Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-08
AMERICAS TRADE WITH RUSSIA.


of strained relations between the
United States and Russia on account OF
the B'nai Birth petition makes the re-
cent statistical report from the bureau
of commerce and laho- on our trade
with Russia timely and interesting.
Trade between the United States and
Russia made its highest record in the
fiscal year just ended. In both exports
u and imports from Russia the figures
for the year just ended are larger than
at any time within the last twenty
Years. and the grand total of imports
and exports combined is larger than
any year IN the history of our COM
it,cree with that country.
Il statement regarding the commerce
cf .hs United States with Russia, pre-
err eti BY the department; of commerce
and labor thru it's bureau of statistics
gnows that the total exports to Russia
in the year ending June 80, 1903, ag-
gregated sf7,6o6.s12. This total is rear
AZ da,il,le tina. of the exports in 1901.
and about so per cent in excess Of those
CT 1907. Imports also show a marked
growth for the past year. and the total
Ter the year is greater than In any pre-
ccain1 year in the history Of our trade
With Russia.
The record of the year 1903 shows a
larger total Of exports TO Russia than
ii any preceding year except 1883, and
4 lager total Of imports from Russia
taaa in any preceding year, while the
tciai commerce Imports and exports
ecniGsiacd) with Russia was larger in
&c fiscal year of 1908 than in any
si:ns year.
Cotton. agricultural implements and
q, 1 i s4ctureg OF iron ard steel are the
.snst important factors in the export
;,..ie f.oin the United States to Russia.
In isUc Che detailed figures of 1903 are
rot yet avallable) the total value OF
tts.tca exported to Russia was over So
80 SEQ. Of agricultural enpliments; over
Sc .h3g,G00, OF manufactures OF iron and
s.cal o%er a million and flour ever a
1.tl.ioa The statement Of the bureau OF
statistics divides the exports to Russia
Into four groups: first. those destined
ana W-a.te seas: second, those for ports
on the Eiack sea; third, those to 4Asiatic
Russia and fourth, those to what is
claseed Russian China, which term in
cludes all shipments to the territory in
the vicinity of Port Arthur, leased to
Russia by China in 1898.
The large proportion of the exports
to Russia go to the ports on the Baltic
and White seas. The total for the year
1903 to Russia on the Baltic and White
seas was s1S,399,37o; to Russia on the
Black sea, $2,723.25s; to Assiatic Rus
STA. ss02,42S, and to Russian China
$SS1,756.
In the exports to ports on the Baltic
and White seas cotton predonlinates,
the total of cotton shipped to those
ports in 1902 being threc-fourths OF a
million dollars in value. manufactures
of iron and steel about one million,
wheat flour over one-half million and
agricultural implements over one-half
million.
TO Russia on the Black sea the larg
est single item is agricultural imple-
ments, nearly two millions; iron and
steel manufactures. about one hundred
thousand and manufactures CT fbres
over 100000.
To Asiatic Russia flour forms the
principal article, the total value, Of flour
exported to that section Of Russia be-
ing, in 1902, over 100000 out of to-
tad of about one million.