The Penn's Grove record., 1904-01-15

1SAttoSe
Washington, D. C.-The area, popu-
lation, commerce, revenue, expendi-
lures, Indebtedness, currency and
stocks Of money of the principal coun-
tries of the world are treated in a
statement just issued by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor through
it's Bureau of Statistics.
The total export of the countries and
colonies included are stated at $10,27S,-
$4,000 and the total imports at SILL
525, 755, 900, making the aggregate CON-
merce $21, SO4, 391, 900. For most of the
countries the figures stated relate to
the year 1902, in a few cases they are
for 1901, and in some cases for 1908.
The aggregate of the worlds commerce
at the present time may. therefore. be
set down, in round figures, as $22,-
600, 900, 900.
While, presumably, all exports be-
come, in turn, imports, the stated value
of these imports exceeds by more than
81, 0O0,0O0,0O0 the stated value of the
merchandise in question when stated
al exports.
The population of the countries and
colonies included in this statement is
given at 1,4S7, 1896 and their area at
40, 7O1,936 square miles. The figure of
population in the countries included in
the table seems to justify an estimate
of 100000, 900 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 $7,854,301 900, and the total expen-
ditures at 1898, 10000.
The total Indebtedness of the coun-
tries named in the list is given at $780,
000,O00,O00. 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, 900, 800, 900. or,
in round terms, $4,000. 10000. OF this
total, representing the total stocks of
money in the countries in question. ST.
BOO, 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, $2,571,416 900; Germany second.
$1,340, It's, 900; the United States third,
$1,525, 10000; Netherlands fourth,
1867, 30S, 900, and France fifth, $685.
DAG, 900.
The per capita imports are, stated in
the order of magnitude per capita:
Netherlands, $162.20; New Zealand,
$72.9S; Belgium. $65.62; Switzerland,
$64.S9; United Kingdom, S61.2S; Com
monwealth of Australia, $54.T4; the i'm
ports of the United States are given at
$12.76 per capita. The per capita ex-
ports are: Netherlands, S137.O8: New
Zealand, $685.; Commonwealth of
Australia, $54.74; Belgium, $3.50;
Switzerland, $50.2S; those of the United
States are given at $17.32 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. ST. 56,312,S92: United King
dom, 1885. ICE, 1888; Russia, So. 8 8
'cO'cOOf LAY, " ,UUO, spain,
$2,O61, 1886, 1917; Austria Hungary, ST.
112, 790,247; British India, ST. O2, 9O5,-
139; Commonwealth of Australia, ST.
047, S19,629
The debt of the United States is
stated at 1925, oil, 637. The indebted.
ness of the German Empire is given
at $698, S49, 400, and of the German
States, $2,6S7. 621, 900. Five European
countries-France. the United King
dom, Germany, Italy and Spain-show
IN aggregate ind btedness of over SIT.
600, 100000 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,
S327.11; Commonwealth of Australia,
$277.79; Portugal, $151.O2; France,
S150.31; Uruguay, $132.S1; Honduras,
$124.19; Spain. $110.72; Argentina,
$1000S; United Kingdom, $92.59; Meth.
eriands, $S6.62; Belgium, $S1.2S; Italy,
$7S.S5.
The debt of the United States is
given at $11.51 per capita.