The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-10-21
MAKING RICH GAINS.
The United States Makes Rich Gains
in Export Trade.
INCREASE OF soPER CENT
The Percentage is Greater than that made by
any of the Leading Manufacturing Ma
tions..France, Germany, England.

The Percentage Is Greater than that made by |
any of the Leading Manufacturing Ma
tions..France, Germany, England.
Washington. d. G. Oct 2O.-The
rapid gain which the United States
is making in the extension of its ex-
port trade is illustrated by some figures
presented in a statistical abstract of
the principal countries of the world
recently issued by the British govern
ment and just received at the treasury
bureau of statistics. This presents
tables showing the imports and exports
of the leading countries of the world
year by year from 1886 to 1896, and in
these tables the United States makes
for herself a remarkably advantageous
showing in gains of her export trade.
The tables cover the exports and i'm
ports of twenty-five of the leading
countries of the world. An eXamina-
ton of the export figures show that the
total exports of the twenty-five coun-
tries in question amounted in 1886 to
81, 157 100000, and in 1896 to 81 1851 ,9l6-
600. an increase of 20 per cent in the
decade, while the figures for the Unit
ed States alone show an increase of
over 80 per cent in the decade. Thus
it will be seen that the United States
between 1886 to 1896 increased her eX-
ports much more rapidly than the av-
erage country of the world, while a de-
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over our chief rivals, France, Germany
and the United Kingdom, was even
greater in the average shown by these
figures, GermaDy's increase in exports
in the decade lsS6.96 being Is per cent,
that of France but Al per cent, and
that OF the United Kingdom 103 per
cent, while that of the United States,
as already stated, was 30 per cent. A
substitution of the figures covering the
exports of the United States in 1898 for
those of 1896 would present much
greater increase, our exports in 1898
having been 40 per cent greater than
those of 1896,
That our share in the total commerce
of the world is steadily increasing is
shown both by the figures presented by
the publication in question and a COM
parison with those of earlier compila-
lions. Our share of the total exports
of the twenty-five countries under con-
sideration in 1886 was less than 10 per
cent and is now over 10 per cent. Add
ing to the total of the countries COW
cred by the publication in question the
latest accessible figures on the COM
merce of the other countries of the
world, it is found that the exports OF
the world are about SIS, 500, 100000 and
the total commerce exports and inn
ports) approximately S17 100000. OF
this vast sum the United States con-
tributed s1,s47, 531, 1884 in 1898, or, in
round numbers, II per cent, against es-
Inmates of 81 per cent in 1889, a per
cent in 1870, and Sd per cent in 1880. OF
this increased percentage in the world IS
commerce which we now enjoy, exports
at present from much larger proper
ton than they did at the earlier periods
referred to, the imports having exceed
ed the exports at each of the dates
mentioned, while in 1898, for the first
time in our history, the exports were
double the amount of our imports.
An examination of the tables relat-
ing to the imports and exports of the
leading countries shows equally favor
able conditions in regard to our own
commerce. Our exports of iron and
steel, for instance, are shown to have
been in 1887 S15 .959, 900 and in 1896 SAL :
161 900, while those of the United King
dom, which in 1887 were e24,992, 900,
were IN 1896 only e23 1901 900, showing a
loss of S per cent in British exports of
iron and steel, while those of the Unit
ed States were increasing over $50 per
cent. Our exports of leather and man
ufactures thereof increased from $1O,-
100000 in 1887 to $40, 243 900 in 1896;
while those of Great Britain, which in
1887 were 93, Sl2, 1856, were in 1896 93,-
99S, 14S, thus showing a gain for Great
Britain of less than per cent, while
our exports of similar articles were in
creasing nearly 100 per cont. Compar-
ing these evidences of the growth of
our exports of manufactures with those
of France and Germany, the result is
equally favorable. exports of leather
from France being in 1886 $4,000 900
franc in value, and in 1896 but so ,OOO,-
600 francs; those of metal wares and
tools, 81 100000 francs in 1886 and go
600, 600 francs in 1896. German exports
of leather, dressed and dyed. which in
1886 amounted to 141, 100000 marks,
were in 1896 but 55,0OO,OOO marks, while
leather wares, except gloves, which
in 1886 were 110,OOO,0OO marks, were in
1896 66. 600 marks. German exports
of iron and steel show in.the decade an
increase of so per cent, against an in
crease OF $50 per cent in our own ex-
ports in this line.
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