The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-10-31
TRADE OF COUNTRIES
FRONTING ON PACIFIC

Special 70 the Daily Express
Washington. Oct 3i-Two and one
third billion dollars worth OF Imports
entered the various ports OF the entire
Pacific in 1912 and their exports as.
/ aregated another Two billion These
/ figures. just compiled by the bureau
OF foreign and domestic commerce.
department Of commerce. relate exclu-
sively 70 International trade and do
NOT include the domestic traffic Of the
score Of countries fronting on that
grea, body Of water to which the Pan
anna canal gives a new entrance Of
this TWO and one third billion dollars
worth Of imports BY the Pacific front
ages, about one half represents east
ern Asia. a little less than one fourth
western America, and the remainder
the countries and islands Of the South
Pacific The imports Of China are
approximately $50 million dollars
value. Japan about 300 million; Hong
Kong. poo million: Straits Settlements
approximately 200 billion, and SIAM
French lndo-China. Chosen tKoreal.
and Asiatio Russia. about 100 million
dollars Those of western south
America are about 2e0 million. west
ern North America tlncluding l25 mil
lion at the Pacific ports Of the United
states.) 200 million. Australia. 375'
million; New Zealand, 100 million
Dutch East Indies l5O million Philip.
pine lslards, 55 million. and tho Ha-
waiian Islands. "a million dollars.
or the imports Of these Pacific front
ages other than our own, the United
States now supplies about ~ per cent
the United Kingdom about 25 per cent,
continental Europe about rs per cent
and India about 10 per cent the re-
mainder being chiefly exchanges
among the countries forming the group
under consideration
The consuming power of the coun-
tries fronting upon the Pacific has
practically doubled in the last dozen
years. chlna's imports, for example,
were S51 million dollars in 1912, |
against le4 million in 1890; those Of
Japan. SOS million in 1912. against lls
million in 1900; the Straits settle
ments, PIG million in 1871. against l53
million in 1900. Australia. 372 million
in 1912. against POI million for 1900
New Zealand. 95 million in 1911, |
against so million in 1900; the Philip !
pine Islands 30 million in 1912. against
2a million in 1900. the Dutch East In
dies, 1850 million in 1871, against p
million in 1900; Chile, 122 million in
1912. against a. million in 1900 and /
Peru, % million in 1911. against ] / mil
lion in 1899
While the United States obtains its
normal share in this growth of imports
into the countries in question, the per
centage which it supplies Of their i'm
ports shows comparatively little
change Into Australia. for example,
the share Of the imports which was
drawn from the United States was Il
per cent in 1912. against u per cent
In 1900, New England So per cent in
1917. against 10 per cent in, l9Ooi
China, Z 3-4 per cent in 1912, and Y
per cent in 1900 Japan 20ls per cent
in 1912 and p s-4 per cent in 1900,
and Chile. ls "a per cent in 1912 and
~ per cent in 1900
Manufacturers form a very large
share of the imports drawn from ru
rope. the United States and India by
The Pacific froutages. foodstuffs be-
ing the chief factor in the inteiohangos
among the countries and ports forming
he Pacific group. the principal excep
ion to this being Japan's imports Of
raw cotton from the United States and
India Aside from this Japan's Inn
ports from the United States and Eu