straits
Settlements, and the East Indian Islands
under British control, the Imports IN
dollars, and the exports to all that area
seven and half Millions. From the
Dutch East indies, by which Is meant
Java, Sumatrn and the other Islands
4 OF the East Indian group belonging to
the Netherlands government, TIC. imports
4 In 1906 were eighteen and a hair
million dollars. and the exports
thereto only one and VI half MIL
lion dollars. From Turkey. in Asia the
imports for 1905 were SIX million dol-
lars. and the exports thereto less than
4one-half million dollars.
Why II Is.
That the United States Is exporting
7 to the Southern Asiatic countries, but
twelve and a half million dollars worth
OF merchandise, while importing eighty
million dollars worth from them seems
TO be- due largely TO the fact tina Amer!-
can goods are not offered in the form
which the markets require: that sales to
other Oriental countries-Japan, China
and the Philippines-are large, is due
To the fact that certain classes & q Alneri-s
can merchandise are suited to the wants
and Z, habits of those countries. InEthat
section Of Asia lying In a tropical or Il sub b
tropical china te, articles for Y clothing,
household life, agriculturegand transport
ia ton, If manufactured for use in n tenn!
perate zone climate. are unsuited to- local
customs, and the demand for articles
of such universal ada ptnbility as railway
supplies, machinery, other manufactures
fof iron and steel, manufactures of&leath-
err, mineral oils, and provisions Is small
because Occidental methods regarding
such materials have no yet peen de-
fveloped In any conside cradle degree ex-ss
cept in certain sections OF India, which
draw their supplies chiefly from the gov
erning country, England In Northern
Z China, however. climaE con az ions, rem
der SAmerlcanf cotton goods especially ac--
5ceptable; in Japan; the adoption Of 0c-
scidental methods OF transporta ton, man
sufacturing,. etc., has create a demand
for Occidental erchandise which as Y
more conveniently drawn from tile United
States than, from Europe; and in the
Philippines. although tro plcal, the pres
Sence of large numbers OF Americans, both
as dealers and consumers, Estimulate ties the
OF merchandise from this
country. and has brough t The percentage
sof imports prac tically up. to that which
is supplied in the temperate zone coun-
tries of North China and Japan.