| Show BUSINESS IN A business has been resumed in china apparently with increased the official publication of the chinese government ern ment Ile turns of trade and trade for the year 1901 which has just reached the treasury bureau of statistics shows that railroad construction IMS been actively resumed in icv t ral of the jiro vinces that practically 1000 miles of railway arenow in operation and eliat several hundred miles will be added during the present year while the record of alie foreign commerce presented by alio report shows th atthe imports into china in the year 1901 were larger than thysa vi any preceding year the total value of the imports is given as or million aaela in 1899 millions in 1897 millions in 1895 and millions in 1894 the exports are valued ai aads tads and exceed eliose of iny prior year except 1809 from alic united states the imports in 1901 were valued at against 10 in 1900 in in 1898 and 9 ill 1894 thus alio imports from the united states have increased about per cent while alie exports to the united in 1901 were practically alio same as those of 1894 alie figures of 1901 being and those of comparing the progress of the united with that of other countries it may be said that the imports into china irom areat britain increased from SO million in 1894 to 41 millions in 1001 those from hong kong increased froni 82 millions to millions from continental europa except alii ia from 0 millions to 17 millions and those from ania inci batca fram acsa than 0 ne million to alie growth in imports from the united states is larger than that in imports from any other country though hong kong britain japan and india rank lii aher than the L cited states in tho import statement of 1901 r american merchandise continues to find favor in china according to a statement of the statistical secretary mr F E taylor which accompanies the report american heavy goods lie says continue to find favor drills from that country having MW reached pieces or more alian double the importations of while shee tings rose to pieces japanese goods also show progress thir tings having risen from 1350 to 1402 piece gopy and white shirting acro about the same amongst bliem being included a growing importation import alion of american goods owing to the fall in exchange and the dearleas dear of cotton in america and europe was a marked dc inand during alie year for cheaper qualities of cotton goods which was rather a reversal of the tendency of late years american kerosene oil was six millions of gallons in excess of the largest previous importation in 1894 Itus sian kept its place while is rapidly gaining and lias reached gallons an interesting feature of the report is that relating to the resumption of railway construction as follows the shantung railway had aco kilometers kilo completed at the end of the year and trains were running between Tsing toa and tso ahan this next spring it is expected to reach the mahau coa mines and should bo completed as far as chi nan fu alie capital of the province in three years the imperial railways of north china between peking and and extensions to and from feng tai to the lu iian railway and extensions to tung chou and alsin inin ann have kilometers completed the short line between shanghai and woosung Wo S kilometers is aid to be paying its way now but nothing lias been done by way of alie projected railway from shanghai to Soo chow etc and it ia understood that there is some chuy in raising the necessary capital owing to alie terms of alie concession not being considered satisfactory by ini esters the great trunk line from peking to makes steady progress and the influence on trade should be fell immediately during the year alie section between lu kou chiao mid pao ting fu destroyed by boxers wai rebuilt and the line lus been carried down to chelig ting fu distant from mcking kilometers in 1902 2 it is hoped to complete the line as far dutli as anun te fu a further distance of kilometers in the south at the end af pf the year kilometers northwards from were completed and trains will bo running as far as bisin yang kilometers about may lt next by the end of the year it i limped that the track will be laid for kilometers north of yang it is intended to commence work shortly on the line from to banton experience has already shown that railways in china are eagerly availed of and that increases wherever they arc I 1 never saw n failure yet that basol worth more than it cost K the fellow that failed made use of it the great white way |
