New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01

.rafrs the Japanese Consul General and the America"
Asatic Association
The export the United States c ID me Vear
3mounting to 5lS 666, exceeding by 90, Of
ina o. ear rfe growth in exports ocenrre9
chiefly in manufactures Increasing G IN the latter
year &C. A per cent of the total exports Oh oonei
WbiIe exports of agricultural products and prod
nets of The and fisheries showed 81 niis GU
decline as compared with 1894 the increase IN ban
morris of manufactures sufficient TO more I1tti
offset these losses and to oring the reacbed beng
s5IS 81 G66 against sSO7 53 l65 in 1892 S41sIoo t
Of agricultural products was due to n6 Wbaat
decline in the expectation OF wnTar rodnction in
flour, the result in part OF reductI tr 49, and of
i"1 Cd demand from from the home market
the exports of -four fell from $73 4O4 in 1$ ana
%Ss ssS from IN st. - 1909 il 1901 %
70 $se5s in 1895 In quaFntEy the am e6P0fed to-
only llI2eo bushels in 1905 as agHSt 7q This
great REDUCTION in exports wheat and wheat d 9 3I
from $fG Sol sos in 1903 and 500 545l4 in l4 to 4
~ lotion on eSpoTts Of which total xslue in 1879 5
ann sm0.9ed s IS ss S 1862 cotton exports 1906
tho largest in the history Of our export Nv IN
those of wheat and wheat flour were less INA" III
aHy yer co5seouencc of this large reduction in eS-
ports of wheat and wheat do11 the t0ta OF Il on
cultural exports for The year 1905 nd $50 81 90
"a i 6e high record year agricultural exports
This loss in agricultural exports was "f MANI
comes of which the total 1868 1913 80
ass as eSPaFf n St5h si isi in 1873 ss2e IN
iS Manufactures formed IN lgS so "a per her cent
in M % . per esn se 1R5 70 iS H e1 1901 per of
YEAR except 1890 when the increase was $1,000
and s4aei Confer cotton cloths and manufacture
Of eathe h as Of arce %ported shows mod
gains over The 90 gTS cH 6 Ye eonpe IN
in cotton cloths sg7Oo00O and in leather aG t1'ir
OF the $2q O09 GC9 increase in copper about my
c6iffiv TO Fmrore OF $27GoG0 increase IN cot
ron cloths So G00OG0 occurred in exports 10 Ena 90
ard Of the $iGO0oGO increase IN leather $S''co"V'
was in exports to Japan, as chiefly 70 China
Japan. Canada Argentina, Cuba ana the ne" i'e-
pupi 9Ge6Icti@n Of ST. OOGo0 occurred in the export
trade with Europe the falling of N eXp o Cc9
IN he trade With Area where general reduction
of imports has character zed me i,st ~0 ss eco COO
NJ which $1l 6QG00 to Cuba, $4,000 I" Cttna i
ana nfST increased $6000O of which practically
all Argcnta TO asa 1Ilt 5i S1 CO.. OG was
to 600 to o Japan OF c tie c0iS
10 Gee GOO in copper IS 9ooo in mineral inc raj oil IN
he $3OoC increase to japan afT o9 mas cot
ON cloths and $oG9OO0 canned beef
COMMERCE. WITH CUBA
The commerce with Cuba in 700. the first first, full
fiscal year under the recip:0l urdi iSb e5aif
Eas the reciprocity IGay and dor nj tbsi
1903, the last 1ull year PtloI 100
;TeatV whici. went into effect December y lgo5
rhe total exrorts to Cuba from the United states
N 1905 were $38 3So,6O against ~ 100 IN IV+ tl
:21 63S in 1909. increase OF 10 per
he reciprocity treaty. The import VaIueS al {
sreater than those of 1904 1893. being SS6SiH0S IN
1905 SIS $50 1S in 1904 and $G2?42 I99 IN l%H5 Ifs III
crease in va-ue. however. in 1888 is apparehtl3e
laretIv due to increased prices OF sugar the chei
article imported from Cuba rath'r thn 10 IN IN
creased quantity. The total value Of SUGAR I'M
cef ding nv nearly $S.W9WJ that OF l.Ol ana pS
nea1v $50 100000 of 1903: VII le tie Gu;lntliy OF
sugar imported into the United states rom CI1t
IN 1865 was 2.057 6S4.169 pounds or 2tVVS pouias
less than in and 33SGDJG50 pounds less thttn IN
1872 The other articles which show an increase III
1895 as compared with the Immediately preceding
81 Coz Geo more than in 1904 and 1903 respectively ana
cigars also an increase of about $lGsLO0 more th5n
in 1901 and 1903, respectively In exports 10 CuIl
United States the increase occurs 1T hcf
an Of the principal articles, but is especially marked
IN manufactures of iron and steel flour PROVISIONS
lumber and rice , =. H.,
trade of the United States in rice fol1W-ng the DC
veiopment of rice production IN IN. Uhtei states
which occurred simultaneously witt our oSer re-
Iatiuns with the rice consuming c0nfinHllltlt s OF
Porto Rico. Cuba and the Hawaiian Islands. Inc
value of rice OF domestic production sent out of
the Unit, d States in 1905 aggregated s. 3i1;64l
arainet S66 49, in 1850 and only SIG 454 in 1885, while
fhe irnDOrtS rice in 1908 amounted to only
s2O96 100 against $3,44552 1898. The value of rice
brought into the United States always exec eded
that of rice out of this country prior TO 1863
bat in that year the value of rice sent out of the
country to it's non-contguous territories, TO Cuba
under the reciprocity treaty and to other foreign
countries more than TWO ana one-han uTleS
that imported.
Trade with the contiguous territories of the
United Sta1es-under which term are included Porto
Rico the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippine
Islands the Midway Islands, Guam, Tutuila and
Alaska-shows a marked increase in 1850 any
preceding ear The total value of merchandise
no mi tat fp ion