New-York tribune., 1903-07-06
TWELVE MILLIONS GAIN.
The Trade Of the United States 7cith
British North america.
fFRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU.I


Washington, July 5.-The remarkabI success
which has attended the United States export
trade recently shows no exception IN the case of
British North America, with which the trade of
the eleven months ended with May shows an in
crease of approximately S12O00O0O over the
same period of the previous year according to
the Bureau of Statistics, which bureau conf
IDENTIFY predicts that the increase for the twelve
months will considerably exceed the figure
named
This is a larger increase than in any year in
the history of our commerce with Canada ex-
cept 1898 when the increase was slightly great
er than that of the last fiscal year. The term
British North America" groups Quebec On
tario Manitoba and the Northwest Territory
Nova Scotia, New-Brunswick and Prince Ed
ward Island. Newfoundland and Labrador, and
British Columbia. BY far the most important
of these groups, commercially. is Quebec, On
tario etc, the exports from the United States
to which form so Der cent of the total exports
TO British North America; and it is in the ex-
ports to those provinces that the chief growth
has occurred. During the eleven months ended
with May the total value of exports TO Quebec,
Ontario. etc, was S9S,000O00. against $4,000
600 in the corresponding months of the preced-
ing year; to Nova Scotia, etc. the total was
$1,000 900 against S5,5O0O00 in the eleven
months of 1902 to British Columbia S6,J00000
compared vita $7000O00 IN the corresponding
months of the preceding year. and to Newfound-
land and Labrador. $2500000 against little
less than 81. 100000 in the same months of 1902
The total exports to British North America
from the United States for the full fiscal year
seem likely 10 be about SI25,00OOOO, against
S112,000OO0 in 1902, $107. 100000 in 1901 and
S9T, 100000 in 1900.
Not only has the growth in exports from the
United States to Canada been greater in the
year Just ended tnan in any preceding year
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been greater than to any other country except
Germany. To Germany the increase in the
eleven months of 1903 for which figures are
now available was S21. 900 900; to Mexico the
increase was 100000; to Argentina, Sl,5OO,-
600; to all of South America, $25O0OOO and 10
all of Africa, S4OOOOOO IhuS the actual m
crease in our expectations TO Canada in the
fiscal year just ended Will be greater than 10
anv other country except Germany.
Meantime the imports into the United states
from Canada have grown but not with equai
rapidity. The total imports for the year Just
ended will amount TO about S55,O00OOO against
a total Of S4SOO0O0O imported from British
North America in the fiscal year 19OZ Com
pairing 1903 with 1913 me CROWN WIN aiiloutII s
TO about S17O00,0O0. the total imports from
British North America for 1888 having been
about S3S 0000 600, while the growth in our eX-
ports TO British North America during thaI
Gavoa rAriod will be about 81 100000 Thus the
total exports to British North America from
the United States are little more than uouoie e
The irnports into the United States from that
section and the growth in exports between 1898
and 1903 has been twice as great as the CROWN
in imports .,,. ,.;,,, eov, hat
exnortatlon of S125,0O0O00 to British North
America are stating them IN the relatlVe oFQer
of value: Manufactures or IRON ana steel' C Coai
b-aads+u4fs raw cotton, manufactures or COTTON
agricultural implements. chemicals lumper and
rnanufa ctures of wood ..o7 .,r+s
froro the United States TO, and total imports
into the United States FROM Brltsm ms , ors ,
toar,ca in each year from 1893 TO l9J5 the
figures for the month of June. 1870 oelns eSll-
mated: