Arizona republican., 1907-07-08


 United States to China. in 1906 is stat ed by the document in question at A. 436.209 taels, while the highest figure for any other year. except 1905. was 30,- Iss,713 taels. and the exceptionally high figure for 1905 was. as has already been explained. due to abnormal fmporta- tions of both cotton cloths and copper, the former to supply supposed defic- iency in northern China where Ameri- can cottons are especially popular, and the latter to supply material for use in making the new copper coins of which over ten thousand millions have been coined in China during the past two or three years.
 While cotton cloths and copper show a marked falling off in the exports from the United States to China in the past year, certain other articles show a marked advance. The flour exported from the United States to China in the eleven months ending with May. 1907. was s4,974.095 in value against s495.742 in the corresponding months of the preceding year. wheat exports to China in the eleven months of 1907, amounted to s1,153.00O against but sl6,- 500, in the corresponding months of the preceding year. and cigarettes showed value in the eleven months of sl,259.1s1 against s1,120.442 in the same months of 1906, thus indicating that while the large copper exports to China have ended by reason of the cessation of coinage, and the large exports of cot ton cloths have been greatly reduced by reason of an overstocked market in that country, certain other articles are showing a material increase in their movements in that direction
 A comparison of the figures of im- ports of China from the United States and from other principal countries dur ing a considerable term of years shows that the gain of the United States has been more rapid than that of other principal countries during a consider able term of years shows that the gain of the United States has been more rapid than that of other principal coun- tries. even when the figures of the un- favorable year of 1906 are used as the basis of comparison. The official fig ures of Chinas trade returns show that imports from the United States in creased from 11.929.s55 taels in 1906 to 44.436,209 in 1906; those from the United Kingdom from 44.571.3s7 in 1896 to 7S.73s.292 in 1906: those from Japan from I7.390.I23 in 1896 to 61.052.356 in 1906; those from Hongkong from 91,- 356,530 in 1896 to 144,936,957 in 1906; and those from all other countries from 46.375,526. in 1896 to 99,126,473 in 1906.
 The actual gain in the ten years in question was in imports from the United States 32,506.356 haixwan taels; from the United Kingdom, 34.166 905: from Japan. 43,662.233; from Hongkong 53.5S0.427; and from all other countries
 52-250.9S4. The per cent of gain in 1906 over 1896 was in the case of the
 United States. PIP; United Kingdom. v; Japan 251; Hongkong. 59; and all other countries IA. while the increase
 in all importations was 1924 per cent. The e,importations into China from
 Hongkong 1t will be seen from the above figures. are larger than those from any single country, although HOngkong is
 merely the receiving port for the mer- chandise imported from it, as it is not
 a producing colony or city. Of this
 large amount of merchandise imported into China from Hongkong, about two thirds originates in the Orient. includ- ing in this term India. Australia, the Dutch East Indies, the Malayan Pen insula. Siam. French Indo China, the I Philippine Islands. Formosa and Japan,
 while the other one-third originates in |, the United Kingdom. the United States
 a and Continental Europe.
 The table which follows shows the
 total value of merchandise imported
 into China, stated in haikwan taels in
 1906 and 1906. from the United States
 United Kingdom. Japan. and Hongkong
 and the aggregate for all other coun-
 tries. and the total imports of the two years named. also the gain and percent
 age of gain in each case:
 Volume of Imports into China in 1896