The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-27
COMMERCE OF THE WORLD
Statement Just Issued by the b.
reau of Statistics.
THE FINANCES OF ALL NATIONS
Aggregate Trade of Countries Named at
Present Time Reaches S2a .ooO, ,ooo, 900
Total Exports and Imports - In
terest Charge on the Public Debt-In-
debtedness of the Uniied States.


Washington, D. C.-The area. popu.
lation, commerce, revenue. e1pendi-
lures, indebtedness, currency and
stocks of money of the principal coun'
tries of the world are treated in 4
statement just issued by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor through
its Bureau Of Statistics.
The total export Of the countries and
colonies included are stated at $10,2IS,'
616,OOO and the total imports at $11,.
525, ,755, 900, making the aggregate COM
merce S21, ,S04, ,391 900. For most Of the
countries the figures stated relate to
the year 1902, in few cases they are
for 1901, and in some cases for 1903.
The aggregate of the worlds commerce
at the present time may. therefore, be
set down, in round figures, as $22,-
OOO,OOO,OOO.
While, presumably. all exports be-
come, in turn, imports, the stated value
of these imports exceeds by more than
81, ZOO, 100000 the stated value Of the
as exports.
The population of the countries and
colonies included in this statement is
given at 1, ,4S7, ,159, 900, and their area at
40,701, 1886 square miles. The figure OF
population in the countries included in
the table seems to justify an estimate
Of 1,60O,000,OO0 as the approximate
total of the worlds population at the
present time.
The total revenue, for the latest
available date, of the countries and col.
onies included In the list is set down
at $7,S54, ,301, 900, and the total expen.
ditures at $7,939, $4,000.
The total Indebtedness of the coun.
tries named in the list is given at $685.
OO0,OOO,OO0. The interest charge on the
public debt of the countries named is
given at $1,416,397, ,44S.
The stocks of money in the countries
named are stated at $11 800 300, 900. or.
in round terms, $4,000, 100000. Of this
total, representing the total stocks of
money in the countries in question, S..
355, 100000 is stated as gold. $780,.
100000 as silver and $2,963, 100000 as
uncovered paper.
The largest imports Of any single
nation are those Of the United. King.
dom, $2,571, ,416,000; Germany second.
S1,34O, O,17S,0 900; the United States third,
S1.525, 10000; Netherlands fourth,
$685., 100000, and France fifth, $685.
046, 900.
The per capita imports are, stated in
the order of magnitude per capita:
Netherlands, S162.2O; New Zealand,
S72.9S; Belgium, S65.62; Switzerland.
S64.S9; United Kingdom, $61.2S; Com.
monwealth of Australia, $54.74; the i'm.
ports Of the United States are given at
$12.76 per capita. The per capita ex-
ports are: Netherlands, $137.OS; New
Zealand, $795S; Commonwealth Of
Australia, :$54.74; Belgium. $3.50;
Switzerland, $5O.2S; those of the United
States are given at $1732 per capita.
These figures, like the others of COM
merce quoted, relate to domestic ex-
ports only.
In the statement of Indebtedness Of
the various countries the totals by
countries, in the order of their magni.
tude, are:
France, s5,s56,312,s92; United King
dom, S3,SS5, 1858 Russia. $685..
e3S,3SS; Italy. $2,56O,605,OO0; Spain,
S2.O61. .3S9,972; Austria-Hungary, ST.
112, ,790,247; British India, $1.1O2,905,
l39; Commonwealth of Australia, ST.
047, ,S19,629.
The debt Of the United States is
stated at 1926, 5,O11,637. The indebted
ness Of the German Empire is given
at $69S, S,S49. 400, and of the German
States, $685., ,621, 900. Five European
ountries-France, the United King
dom, Germany, Italy and Spain-show
an aggregate ind ,btedness of over ST.
O00,000,0O0 thus forming one-half Of
the total Indebtedness of the world.
The per capita debt, as stated in the
order of magnitude is: New Zealand,
$32711; Commonwealth Of Australia,
S277.79; Portugal, $151.02; France,
S150.31; Uruguay, s132.Sl; Honduras,
S124.19; Spain. $110.72; Argentina,
$100.0S; United Kingdom, S92.59; Meth
erlands, $s6.62; Belgium, ss12S; Italy,
$7SS5.
The debt Of the United States is
given at S11.51 per capita.