Arizona republican., 1909-06-28
PHOENIX ARIZONA MONDAY MORNING, 1909
imported from the United States be-
ing stated at 94,9O4 yen.

imported from the United States be-
ing stated at 94,9O4 yen.
In printing paper the United States
showed a large increase over the fig
ureS of 1907, but had as her rivals
Great Britain, Belgium, Germany and
Sweden. The total value Of printing
paper imported into Japan in 1908 was
2,549.675 ven, of which 744.553 yen in
value was from Belgium, 6S6,124 from
Great Britain, 5O3,291 from the United
States, 343 140 from Germany and l42,-
662 from Sweden, the quantity from
the United States, however, showing
an increase of about so per cent over
1907, while all of the. other countries
in question showed a falling off in
1908 compared with 1907.
In iron and steel manufactures Great
Britain, Germany and Belgium are ac-
tive competitors of the United States,
and in many cases supply greater
quantities than does this country. I'm
der the general head of pigs, ingots.
slabs and blooms" Great Britain sup
piled 2115,261 yen in value; Sweden,
512,774 yen; German, 259,344; China,
SOL ,1O4, and the United States but Co.
$50 yen in value. In bars and rods,
wire, tin plates, galvanized sheets.
hoops, bands and angle iron the United
States also supplies but a small pro-
portion of the total imports. In steel
rails, however. the United States sup
piled in 1908. 2.407,714 yen in value,
against 2.193,132 yen in value from
Germany and 3S4,T93 from Great Brit
ain. In iro annd steel pipes the guam
tity from the United States also eX-
ceeded that from any other country.
In iron nails the principal sources OF
supply were Germany and the United
States. though the quantity from Ger
many was more than three times as
great as from the United States. In
locomotives nearly the entire impor-
tations were from the United States,
the total value of locomotives imported
in 1908 bein 1,722, 9S3 yen, of which l.
355.043 were from the United States.
OF railway cars imported in 1908 about
2T5.000 yen in value We're from the
United States, and of electric machin-
cry two thirds of the total came from
the United States. as was true of sew
ing machines and paper making ma
chinery.
The active rivalry of the various
commercial nations for participation
in the trade Of Japan is shown in a
comparison of the total figures Of 1908
with those of 1900. by countries. I'm
ports from India increased from 23,-
500. 900 yen in 1900 to 1886, 900 in
1908; from Great Britain, from 11,50O,-
O0O yen in 1900 TO 107 600 in 1908;
from Germany. from 100000 yen in
1900 to 46,125.OOO in 1908; from SwitZ-
erland the imports in 1900 were 3,O0O,
OOO yen, and in 1908, 2,6S9000: from
France in 1900 the imports were s.,
0O0, 900 yen and in19OS, 5,125.0O0; from
Belgium in 1900 practically 100000
yen, and in 1908, 7,335,000 yen; from
the United States in 1900, 62,275,000
yen. and in 1908, 1880. 600. The per
Centage which the United States sup
piled of the imports of Japan was. in
1883. S.67 per cent: in 1898, 14.57 per
cent, and in 1903, 17.S per cent; while
the share which the United Kingdom
supplied was, in 1883, 1881 per cent;
in 1898, 22.S4 per cent, and in 1908,
24.71 per cent
Exports to the United States from
Japan exceed in most cases the i'm
ports from this country; the exports
to the United States in 1907 being 49,
600, ,0O0 ven, aainst S0,5O0.000 Of imports
therefrom; and in 1905, 122. 900, 900 yen
against 7S,0O0.000 of imports.