Arizona republican., 1904-02-29
Great Britain Took Half of
 Our Exports
GERMANY Is NEXT BEST
One Third the Imports of This Coun- try Came From the United Kins- dom Growing Trade With the Rest of North America.

and practically one-third of the inn ports into the United States came from British territory. Our total exports to British territory in the calendar year 1908 were $76S, ,OOO.OOO, or 52 per cent. of our total exports, and our total i'm ports from British territory 30S,000,- coo. CT 31 per cent. of the total. speak ing in round terms. These facts are shown by an analysis of the years commerce made by the department of commerce and labor through its bur eau of statistics. By British territory is meant the United Kingdom and i.s colonies, dependencies and protector ates.
 The territory included under this designation of the United Kingdom and it's colonies, dependencies. and protectorates contains over 100000 square miles, or more than one-flfth of the land surface of the globe, and has a population of 400, ,000, ,0O0. or one fourth of the population of the world. The largest exportation to British ter ritory, of course. was to the United Kingdom-S543 COG, ,O0O-and this was the largest cXportation to any single country. Next in order of magnitude of exports to British territory was Canada, S13l.0O0.O coo; British Austral- asia. s32. 900, 900; British Africa, BPS. S.OOO.- GOO; British West Indies. s1O,OOO. 900; Hongkong, nearly $1O.O00, ,OOO; India, nearly $5,OOO.O .OOO, and the remainder scattered through the smaller British dependencies.
 Of the 30S, 100000 dollars worth of imports into the United States from British territory. >$177, 900, GOO, speaking in round terms. came from the United Kingdom. $53 OOO, ,OO0 from Canada, $4S,- CC0.000 from India, $12.O0O, 900 from British West Indies, s7,OOOOOO from Australasia, 1000, 900 dollars worth from numerous British dependencies of less importance.
 Thus, of the foreign commerce of the United States aggregating nearly two and one-half billion dollars in the call endar year. 1905, more than one bil- lion dollars represented commerce with British territory.
 Next in order of magnitude of com mercial transactions with given coun- tries is Germany, to which our ex- ports in 1903 were $225, ,OOO, 900 and from which our imports were $122, ,0OO, 900. With German territory. outside of Germany, our commerce is small. To German Oceania our exports in 1903 were S145,0O0, and to German Africa s19,00O. while our imports from German territory. outside of the mother coun- try, were even less.
 Our commerce with Germany has grown much more rapidly in the last decade than that with the United Kingdom. In 1893 our exports to Ger many were only $SS,OOO.OOO, in 1903 they were s225, 100000. an increase of over 150 per cent, while in the case of the United Kingdom our exports to that country in 1893 were $415, ,000, 900, and in | 1903, $543, ,OGO, GOO, an increase of only 30 per cent. Imports into the United States from Germany increased during the decade from $S90OO, ,000 in 1893 to | $122 900, 900 in 1903, or 37 per cent. while from the United Kingdom the | imports increased from $50, 0,000, coo in | 1893 to SIC, ,oOO in 1903, or r per cent
 1 Canada stands third in order of ma gnitude of exports from the United | States, though that country has been | included in the general discussion Of our commerce with British territory. Our total exports to Canada in 1893 were s57, ,0CO, coo, and in 1863, $131, ,GOO,- l eco. an increase of about 13O per cent; while our imports from Canada grew from $34, 0O0, 900 in 1903 to $53, COG, 900 in l 1908; an increase of 56 1er cent.
 France is fourth in the magnitude of its commerce with the United States, our exports to that country in 1903 be- ing $SS, ,000, 900, against S57, ,000, GOO in 1S93 while our imports from France were ssO, ,0O0 coo in 1903, against $64,O00, 900 in 1899
 Netherlands is next in the list, our exports to that country in 1903 being sra, 900 eco. against s43, 3,O0O.O0O in 1893 and our imports from the Netherlands S21 ,OOO,0 900 in 193. against $12.OOO,OOO in 1893.
 Considering the commerce of the
 Uuited States by grand divisions, that
 with Europe is of course first in ord CT of magnitude, both as to imports and exports. Our exports to Europe grew from $6sO, O,OOO.O 900 in 1893 to 1,0S7 1 millions in 1903, while our imports from Europe increased meantime from 1892, 900 to S52S.0OO,OOO.
 To North America other than the
 United States our exports increased
 from $125, ,O00 in 1893 to s227, ,000, ,OO(
 in 1903 and cur imports from the same countries increased from s171 ,000,0 900 tC | $1S2, OO0 0OOO during the same time. TIC
 South America our exports grew from $34, ,000, ,0OO in 1893 to S46,0O0,00O in 1903
 our imports from that continent mean
 time increasing from $1O3,OOO,OOO to $113, ,0OO. To Asia our exports grew
 from s2O,OOOo0O in 1893 to $55,OG0,000 ir
 1903, while our imports from that
 grand division grew from $75,O00OOO tc
 s139, 100000 in the same time. To Af-
 rica our exports increased from $5.000,- GOO in 1893 to $31 COG. 900 in 1903, and ouI imports from Africa increased from
 s7,000.0GO to $11,0O0,000.
 In the commerce with Oceania the | figures are, on their face, misleading
 because they do not now include the
 figures with Hawaii as they did a de
 cade ago. The figures on their face i show exports to Oceania as S11, ,000,0 ,00( in 1893 and sS7, 100000 in 1903; but if oul