Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-01
WORTH $76s,000,0 900.
Our Exports to British Territory More
than Half of Total.

Washington Feb. 29-More than one
a&lf OF the exports from the United States
IN 1913 went to British territory and prac-
ticaily one-third of the imports into the
United States came from British terri
tory. Our total exports to British terri
t Tory In the calendar year 1903 We're Si6S.-
and our total imports from British terri
tory SOS C.o00. or Il per cent. of the total
speaking IN round terms. These facts
are shown by an analysis of the years
commerce made by the Department of
commerce and Labor through its bureau
Of Statistics BY British territory is
meant the United Kingdom and its colo
MES. dependencies and protectorates.
This territory contains over 100000
square miles: or more than one-fifth of
me land surface of the globe. and has a
population of 400,00o.0o0. or one-fourth of
the population of the world. The largest
expectation to British territory, of course,
was to the United kingdom-sJ43 900 600
and this was the largest expectation to
magnitude of exports to British territory
was Canada. sl3l GOO 600; British Austria,
1 RStsS British AfrIe e
Kong. nearly s10.OOOOo0: India, nearly
3,O00,OO0; and the remainder scattered
through the smaller British dependencies.
OF the $3OS.000000 worth of imports into
the United States from British territory.
AT.Wo.G COO. speaking in round terms. came
rom the United Kingdom. SS8 100000 from
canada. SIS. 900 600 from India@ $1,000 zoo
Australasia. 81 900. COO worth from British
Africa. and the remainder. from numerous
british dependencies of less importance.
Thus. of tie foreign commerce of the
United States aggregatins nearly $780,
100000 in the calendar year 1903, more than
sl0W.0OO.0 600 represented commerce with
British territory.
Next in order of magnitude of CONNER
"ial tranSa ctiOnS with given countries is
Germany, to which our exports in 1908
were S.zo. ooo.O00 and from which our i'm
ports were o2.0o0.000. With German terri
tory, out side of Germany our commerce
is small. TO German Oceania our exports
in 1903 were $4,000 and to German Africa
$4,000. while our imports from German
territory. outside of the mother country.
many has grown much more rapidly in |
the last decade than that with the United
Kingdom. In 1898 our exports to Ger
many were only sSS.Oo00OO. in 1908 they
were se25ooo.0O0, an increase of over 40 |
per cent while in the case of the United |
!linf~ ON our exports to that country in |
1888 were Sil5.oooooo. and in 1903 s'ia 0oo;0c0 |
an increase of only thirty per cent. I'm |
ports into the United States from Ger |
many increased during the decade from |
SSs, o0ooO0 in 1893 TO $1222,0 OC0 in 1905. or
th1rty-seven per cent. while from the |
United Kingdom the imports increased !
from 10000. 900 in 1893 to $4,000 0c0 in 1903
or seventeen per cent.
Canada stands third in the order Of |
magnitude of exports from the United
States, though that country has been in |
cluded in the general discussion of our |
commerce with British territory. Our
total exports to Canada in 1893 We're |
crease of about 100 per cent. while our |
imports M from Cananda o grew from iron sai,"o-
crease of s. per cent III -''' OH III
France is fourth in the magnitude of its
commerce with the United States. our ex-
900 against s57,OO0,0O0 in 1893, while our
imports from France were SSO,G00,OOO in
l9G, against S6i.OO0GO in 1893
Netherlands is next in the list. our eX
ports to that country in 1903 being S13.-
100000 against si5.OoO,OOO in 1898, and our
imports from Netherlands s2i,OOOO 900 in
1903. against s12.000.00O in 1898.
Considering the commerce of the United
States by grand divisions, that with Eu-
rope is Of course first in order Of magni-
tude, both as to imports and exports. Our
exports to Europe grew from $3.50 900, 900 in
1913 to S1.OS7, 100000 in 1903. while our i'm
ports from Europe increased meantime
from $780,. 100000 to S528. 900 900.
70 North America other than the United
States. our exports increased from s125,-
100000 in 1898 to 1927, 600 in 1903, and
orr imports from the same countries in
during the same time. To South America
our exports grew from $4,000, 600 in 1892
to $46.00oO in 1903. our imports from that
IN Ta Asia from our SEX
ports grew from SO, 900 coo in 1893 o to- s55-
100000 in 1903. while our imports from
that grand division grew from s15, 900 600
to 1888 10000 in the same time. To Africa
our exports increased from S50OO.OoO in
1889 to 81 100000 in 1903, and our imports
from Africa increased from $7,0OJ,O6O to
81. 900 900.
In the commerce with Oceania the fig
ures are. on their face misleading, be-
cause they do not now include the figures
with Hawaii as they did a decade ago.
The figures on their face show exports to
Oceania as 100000 in 1893 and $37 COO
900 in 1903; but if our shipments to Hawaii
in 1903 were included in the statements of
foreign commerce the total would be
about $50,000.000. Our imports from
Oceania in 1893 were s2s 900 600, and in 100;
are stated at but S22,0O0.0OO but with
Hawaii added would be about s52, OO0, 900.