New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08
WHERE We BUY AND SELL
Tnports and Exports for Decade
TabUIatcd.


--.-hs,rto, FEB f-There is nothing more
Interesting ard Instructive IN stuogins 'ne
r,-srl.abe growth OF the foreign coihHei y
a, tbs United states for tie last oecaoe
than the distribution OF our enormous eA4es
.pd r,srcbgses by continents. and nothing
that more clearly demonstrates the inciea &c
pcnoence o. the denser populations OF the "Oi4~ %.
fhis country. table showing the inlporus 1n1
.xports BY GRAND divisions IN each oalencar yea,
sron fSsz 70 lFs lust completed BY the Etstisueaa
bureau % tho Department OF Commerce ana A9poi'
facilitates this study by presenting hgefes OF tne
--latest possible date. This table shows that 1He
exports from the United States 20 Europe nave
,xrorn during the period named from s6So'No'V'O'
speakine "a round terms 10 H0S7.90ooo. OF o. per
cent. those 10 North America, from Szo.ovoVso 10
tz2 coo ooa or s. per cent: 20 South America rom
t2iooo0oO $40 10000 or IS per cent: 10 asa aie
ocesnia. from Sg 10000 20 sS2.oNec. or w per
cent. ara g Africa from practically SVoW" 10
&C. 10000 OF ass per cent while the growth N tolal
exports has been from sS76oOoooo In 1885 TO ASA
Csleo0 In 1893 or O. per cent
Il Is proper 10 add that the figures OF exports 10
Asia and Ooeania are slightly misleading. in view
OF tire fact that shipments from the United states
70 Hawaii which In 1888 were classed as exports
rre not so included at the present Tine because OF
the fact that Hawaii is customs district OF
she United states and the shipments 20 Hawaii are
no longer Included the table OF exports 10 for
eign countries. II the shipments TO Hawaii in
sg3 were Included. TIE total exports from the
United States TO Asia and Oceanla would be soA-
real percentage OF increase TO Asia and oeeania
2S Der cent
on the import side imports into the United States
from Europe show a growth from &9ze1O0S IN
1855 TO S5S2 600 n 1909 IS per cent; from North
America. from S17l 900 10 900. or per
cent: from South America from s.03 ooo 900 10 Biz
o0lO0o. or per cent. from Asia and Oceania- from
fl0zOooCOo TO Sl6l ooo00o. or IS per cent and IRON
Africa from sfOoOoo TO 81 OoooOo or l75 per cent;
while the total imports show q growth from VIII
M n % elQs On IN 81
increase
IN word u may be said that our exports 20 Eu-
rope have increased about 90 per cent from 1855
20 1870: those to North America. s. per cent; 70
South America g per cent: 20 Asia and Ooeania.
ss per cent and Africa, 1Sl per cent; while the
percentage o. gain in total exports is So per cent
In imports the percentage OF growth has been.
Prom Europe. IS per cent: from North America :
per cent; from South America, per cent; from
Asia 10 Oceania- IS per cent. and from Africa 10
per cent: while "a the total Imports the percentage
Of increase Is g per cent.
The actual increase In the expectations OF the
Omitted States during the period was. TO Europe,
s4o7 sSS $50: 20 North America So2o3S35s 10 South
America s2os4 SO 70 Asis and Oceanic. SCI. $50 s24
snd Africa SIS IS "a and 10 al countries. $685.
s72.zl4 In impOrtatons the Increase from 1888 TO
seos was. from Europe slS5,717.oos; from North
America. Nl-l40I79: from South America $s10-za2;
from Asia and oceania SIS Us s6s and from Africa.
& 500 az: while the total Increase IN imports during
the period Wis s1elsS.25L
Among the most strongly marked instances ot
growth In commerce. and especially in the ex-
ports s that cs Canada In 1898 the total exports
10 the Dominion OF Canada amounted TO S57.l2lI7s;
IN lSsS at the middle OF the period, they were $40
ssS o5: IN 1903 they were S2l.452.562 This makes
percentage OF increase since 1893 n exports
Canada 81 per cent. In imports from Canaca
growth from So 4s2SS2 in 1893 @ sS 81 so
sn 1893. Increase Of - per cent. TO Mexico the
growth exports from Sl6,55i255 IN 1888
10 ss5.l0337 IN 1898. an Increase q l3 per cent In
imports the growth from S2.312.s8 In 1888 TO
sn.ag 1s2 IN i9QG. an increase OF Il per cent.
The table which follows shows the imports and
eynorts OF the United States by grand divisions IN
each calendar year from 1888 TO 1868: