The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-13
WORLD OF STATISTICS
Department of Commerce and
Labor Issues a Report.
COVERS MANY COUNTRIES
Presents Complete Picture OF
the Financial Conditions.

E washington. Jan. la.-Area, population.
commerce. revenue. expenditure, indebt-
edness currency and stocks of money of
the princtal countries of the world is
the title of statement just issued by
the department of commerce and labor
through it's bureau OF statistics The
statement includes all countries and colo
mics for which statistics of commerce
and the other conditions above men
toned are available, and thus presents
m approximately complete picture of
commercial and financial conditions
throughout the civilized world
The total exports for the countries and
colonies included are stated at OFFS
$4,000 and the total imports at s1i ,525, 755,-
Oe. making the aggregate commerce
$2I. s4, 1891 ,oaa. For most Of the countries
the figures stated relate to the year 1892.
z'n few cases they are for 1861, and in
! me cases for 1903. = ae aggregate of
sfhe world commerce at the present time
may, therefore, be set down, in round fg-
ures. as % billions of dollars While, pre-
sum ably. all exports become, in turn,
imports, the stated value of these I'M
ports exceeds by more than one billion
dollars the stated value of the merchan-
disc in qAestion when staed as exports.
This increased value in the statement
Of merchandise imported When compare
with the statement OF value of the same
merchandise when exported is accounted
Tor in part by the value added through
transportation, insurance. etc, ana IN
part also by the fact that statements OF
value are more carefully and rig1diy aadS
when the goods are imported than in the
statements supplied on expectation. Tn
der the trem-.exports'' is included sim
ply the domestic merchandise of the
countries in question, and under the term
imports the importation for home con-
sumption, the imported merchandise reex-
ported not being included in the export
Mstatement, the purpose being 10 include
in the statement the actual value Of
single transaction in the merchandise Or
iginally entering into international com
uerce.
The population of the countries and co.,
onies included in this statement is given
1t 1, 4s7.15soo0 and their area in the coun-
tries included in the table seems to JUS
fifty an estimate of 800. eso as the APP
a, the present time.
The total reenue, for the latest avail
able date, Of the countries and colonies
included in the list is set down at 1854
3ol 900 and the total expenditures at 81
e3s.5400sa
The total indebtedness of the countries
named in the list is given at sS4, 1896 o4,sfO;
but as the statement does not include the
indebtedness of the world at the present
time may safely be put, in round terms,
Ut S5 millions Ct dollars. The interest
Esrge on the public debt of the coun-
tries named is given at si,4le,Ss7.44s.
The stocks of money in the countries
named are stated at s11ssS. 100000, OF. in
round terms, twelve billions of dollars
but in this statement the value of the
monetary stock of silver-standard coun-
tries has not been changed to conferm
to the, decline in silver The monetary
stock of silver-standard countries has not
been changed to conform 10 the decline in
silver values. The monetEy stock of Mex
fco and other countries where the MeXi-
can dollar circuiates is given in terms
of Mexican dollars. OF this total of
twelve millions of dollars, representing
the total stocks of money in the countries
in question, s, 49,, 0o9, 90 is stated as gold.
ss $50 10000 as silver, and 8, SS3, 600 600 as
uncovered paper.
The largest imports of any single nation
are those of the United kingdom, $e.51,-
ZIG. 600: Germany second with 81, $40. 17S,e@;
the United States third. Slices, rs. ooo;
Netherlands fourth, 1857 Sos, 90 and
France ffth. SIS. as 900. The percapita i'm
ports are stated in the order of magni-
tude per capita; Netherlands. s162.se New
Zealand. s12ss; Belgium, $3.50; Swstzer-
land. So SO; United Kingdom $s1.2e Com
monwealth of Australia, so44; The i'm
ports of the United States are given at
Sl276 per capita. The per capita exports
are: Netherlands. Si3s.0S; New Zealand,
s,s5s; Commonwealth OF Australia, S4.74:
Belgium. s5ss5: Switzerland. $50 g: those
of the United States are given at N1.S,
Ter capita. Thase figures. like the others
of commerce quoted, relate TO domestic
experts only.
Gold is stated as the standard Of cur
rency in all OF the countries named, ex-
cept Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras. Mic
eragua. San Salvador China. French
East Indies Mexico. Paras uay, and Ger
rain German colonies. The ten countries
whose standard of currency is given as
SILVER show a total commerce of 1851. 49,
= an out OF a total commerce OF So, 0c0e,a.-
sor slightly less than per cent OF the
Srand tStai.
IN the statement of Indebtedness Of the
various countries the totals by countries,
in the order OF their magnitude. are;
France. $3.50 i7.ss2: United Kingdom,
e So. 16s 1913: Russia, s.. 800 ass. 3ss: Italy.
sa.5so. SOS. epo: Spain. s.. Oel. Se,s7e: Austria
Hungary. SIZE 100 : British India, slice
ss.lss; Commonwealth OF Australia, ST.
O47sls.ess.
The debt OF the United States is stated
Mt sos ,eS7. The indebtedness Of the
German Empire IS given at ssSs,s4s, 400.
end OF the German states. ss,esT, 81 .1N.
Five European ccuntries--Franee. United
kingdom. Germany. Italy and Spain
show an aggregate Indebtedness of over
a. billions of dollars, thus forming one
half OF the totsi Indebtedness of the
world. The per capita debt. as stated in
the order of magnitude is: New Zealand
eso5.i1: Commonwealth Of Australia, ST..
70: Portugal. sl5i.n2; France. sl5o.si; Uru-
quay. $ls7.S: Honduras. t12iIe: Spain.
s11o.72. Argentina. sllss; United Kingdom,
ss25e; Netherlands. 1851; Belgium. ISIS:
italy. $7s.s5. The debt OF the United
states is given al s1l:5l per capita