Arizona republican., 1906-06-18
OUR TRADE
 WITH ASIA
The Balance on the Wrong
 Side
The Imports AmOunt to $S0,000, ,00O While the Exports Amount to Only $l2, 800, 900.

Washington, June 17.-Trade of the Japan, China, and the Philippines, is large as to imports, but small as to exports. The trade with Japan, China,
 and the Philippines has been discussed in detail by the department of com
 merce and labor through its bureau of of statistics. showing that the United States supplied in 1905 19 per cent of the imports of the Philippines. 20 per cent of those of China, and 21 per cent
 of those of Japan. To the other Asiatic countries the United States supplied
 but little more than 1 per cent of the
 imports. although taking large quan- titles of their exports.
 The imports from all Asia except
 Japan, China, and Hongkong, in the fiscal year 1905 were valued at 80 mill lion dollars. and the exports to all Asia. except Japan, China, and Hongkong were but 12h million dollars. From the British East Indies, under which term
 is included India, the Straits Settle ments, and the East Indian islands un-
 der British control, the imports in 1905
 were 53l2 million dollars, and the ex- ports to all that area z F millions. From
 the Dutch East Indies, by which is
 meant Java, Sumatra, and the other
 islands of the East Indian group be- longing to the Netherlands government
 the imports in 1905 were 1872 million
 dollars, and the exports thereto only
 F million dollars. From Turkey in
 Asia the imports for 1905 were mill
 lion dollars, and the exports thereto
 less than onc-half million dollars.
 That the United States is exporting
 to the southern Asiatic countries but
 F F million dollars worth of merchant
 disc. while importing so million dollars
 worth from them, seems to be due
 largely to the fact that American 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 of American
 merchandise are suited to the wants
 and habits of those countries. In that
 section of Asia lying in a tropical or
 subtropical climate, articles for cloth
 ing. household life, agriculture. and
 transportation if manufactured for use in temperate zone climate are unsuit- ed to local customs, and the demand Tor articles of such universal adapta-
 bility as railway supplies, machinery,
 other manufactures of iron and steel.
 manufactures of leather, mineral oils. and provisions is small because occf- dental methods regarding such mate rials have not yet been developed in any considerable degree except in cer- tain sections Of India, which draw their supplies chiefly from the governing country. England. In northern China, however, limatic conditions render American cotton goods especially ac- ceptable; in Japan the adoption of oc- cldentaly methods of transportation manufacturing, etc. has created a de- mand for occidental merchandise which IS more conveniently drawn from the united States than from Europe: and in the Philippines, although tropical the presence of large numbers of Amer jeans both as dealers and consumers stimulates the consumption of mer- chandlSe from this country. and has brought the percentage of imports practically up to that which is sup piled in the temperate zone countries Of north China and Japan.
 The principal articles imported into the United States from India are man. ufactures of jute, which in 1905 to over 12 million dollars and unmanufactured jute over 4 mill lion dollars; hides and skins. about 10 million dollars. of which more than one-half was goatskins; shellac over 3 million dollars; leather and manufac- lures or leather over 1 million; veg eIaDie olls about a quarter of q mill lion: manganese ore a little less than q haIf million; tea over 1 million: potash and indigo little less than a half mill | lion dollars each. The exports to Rrit- lsh India in the same year were: Min eraI oils. millions dollars; manufac- lures of iron and steel, d little more than 11s millions; manufactures of to- oacco, little over three quarters of a ! nlllloh, and cotton cloths. a little less | than half million dollars.
 from the Dutch East Indies the chief | imports are sugar, which in 1905 amounted to 151a million dollars in | value Gin the past decade ranging from | A millions downward): coffee. about | 12 millions; spices, quarter of q mill i non; and gums, quarter of a million | 1oliarS. Our exports to the Dutch East 1 Indies ill 1905 were: Mineral oils. 4 lttle less than 1 million dollars; manu- lectures of iron and steel, nearly half s16O,O0O.
 From the Philippines the prInc,na, imports are manila hemp. the total value of that article imported from tbe stands in 1905 being II million dollars. sugar, 11a millions. and all other ar lcles. less than $100,0OO. Of the total sXports to the islands in 1905. iron and | 'leeI manufactures amounted to q little | ess than 11a million dollars: cotton | ;iolhS' three-qUarters of million. T nlnerail oils, three qua rters of 4 mil II lon; provisions, coal, and breadstuffs | lbout one-third of d million each. II eather and manufactures thereof and + wood and manufactures thereof. about | quarter of a million dollars each: and fl he remainder, miscellaneous articles U including cars and carriages, chemicals locks and watches, fruits and veg