The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-20
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CORRESPONDENCE.
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sae-sas Dispatch 70 TIE -T1.elligercs-
WASHINGTON. Feh. Ts-Tae Yankees %
America and ira Yankees g ghe Crse-t
have cszt-sxTAanssess tbs world u the AS
decade n Ike growth - E1s2r co-asneTc<
asa5 especially saeSr export trade rToGa
Ysss - 1897 tsss experts 90 the ISIseS states
Increased more fHaF - par sent. and tHoss
- Japan rnor% than q per c%n+. IN TIE
matter q imports however. sae Yankees
n Arsey9lA exhlhl, far greater ability 70
supply the home dem2nd taaa sAe3r name
Sakes - tae 0r1sFst. ihs imports q he
United STATES ~ fsST being os1t about per
cant n excess - sAose 81 lsss, while tie
irsgeTsa,l9rs Il Japan sssow AZ increase o.
1aoEe than - pr ceFt.
Some tables JUS; prepared by ne treasury
aurea8 81 statistics comparing he SFo~1a
Of ne commerce OF the United States wiIa
tina; ~ other nations sssew clearly now ;as
United States has surpassed her as4ghoors
beth IN Europe aud other parts Of the weird
II har export trade during the decade. and
that she has a. the same time made greater
progress in supplying fhe home demand.
Der increase N imports n ISL ever those Of
lsSs being Tess than taat OF almost any
other nation
\ comparison Of our foreign commerce
with that Of other nations presents some
interesting facts both a. ID pressn, con-
3tstons ard coEnpsr atlve growth A decade
ago France, Germany aHd f3e United King
3orn exceeded the United States IN thelF
exports. taose u the United Kingdom pc
ing more than double our own. IN 1877
those Of the United States were greater
tGaa those Of France or Germany ana bul
y per cent. less than those % Great Britain.
while IN the calendar year just ea3ei our
expectation y domestic products actually
exceeded the export 81 domestic products
By the Crite4 Kingdom. \ detailed study
OF the commerce Of the great European
nations from lsSS 20 lSss shows that none
has made - rapid progress in exports as
the United STATES. bat that In most cases
they have increased their imports much
more rapidly than We have. From 1883 70
49, our exports Increased 4 per cent while
those OF the United kingdom fell of IL
per cent. France showed al increase OF
but los per cent, Netherlands. $50 per
cent. British Australasia, 80 Der cent,
Belgium less thaD per cent. and Russia
a decrease OF : p>r cent. Germany showed
a gain " lS-s per cent. from 1881 20 1897. the
figures FOR earlier years not being - form
Ia permit an accurate and just comparison.
In imports the United States showed al
Increase OF bat SIS par cent. from 1sSS %
is4T, while the United Kingdom showed is3
per Cent, Netherlands 81 per cent ana
Russia 5i4 per cent. Germany showed an
Increase 81 los per cent from lSl to 1887,
France. Belgium and British Australasia
Showing a slight decrease In their fmpor~
tatt0ns from issS To- i>s5 China increased
her imports l&4 per cent. from ISIS TO 1895.
ana Japan increased hers 1919 per cent,
while in exports China Increased Isl per
cert AMI Japan 81 per cent. No other
country shows SO large an increase III
ports and small Increase in imports
meantime As does the United States while
no other Is able "a present a record such AS
that which ours has made in the fiscal year
1885 OF exports double the amount of Inn
ports.
The following table shows the value Of
imports Of the leading countries In iS97, as
compared with iSSs with the percentage OF
increase 60 or decrease g: