Show I BOYCOTT IS NOT EFFECTIVE Trade of the United States With China Increases as the Months Roll BYl Washington March GIn view of the widespread feelIng regarding the effect of the Chinese boycott of American goods Secretary Metcalf of the department of commerce and labor today gave gate out a statement showing the amount of ex cx exports ports from this country to China b by months from Jul July 1904 to January 1905 nd from July 1905 to January 1905 re respectively respectively It appears from this that the total exports for the seven months end ending endIng ing January Januar 1905 amounted to whereas for tor the seven months ending January 1906 they equaled or ora ora a total increase of The shipments of cotton cloth goods for the period first mentioned amounted to while for the seven months ending January 1906 they were There was likewise an Increase In the exports of copper ingots the tho amounts being stated at for the period ending January 1905 and at for forthe forthe the period ending January 1906 A decrease of nearly 5 56 per cent Is shown In the exports ot of mineral oils the amount of such shipments for the seven months ending January 1005 being 5 3 whereas they were only for the same period of time up to Janu January January ary 1906 The statement shows that the exports o of the products named were vastly less Jess Jessin lessin in January 1906 than they were in the month preceding cotton goods falling off to the extent of copper r ingots and mineral Oils 60 |