East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-09


WASHINGTON, Sept 9,-Exports
from the United States to Japan iaI
the fiscal year just ended were greater
than those to all other parts Of Asia
combined, according to official figures
OF the bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce, department Of commerce.
The exports to Japan increased in the
single year 1-3 million dollars, while |
those to other parts Of Asia decreased
1-2 million dollars In the same per-
iod The total exports to Japan In
1913 were $57.741.S15 those to all
other Asia, $57.314,S05. II to the fig
ures OF exports to Japan proper there
were added those to Korea and Japa-
nese leased territory In China, the to-
tai TO japanese territory in 1913 would
be $59.720.S15, and TO all other Asia
355.335.76s.
Exports to Japan in 1919 were
larger than ever before and were more
than 2 1-2 times as great as in 1910,
which was. however. an exceptionally
low year in the export trade of the
country. They amounted in 1913 toI
$57,741,S15 as stated before, and only
crossed the 50-milllon dollar line on
two previous occasions-1905, $751;
$50. and in 1912. .53.47S,O46.
Exports to practically all the other
countries OF Asia show decline in
1918, as against the increase of over
4 million dollars in the exports to
Japan. To China they were Fl la
million dollars against "a Ia million
in 1912; to British India, IL Million
dollars In 1913. against Is 12 million
in 1912; 10 Dutch East Indies, $3,15l,-
500 against s3,209,O ,O67: TO Asiatic Rus
sia, sl.lO1.41s against si,2Oe,S2s; to
Turkey in Asia, $l.096,74S against
s1,200,929; while Hongkong shows an
increase OF about 100000 and the
Straits Settlements an increase OF
nearly n million.
on the import side the figures OF
trade with Japan also show an in
crease, but no larger than from other
parts of Asia. imports from Japan In
1913 having been 911-2 million dollars
against so l-2 million in 1912; from
China for 1913. 80 million dollars
against % IL million in 1912: from
India, 6S million dollars against 81
million; from the Straits Settlements,
S51-2 million dollars against l-2
million and from Asiatic Turkey IL Ia
million dollars against 3 1-3 million In
1912.
Raw cotton Is the largest sale Item
in the exports To Japan. though man
ufactures as a whole show larger
total than that OF the single Item
cotton. The value of raw cotton ex-
ported TO Japan in 1913 was mill
lion dollars against II "a million In
1911. the years 1912 and 1913 show
ing exceptionally large movements IN
cotton from the United states TO that
country. Flour exported TO Japan
also shows marked increase In 1913,
being 3l-3 million dollars against
2 "a million in 1912, and 1914 mil
lion in 1911. Products OF iron and
steel are the most. Important OF the
manufactures exported TO that eoun-
try. pipe and fittings IN 1913 being
1928 million dollars; sheets and
plates Ia million; locomotives. ! la
million; rails for railways, Ia mil
lion: structural iron and steel over
half a million. Nails and spikes over
400 thousand dollars; railway cars
l50 thousand dollars; and tin plates
approximately 100 thousand dollars
other manufactures sent to that coun-
try include Illuminating oil, l-2 mil
lion dollars value; lubricating oil over
a half million; some leather over hall
a million; fertilizers nearly half mil
lion, and numerous other articles In
smaller sums.
The principal imports from Japan
are silk. tea, mattings, straw braids
rice and copper. Raw silk imports
from that country in the fiscal year
lust ended amounted to 81 milllor
dollars out of the total of 91l-2 mil
lion of exports from that country. Tea
the next largest item in value. wa'
1874 million dollars; materials fol
hats, bonnets and hoods Chiefly straw
braid), approximately 4l-4 million
copper pigs, ingots, etc, l-S million
rice over n million; chinaware over
million: mattings nearly a million
and wines nearly one-half million