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years, a .trade between India and America. We receive from this country hardware, cutlery, sewing machines, water-mills, sugarmills, oil-presser, and so on, but the share of America, when compared with the shares allotted to the other countries of the civilized world, is very small. I will not go into the details as to these things, as I told you before, but I will only give you an idea, for instance, so far as water-mills, sugar mills oil-presses, and so miscellaneous machines are concerned. We have imported into the United States, in the year 1897-98, about $40,004,000 worth, and the share of America was only $30000 worth.
With the superior manufacturing skill and up-to-date machine and machinery of the Americans, they ought to have a better share I mean to say they would have a better share, provided proper methods are adopted.
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Now there are so many details, which details would be appreciated by manufactures who want to deal with merchant in India, and these things can be better elucidated in a personal conversation. I would only mention a few lines of the manufactured articles that would be proper to introduce into India.
First, agricultural implements. Now, while we receive a large quantity from other countries in India America only sent us about 16,000 worth last year. What is the reason? There are reasons and find these reasons I shall state at the end of this address. Then there is a possibility of introducing brass manufactures into India, also next comes brooms and brushes bicycles, celluloid articles, chemicals, drugs, medicines clocks and watches, articles of copper, cotton manufactures, and just here I will remark that from 97 to 99 per cent of the textile goods imported into India, 97 to 99 per cent was furnished by Great Britain, and we shall continue to buy from Great Britain all such goods.
Now we have a reason for that. If you can comply with the condition and requirement in India markets, you can also have a
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