The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-03


nation in the area under consideration, /
Its imports amounting to 342 million
dollars. OF which S.6 per cent were
from the United States: its exports.
21l million dollars, of which 10.1 per !
cent were sent TO the United States.
Japans importations, in the latest =
available year. were 217 million dol
lars. OF which IFS per cent were from
the United States, and her exports,
1SS million dollars. OF which 1913 per
cent were sent to the United States.
Straits Settlements. OF which Singa-
pore is the port and commercial entire
pot, shows imports of 1919 million dol
lars. Of which / per cent were from
the United States, AMI exports OF 173
millions, Of which 9S per cent were
sent to the United States.
The British colony of Hongkong. 10.
Gated on an island just off the coast Of
China and a distributing point for
oriental commerce. makes no statisti-
cal record OF merchandise entering
and leaving its port, but calculation
OF the merchandise sent from the var
ious countries of the world thereto and
received b. tho various countries OF
the world therefrom indicates that it's
receipts Of merchandise In the latest
available year were about $50 million
dollars, OF which 40 per cent were
from the United States. and its ship
ments. 163 million dollars. OF which
1.3 per cent were to the United States
Turkey in Asia and Europe shows i'm
ports of 133 million dollars. of which
OF per cent were from the United
States; and exports of SO million dol
lars. OF which 1.3 per cent were 10 the
United States. Egypt shows imports
OF 129 millions. Of whIch 81 per cent
were from the United States; and eX-
ports Of 1873 millions. OF which rs per
cent were TO the United States The
Dutch East Indies show imports OF SS
million dollars, OF which 1.6 per cent
were from the United States: and ex-
ports of 131 millions, OF whioh 81 pei.
cent were to the United States. The
Philippine Islands show imports of 81
millions. of which 1874 per cent were
from the United States: anil exports OF
50 millions, of which 31.5 per cent were
TO the United States.
About one third OF the imports and
exports by those countries having an
oriental population inter oriental
ports or exports to the oriental coun-
tries. India supplies raw cotton to
Japan, and cotton yarns and opium to
China. Rice is sent from Burma,
Siam, and French Indo- China to ia
pan. the Philippine Islands and ccr-
tain parts Of China Japan supplies
features to China The Dutch East
Indiesf supply sugar to China, Japan,
and other sections OF the orient
40 80
exports of the countries in question is
trade with non-oriental countries.
chiefly Europe and America OF the
total imports. amounting to 2,150 mil
lion dollars. the bureau of statistics
calculates that about 1,500 million
dollars is from occidental countries
chiefly Europe and the United States.
OF this grand total Of one and one-half
billion dollars worth of imports from
the Occident, cotton goods form, by
far the largest single item.
The total value of cotton goods i'm
ported into all the countries forming
the area designated by the bureau OF
statistics as the commercial Orient"
was. in the latest available year, over
400 millian dollars, of which approx
imately one per cent was manufac
tured In the United States and prac-
tically all of the remainder in Eu
rope.
These large sales of cotton goods
by European manufacturers to the pco-
pie of the Orient have been built up
and maintained, according to inform
alton received by the bureau of stat
istics, primarily by making goods OF
texture, colors, and patterns to suit
the local markets of the various sec
tions to which they are sent; prices
and terms TO meet the customs and
requirements Of the people, the main
tenance of agents In those sections OF
the world to study business condi-
tions, social customs, and therefore,
the requirements of the markets the
establishment of banking facilities
and methods by which long credits
may be extended; a plentiful supply
of carrying facilities and cheapness
Of production by the home manufac-
turers, The small percentage which
the United States manufacturers have
in this trade is apparently due 10 the
indisposition at the present time of
American manufacturers TO devote to
that foreign trade the detailed atten-
tion given by European manufacturers,
including the special manufacture of
goods to suit the local markets., the
maintenance Of trade representatives
in those fields; and the other atten-
tions which have given success to
the European countries. which puT
chase their raw material from the
United States and, after turning 1t
into the finished form, supply the
Orient with practically all of the more
than 400 million dollars worth of cot
ton goods which 1t annually imports |
Even this enormous market for cot !
ton goods which the Orient now offers |
seems likely, according to information !
received by the bureau OF statistics,
to greatly enlarge with the develop !
ment OF new industries in those sec !
tons Of the Orient In which cotton I
goods are now manufactured by hand |
labor The imports Of cotton yarns
into China, as shown by figures re-
celyed by the bureau of statistics.
aggregate In value as much as all cot