Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-06-22
The Foreign Business of
the United States.
MORE THAN TWO BILLION
The Commerce. Exports and Imports
Have Doubled in d Little Mare
Than Quarter OF 4 Century
Excess Over Last Year.

Washington. d. c.. June sI--Eleven
months figures OF the treasury bu-
reau of statistics. now completed. show
that the foreign commerce of the
United States will be. in the year
about TO end, the largest in the history
of the country. ImrcrtS will. for the
FIRST time. exceed I billion dollars. ard
exports viii be larger than in any pre-
ceding year except 1901 The eleven
months figures which justify this as
sertion show that the imports OF the
eleven months ending with May were
$943. .597, ,194. and the exports Si.Ssi. .ssS.-
293. For the twelve months ending
with May the imports are Sl.0ls. 7le.stS.
and the exports. $1.413. 733.976- A. the
largest imports in any earlier fiscal
year were Ss03. .32O. 94S. in 1902. il is Qui,e
apparent that the total imports OF the
present year will exceed those OF ans
preceding year. and that they viii also
exceed 4 billion dollars. since they
have not fallen below $4,000 oSG in any
month of the mast year and ar. ia
the eleven months within S57.005.ece of
the biilion-dOllar lire. As the largest
exports of any preceding year. except
1901. were 1884. fSS,Ol2. in $500. and
those of the eleven months ending with
MAY were $l.324 49,. 293. and tho small
lest exports Of any month in the year
We're $SS.000.o00. it is apparent that
when the month OF June is added. th-
export total for the year viii exceed
that Of 1900. and viii pass the $l.4o1.-
000. .0G0 line. The largest total commerce
Cby which is meant the imports and ~N-
ports combined Of any earlier year
was that of 1901. $e.3Ie. .S31.1Ss. As The
total imports and exports fOr the eltV-
en- months ending with May were s.
.C3 090. 49,. md the combined imports
and OF the lishtest month OF the pres
ent year were $1s2. .Go9. go. ii is appar-
ent that tna commerce OF the twelfth
month added 10 the total already
shown by the eleven months viii make
grand total exceeding that OF 1901.
which showed the largest total imports
and exports combined
1t was only in tie year 1872 that the
total commerce first touched the one
billion-Gollar lire. Running hack
through the century. il may be said
that the total imports and exports OF
1900 amounted to 2.o00. 600. in 1850
s144. 900. eco; in 1850. SlS.0OO. eco; in lS50
S31S.oc0. 600; in 1850. eS7. 900. Oo0: in 1870.
SOS. 600, coo. IN 1872 the total commerce
for the first time crossed the billion
dollar line. being for that year. Sl.O7o-
752.6 .6e3. III 1850 ii was S1.503.oO0 and in
1890. s1.647. .0O0. In 1900 it first crossed
the two billiOn-d dollar line. being in thar
year s2.244OCO; in 1901. s.. 81 600: in lsoe.
2.2S5.00O. and in 1909 seems likely u
exceed 50. 400. eco.
OF the more than on billion dollars
worth OF imports for the full year.
manufacturers materials viii form
nearly $500. 100000 value. In the ten
months whose figures are completed b.
the treasury bureau Of statistics manu-
facturers materials formed A.. per
cent OF the total imports. and in tn
latest month available. April. they
formed 49.0 per cert The perc-ntage
which these materials for use OF tn
manufacturers form OF the grand total
is larger in that part OF the fiscal year
whose figures have completed than OF
any preceding year. In 1902 manufac-
turers' materials formed 46.l Per cent
of tho total imports; in lse0. 80 p~r
cent; IN 1898. 42.0 per cent; in 1885. SCI
percent: in 1890. S4.5 per cent: IN lSS5.
23.1 per cent; in 1870 eS.2 per cent: in
1860. S6.4 per cent. and in 1910. 81 pcr
cent OF tho total imports