Show COMMERCE OF KOREA the relations that exist between the united states and the countries am in tho war troubles in the far east are tho center of great in terms lust now outside of the de part menta ot the government which leavo to do directly with collecting tuch data a number ol 01 statisticians and commercial bodies are collecting facts and figures which are made the baals for roost interesting reports A systematic study of the commeria com merca of korea has been made by director goodwin of the pacific commercial mu beum the results are interesting at abla time especially when russia and japan are battling for in the korean trade territory director goodwan finds that the annual volume ot the korean commerce la about IS and that the imports materially exceed the exports the for elfin commerce of china la carried on almost exclusively through the treaty ports only about a third of the commerce of korea goes through in that manner there hag been a large growth during the baat elx years in the interest the united states has in korean corn bierce ci erce in 1903 the united states sold bent to china and japan which were subsequently into korea from choso many articles KO through china aad jfhn that eventually reach the of korea There toro director goodwan that tho joroan trade with this country would show a much larger bulk if could all be carefully traced the imports are chiefly cotton and woolen goods metals kerosene and the machinery or the use of the railroads anat those that are engaged in their construction the chief X ports are rice beans bides ginseng and copper director goodwan avows the extent to which japan la now interested te in the commerce of korea |