The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-16
ABSTRACT OF INTEREST
Department of Commerce and
Labor Gives Data.
SOLID MASS OF FIGURES
Study of Tables Yield Much of
Interest.

Washington, March 15.-The Statistical
1903. issued by the department of COM
merce and labor through its bureau of
statistics, has just made its appearance.
1t is a solid mass of $50 pages of figures,
with scarcely a line of reading matter"
other than the tables of figures and their
necessary headlines. Yet a study of its
tabular statements develops many inter
esting facts about the United States, its
progress, development, and relation to
the other countries of the world. 1t is in
teresting. for example, to observe as
shown on page 564. that the exports of
domestic products from the United States
now exceeds those Of any other country Of
the world They amounted 10 s1.3S2 231. 600
against 81 ,37s. 49, 600 from the United King
dom. s1,1I2 $4,000 from Germany, sS20,671,-
o00 from France and $732 975, 600 from Meth
erlands. In imports the United States
stands third, the worlds largest importer
being the United Kingdom. SSH. $4,000;
Germany second, s1,340,17S 600; the United
States third. 81, OBS. 7l9, 900; Netherlands,
fourth, $780,, 3oS 600, and France fifth, $S4S,
ok6,00O The above figures of imports and
exports are in the case of the United
States. for the year ending June 80 1905:
the others the calendar year of 1902
Regarding the details of the foreign
commerce of the United States, the Alb
stract shows that - per cent of the ex-
ports were sent TO Europe, 10 per cent TO
North America, and the remainder dis
tributed in much smaller percentages to
South America, Asia, Oceanica and At
RIGA. The total value of the exports from
the United States to Europe in 1903 was
81 629. 256 900; to North America, s2l5, 1913, co.,
TO South America s41 13S. 900: to Asia, S5S,
$50 600; to Oceanica $37 46S. 900; and to
Africa S3S. 1000 Considering the reports
by countries, the largest total is to the
United Kingdom, s524.2s3 0OO; the next
largest to Germany, $685. s42 GOO; and to
Canada, s123, PSI, 900
Comparing conditions in 1903 with those
of 1915. the exports have grown from
522 million dollars to ,42o millions. includ-
ing domestic products Of course still form
the largest group of exports, amounting
10 S73 million dollars in 1903, or 6S per cent
of the total. while manufactures amount
TO 4O7 millions, or % per cent of the total.
Manufactures are. however. gaining rap
idly upon agricultural products IN the
share which they form Of the total ex
ports In 1850 agricultural products form
ed 50 per cent and the manufactures but
1917 per cent of the total exports of domes-
tic products. while in 1909. as already in
dictated, agricultural products form 63
per cent and manufactures over % per
cent of the total.
The value of domestic manufactures eX- /
ported had never reached so much as 100 /
million dollars prior to 1876, and in 1896 /
for the first time crossed the 300 million +
dollar line Since 1896, however. the growth /
has been rapid, the total exceeding 800 !
millions in 1899, passing the 400 million
dollar line in 1900, and remaining above
400 millions constantly since that date,
with prospect that the total exports
OF manufactures fort the fiscal year 1904
will exceed in value those of any previous
year