The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-01
j. s. COMMERCE
WITH The WORLD
Exports Increase, While I'm
ports Fall OFF.
AGGREGATE S1,7O2,OOO,OOO
Tlade With All Countries Except Asia
Was Satisfactory for Eight Months
Ending With February.

The commerce of the United States
with the various countries of the world
is presented In the monthly statement
issued by the department of Commerce
and Labor. The statement covers the
eight months ending with February.
194. and compares conditions I'm those
eight months with corresponding pc
RODS of earlier years.
The total exports from the United
States 20 all parts OF the world during
the eight months ending with February.
1894. were valued at s1O4s, 100000. against
sgS2. 100000 in the corresponding months
OF last year and the imports We're
G5f.GJ5.115 in value against S6Sl .0JJ. 0oJ in
The correspondents months OF last year.
To Europe the exports from the United
states We're $i8AUuou,l. against SIS, uJJ, $50
III the corresponding months of last
Year, and the imports We're Sa4I. 100000 ia
value. against So1UC00oJ In The CORE
spending months Of last year. Thus the
exports TO Europe show am Increase of
So, co., GOO, and imports FROM Europe a de
crease OF $40,000.O00. in the eight months
period under consideration.
To North America.
To North America. our exports were
SI50O0c.000. against Sl35.0Jo.00o in the cor
Responding months OF last year, an an
crease of S15.0o0.000; and from North
America, other than the United States.
our imports were S1l3.000,0)9 against
Sll6.O00.000. q decrease of S3,9O0.050.
TO South America our exports were
S35. 0o0.0J0. against $4,000 900 last year,
and from South America our imports
were SIS, 200, 900. against SOS. coo 900 ia the
corresponding months OF last year To
Asia cur exports were S1y.UUJu01 against
81 100000 In the eight months Of last
year. and our imports from asia were
S5l,ooOUuO. against $40, 100000 In the cor
responding months or last year
To Oceanla cur exports were S23.uJtoJ),
against $4,000. 900 i'm the corresponding
months of last year and our imports
from Oceanla We're SlAUl0.UJ1. against
$l4,OJ0,U00 in the same months or the
preceding year. To Africa our exports
were 81. 900 against $1,000 600 in the
corresponding months of last year and
from Africa our imports were 5000 goo.
against 100000 In the same months Of
the preceding fiscal year Thus. the In
crease in exports is exclusively 10 Eu-
rope, North and South America while
Asia, Oceanla. and Africa show, ia each
case. 4 decrease
Hostilities in Asia
To Asia the reduction is presumably
due in part TO the existing hostiiities
which unsettled trade and i'm part to the
very high prices Of cotton. which re-
duced the exports of cotton 10 Japan
from 100000 pounds in The eight
q.
20 100000 pounds in the eight months end
ing with February, 1904, making the re-
ducuon in value Of raw cotton exported
10 Japan alone about $l.5JJ.J0J
To Oceania the reduction occurs IN
the exports TO British Australasia This
decrease occurred chiefly during the
months Of January and February and IS
apparently due In a large degree TO- the
adoption of q preferential tariff go New
Zealand. the details OF which We're so
little known in the latter part Of the
year as 10 cause suspension OF eX-
ports 10 New Zealand pending more def
mite Information as 20 the exact rates
which the new tariff places upon mer-
ChaTAise from the United States ia com
pal1son with like products from the
United Kingdom
Trade With Canada
To Canada. where the preferential
tariff has been sufficiently long in opel-
alton for its details TO be thoroughly
understood, exports from the United
States show a steady growth the total
Tor the eight months ending with Feb
ruarF lylf. being ISL t50 60, against Sl5.-
lsO,l5O IN the corresponding months Of
Tic preceding year. and %tt-i.4-te- In the
same months Of tine fiscal year 1902.
The eject OF reciprocity with Cuba
begins 20 make itself apparent in the
tsQres or our commerce with ln4l ISL
and Exports from the United states
10 Cuba during February, 1904. We're
.S2.l5Z.3-s against fl.5S5sls in February
last year, and Tor the eight months
s,sS4. against S1f0e6.jIs in the CORE
spending months OF the preceding year.
or imports from cuba Ia February,
800. were SLIlt5=, against St.5l3 l33 IN
February 1903. and our total imports
from that island in the eight months
ending with FeDru1ry- 1893, were $3l--
z2s,l69 agaiust S5i l06.eol iu the CORE
Spending months Of last year.