The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-04
TRADE Of NATIONS
America Now | eadS The World
in Expectations.
SOME CURIOUS FIGURES
Marvellous Expansion of the
United States Business.

The picture OF the worlds commerce
presented each month by the Treasury
bureau OF statistics in its monthly pub
licauon. the Monthly Summary OF Com
merce and Finance. presents in the cur
rent number s6me interesting facts about
the commerce OF the principal nations
OF the world. Perhaps the most interest
ing fact which it shows is that the
United States stands the fiscal year
1901 clearly and unquestionably at the
head Of the worlds list of exporting ma
tons. her average monthly expectations
for the nine months ending with March.
1901, being S124. 497. SD. while those OF the
United Kingdom. her closest cOmpeti-
tor, were S1l7, .246 per month during the
same period those of Germany the next
largest exporter, $S7551. 600 per month
during the twelve months ending with
December, 1890; France $50. 457. go; Russia,
SO $4,000 per month; British India, s95,-
74703O per month; Hungary, rs
753 80 per month; Belgium, 23.563 000 per
month. and Italy, S20.5lS.00O per month.
Of the twenty-four countries or polid-
cal divisions named in the table ten show
an excess Of exports over imports, while
the remaining fourteen show an excess
OF imports over exports. Argentina,
Bulgaria, Canada, Egypt, British India,
Mexico, the Philippine Islands. Russia,
Uruguay and the United States show an
excess OF exports over imports; while
Hungary, Belgium, Cape Of Good
Hope, Cuba, France, Germany, Greece,
Italy, Japan. Porto Rico, Portugal. S Gain,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom
show an excess of imports over exports.
Argentina shows in the twelve months
ending with December last $50. 900. 900
more Of exports than of imports Canada
in the eight months ending with Febru-
airy, 1901, shows y million dollars more of
exports than of imports. British India
during the nine months ending with De-
cember shows s. million dollars more Of
exports than Of imports, and Russia
during the twelve months ending with
DeDcember shows 50 million dollars more
Of exports than of imports; while the.
United States ir the nine months ending
with March, 1901. shows 521 million dol
lars more of exports than of imports
A further comparison of the latest fig
ures with those of the corresponding
period for the preceding year also devel-.
ops some interesting facts. Argentina
in the twelve months ending with De
cember. 1889. showed s. million dollars
excess Of exports over imports and IN
the same months Of 1900 an excess OF only
50 million dollars Canada in the eight
months ending with February, 1900
showed exports 3 million dollars below
the imports. while the corresponding
months ending with February, 1901,
showed Z million dollars excess Of ex-
ports over Imports Russia in the
twelve months ending with December.
1899, showed less than million dollars
excess of exports over imports. and in
the twelve months ending with Decen-
Der. 1862 50 million dollars more OF ex-
ports than Of imports; while the United
States. which in TIE nine months ending
with March. 1900, showed 394 million dol
lars excess Of exports over imports. fl
the same months Of the fiscal year 800
showed 521 million dollars excess Of ex-
ports over imports, a gain Of Sl27.0o0 000
in the favorable balance OF trade" for
the nine months period Of 1901 as com
pared with q ike period Of 1900.
The total domestic exports CT the
United States in the nine months ending
with March are S120. 4s0.573, while the
expectation OF British and Irish produce
in the same period is s.. 050. 81. II. snow
ing the exports Of the United States 10
be 60 million dollars greater than those
Of the United Kingdom. her greatest
rival. during the term under considera-
ton