Show CHANGES IN CHINESE EXPORT TRADE cainas chinas export trade is not greatly on the increase on the other hand there are constantly expressed beara that it will not grow in the near future as it should the most notable feature of the export trade I 1 of the empire at the present time Is in the rise in importance bt exports other than tea and silk the relation ol 01 tea and silk to the export trade of the empire has been often discussed in reports to the state department generally it may be said that while both tea and silk show something of an absolute increase over the tea and silk ex of forty years ago they have fallen in comparative importance from 68 and 24 peri cent ot the total exports in 1864 as compared with 12 per cent ot cotton and 6 per anet of other goods to 12 per cent tor tea 33 per cent for silk and 10 per cent of cotton and 44 per cent of other boods in 1904 the new exports include articles of many varieties bean cake for japan amounts to from 3 to 5 per cent of the total exports yearly enormous quantities of eggs are exported for their albumen also opium cotton and rape seed minerals straw braid sugar oils of various sorts hides feathers manufactured goods like tans go abroad in increasing quantities as do mats rush and chip hats hides hemp glass cloth timber to bacco the list of articles now exported by chann in addition to the old exports of tea and silk is a largo one and needs to be carefully studied by the american manufacturer who desires to aden bis own trade so as to include china among his customers |