Ogden Daily Standard | 1900-01-09 | Page 4 | Our Expanding Trade

OUR EXPANDING TRADE the doltish consul at kieff says the growth of american trade with russia is startlingly apparent the trade in agricultural machinery he says Is practically controlled by americans that in steam pumps is more or less american and the introduction of improved machine tools is due to americans who are now also energetically getic ally pushing the sale of fixed steam engines the doltish consul at odessa tells a tale ot the distancing of all their competitors by american bl makers our own treasury bureau statistics show an increase in our exports to russia from in 1893 to in 1899 american trade Is also making gratifying progress in china the report of tho inspector general of customs of china tor tho year shows an increase of less than 5 per cent in abs tbs total imports of the empire but waa an increase of 40 per cent in the of imports from the united states the principal imports into clilia from tho united states are cotton goods kerosene oil flour provisions railway materials and engines manufactures of iron and steel manu fractures fac tures of wood and manufactured to arcco there is no doubt that the report tor 1899 will show further im particularly in the importation of coarse cotton goods jeans and shee tings