The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-24
Important Facts About
Experts of Nations.
Foreign Trade of the United
States Is Increasing.
Small Countries That Sell Large
Quantities OF Products.

WASHINGTON, April2t. Especial THE
state department has just published a most
valuable and interesting book entitled
"Review of the Worlds Commerce. 1t
contains reports from our consuls as TO the
commerce of practically all the countries
Of the world. These reports were asked for
by the state department on well defined
and comprehensive plan, and the result Is
an important volume of 300 pages, show
ing from latest official figures, supple
meuted by intelligent observation, just
what all the peoples upon the globe are do
ing in the great field Of trade. From
among thousands of interesting facts 60 be
found in this book | shall select few OF
the more notable
Victories of Peace.
The British board of trade comedies that
the United States and Germany are ex-
tending their foreign trade more rapidly
than the United Kingdom. Both nations
have enjoyed a long period Of peace In
which to develop their industries, ana
"their competition in neutral markets,
and even in our homo markets, say the
English, sis becoming more and more seri-
GUS" France is gaining too, but not SO
rapidly as tls Unitcd states and Germany.
The United States exported in 1873
goods valued at S6O1 900, OOO, ana In 1870
TO the value OF s0S7 900, 900.
Great Britain exported in 1895 to the
value of Sl 167, 900, 900 and Germany TO
the value of $Sl5, 600, 900. Considering the
age of these nations and their extensive
colonial systems, the wonder is that they
do not both exceed the United States and
England by larger figures.
The exports of France amount TO about
$500, 900, 900 year, of Italy 5000, 100000,
of Russia $3.50, 900, 900 and of sweden and
Norway 800, 100000.
Business of Small Nations.
Perhaps the most surprising fact in con-
nection with the exports of nations Is that
little Switzerland sells every year about
$l25, 900, 900 of goods to the remainder OF
the world. The swiss sent out $4,000, 900
worth of watches, Sl3, 600, 600 worth OF
machine made embroideries, etc, more
than $50, ,00O, 900 of silk goods, and nearly
So, 900, 900 of cheese and condensed milk.
Little Denmark is another busy hive.
The Danes last year exported S72 ,OO0,O
of which S2S, 000,0 900 was butter. The
Danes control the English butter trade,
and it Is this market JIlil SecreOdry Mlisoh
OF our department of agriculture is trying
TO capture for the American cow. Most of
the Danish exports are agricultural prod
ucts.
Belgium is still another small country
with surprisingly large export trade.
The Belgians sent ont in 1895 goods TO the
value of S267, 900, 600, of which nearly all
were manufactured articles.
Little Greece, of which we are now hear
ing so much, does not show up very wei
in foreign trade Her exports are only
$14, 900, 900 and her imports S20,OOO,OO0
Turkey has a comparatively small foreign
trade, too, but figures arc not given in the
report All financial and commercial en-
terprises in Turkey are reported in very
bad way.
| OF our total exports of s9S7, ,000,0 900 las
year S607 0O0, 600 went 10 Europe. Grea
| Britain is our best customer, Deary S4i2,