Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-25
FIGURES THAT DISPEL ALARM
Pessimist Ideas of Un,,e Sans Foreign
Trade Are False
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS ARE LARGER
Increase IL Especially Noted in re
gard 70 Russia, Austris-Hunsary
and GermAny-Chfna's Busi-
ness with United states.
(From a stsn correspondent.)

W N16AaAANGlONs may Gh-k0petAail- ho
alarms which have been sounded during
the last two years regarding the trade re.
lations between the United states ana
certain other countries OF the world hnd
no justification In the figures of our com.
merce up to this time. The three coun-
tries which have been mentioned from time
TO time as likely to decrease their importa-
tions from the United States are Russia,
Austria Hungary and Germany. study
OF the latest figures Of the Treasury Blu
reau Of Statistics regarding our imports
and exports shows a steady growth In
the trade relations with all these coun-
tries and indicates that our commerce
with each OF them Is likely to be larger
In the present fiscal year than in any pre-
vious year In the history OF our commerce.
This is true both of the imports and ex-
ports. To each of these three countries our
exports are steadily and rapidly increas.
ing and from each OF them our imports are
| also steadily and rapidly increasing.
This is especially marked in the figures
| OF our trade relations with Russia in the
present fiscal year The latest figures of
the Bureau OF Statistics are for the nine
months ending with March. They show
that our exports to Russia in that period
were nearly double those of the corre-
spending period OF any year OF the last de-
| cdub anu NldA OuN llpoANS AlOhA NNhSSho
are also steadily and rapidly increasing,
being double those Of 1889 and three times
those of 1894 In both imports and exports
| the figures OF our trade with Russia I'm
| the nine months ending with March are
| about three times as large as In the same
months of 1884, In exports the increase has
| been especially marked in the last year.
Our principal imports from Russia are
hides and skins, WOOL licortce root and
fibers, and for all OF these there is con.
stantly Incl easing demand among manu-
facturers. Our principal exports to Russia
are cotton, Of which the United States
produces three-fourths OF the worlds sup.
ply; copper, of which we produce one-halt
Of the worlds supply; agricultural imple-
ments and machinery.
| Discrepancy in Reports.
In the case of austria Hungary the
| growth is in both imports and exports. Our
imports from Austria Hungary in the nine
| months ending with Marcn were larger
than in any corresponding period of our
commerce with that country. and double
those of the same period in 1895, 1898 and
1890 Our own figures of our commerce with
Austria Hungary show imports from that
country much larger than exports to 1t, and
this has been the case In our entire record
of commerce with that country; though the
fact that the official reports of Austria
Hungary show much larger imports Of
products OF the United States than our owl
figures OF exports TO it indicates that con
siderable quantities of merchandise re
ported to our custom houses as exports t.
other countries ultimately reach Austria
Hungary. Our principal imports from Aus
tria- Hungary are sugar, chemicals, glass
ware and fbers, and the principal articles
shown by our own reports of exports e
that country are cotton, copper and minera
oil.
In our commerce with Germany the reeort
OF the nine months ending with Marcel
shows larger imports and exports than u
the same period Of any preceding year. tn
imports from Germany for the nine months
are sol GAG. SIG. against s64s5s, 40 in the sam
period of 1894. and It Is apparent that 70
the fiscal year 1903 they will be the larges
( IN tho history of our trade with that coun
: try our exports to Germany in the min
months are $15S742,Ol7. and for the twelv
E months will also exceed the figures Of an,
earlier year in the history of our commerc
; with that country Our largest exports (
Germany are cotton breAdstuffs provision
and copper. Our largest imports from tina
, country are chemicals, manufactures o
/ cotton. silk, wool. leather and iron an
r steel.
record of Ten Years.
, The following table shows our commerc
! with Russia, Austria Hungary and Ger
: many in the nine months ending Wit
0 March in each year from 1894 to 1908, a
e shown BY the reports Of the bureau OF STA
tistics;
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