Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-04-26
WORLDS EXPORTS.
Interesting and important
Business Facts and Figures.
Our Increasing Commerce--Sma
Countries that Sell Many Coos.
Business Of England, France and Germany
An Economic Theory.


valuable and interesting book entitled
Review of the Worlds Commerce Ii
| contains reports from our consuls as to the
commerce of practically all the countries
OF the world These reports were asked 1of
BIZ the state department on a well defined
and comprehensive plan, and the result Is
an important volume of 300 pages, show
ing from latest official figures, supple
n.cnted 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 to be
found in this book l shall select a 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
tAan the United Kingdom. Both nations
have enjoyed a long period of peace in
which to develop their industries, and
'their competition in neutral markets,
and even in oar home markets, say the
English, sis becoming moro and more seri-
Gus" France is gaining too, but not so
rapidly as the United States and Germany.
The United States exported in 1898
goods valued at &S0T 900, 900, and in 1896
to the valuc of 1887 900, 900.
Great Britein exported in 1896 to the
value of 81, l67000,U 900 and Germany to
| the value Of $Sl5 000, 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.
Tibc oxnorts of France amount to about
s,oo ooo ooo 4 yrar of italy 5000 0oo. 600.
of p,ssia s95o onl ooo and Of sweden and
Nor,vav 500 ooo oo0
BUSINESS oi Sniaii N"'ionS'
Perhaps the most surprising iact IN con
nectlon With the exports OF nations IS 1nae
little Switzerland sells every year about
Sl25, 600, 600 OF goods to the remainder OF
the world. The swiss sent out se,ooo, ,ooo
worth Of watches, sla,0o0,OO0 worth OF
machine made embroideries, etc, more
than $50, 600, 900 of silk goods, and nearly
So, 900, 600 of cheese and condensed milk.
Little Denmark is another busy hive.
The Danes last year exported S72, 600, 600,
OF which s2S, coo, 900 was butter. The
Danes control the English butter trade,
and it is this market that Secretary wilson
VI oii tNpti Va "<i ANtAs 80 - -N's,
to capture for the American cow Most of
the Danish exports are agricultural prod
ucts
Belgium is still another small country
with u SURF risingly large export trade.
| The Belgians sent out in 1895 goods to the
value of sao7 GOO, ,0o0, of which nearly all
were manufactured articles.
Little Greece, of which we are now hear
| ,ot we'll
in foreign trade Her exports are only
! Sl4 600, 600 and her imports S2o, 600, 900
| Turkey has a comparatively small foreign
trade, too, but figures are not given in the
report. All financial and commercial en-
ternrises in Turkey are rerorted in IA very
! baf yov
! ne 80 +t,+a, ox,,e,rts oe aoe- aoO Ono last
! -. 60 or1, oon ,,.a,,+ - E,ro,,o C,ro. !.
| uri+,in is our best customer ncary s4A2 :
] 900 oo0 Germany fool; 500 600 o0O.
E,,,,oo seo nna noo. Rolgi,,p, SOC oo0 ooo.
| hretr,o onlv 81 400 oo0. Denmark. So
600 ono. J+ai, s1e ono ono. Tba neither
lands s23. o00 000; Russia, s., ,00O, 900;
Spain. SIS, 900, 600; Sweden and Norway,
$4,000, coo, and Portugal, s5 600, 600.
Japan is fast taking place among the
leading commercial nations. Ten years
GOO, now Sl20, 600 000. len years ago they
exported S4S, eco, coo, now $l35, ,000, 600.
They have nearly trobled their foreign
trade Notwithstanding tho disturbance Of
the war with CHINA
China has not done so badly either. She
has in ten years increased her imports
from s67 900 900 to $lU2, 600. 900, and her
exports from $17 900, 900 to SIPS, 600, 900.
Three OF the richest countries in the
world buy mere than they sell. The fol
lowing figures give, in round numbers, the
imports and exports of England, France
and Germany according to the latest year :
statistics:
Imports. Exports
England s2, 2Olc90'Uo sl,'s3 ooo'OUt '
france ,o0oo'ooo -, os Oo oSi 900 0
"eriii'-hS '''''''''''.' i'i'i'0'''0'' --''''o''
The excess at imports over exports IL
these three nations Is therefore, the unor
nous sum OF 81, ,lof, ooo,ooo year. "hi'
vast sums they must nave loaned or invest
cd IN their colonies anu other countries!
Striking Industrial Facts.
| In England the manufacturers and eX
,orto,s ro,,nlo;p that tbo IJpited State.
- l1;tt,, - H., uk; ;s tho;r .+ory
~! ~ 80 y. -. IT,,;4., Stato,
: VIC pus cacn soal VI eho = ni'o' '7o,''o,
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