The Washington times., 1904-05-20
UNITED STATES
LEADS NATIONS
At the Head OF Exporters Of
Domestic Products
FAR IN ADVANCE OF ENGLAND
Increase From Sss4,ooo,oo il 1898 to
SI,457,ooo,ooo in I9o3-Distances
All Competitors.

II is quite apparent that the United
States is TO head the list Of nations as
an exporter Of domestic products in the
fiscal year which ends with the coming
month. The contest for supremacy as
an exporter of domestic products has
been for several years between the
United Kingdom and the United States.
Until a comparatively recent date the
United Kingdom STOOD at the head of
the list During the past few years,
however. the United States has on sew
eral occasions exceeded slightly the fig
ures OF the United Kingdom. and the
latest statements Of exports make IL evil
dent that in the fiscal year 1904 the
United States viii be considerably in
the lead.
The figures OF domestic exports of the
United Kingdom for the nine months
ending with March. 1904. were S1.O73.
$685. and OF the United States. S1.149.
S30.67O the total domestic expectation Of
the United States for the nine months
in question being thus $76,OOO.O 600 in excess
of that Of the United Kingdom.
Figures End With March.
These figures. it will be observed. end
with March. For the month of April
the figures of the United States. as ar
nounced by the Department of Com
merce and Labor, are S107. 535. 655. against
Sl07.692.056 Of domestic exports in April
1903 While the figures of the United
Kingdom have not yet been received.
it is apparent that no sufficient change
could possibly occur in the two months
70 reduce the certainty that the total
expectation Of domestic products from
the United States in the fiscal year end
ing June 80 next will exceed that of
the United Kingdom or any other
country.
a further study OF the exports Of tie
United States compared with those of
other principal countries shows that not
Oily is the United States the large,
exporter of domestic products. but that
its exports have grown with great II
rapidity than those of any other coun-
;9y.
The Department Of Commerce and
Ii Dor publishes a table showing the
total domestic exports OF the leading
nations in the years ended December 81
from 1898 TO 1903 and a study of this
table shows the relative growth Of those
countries in their expectation of DO
mestic merchandise.
Growth of Exports.
This table shows that the domestic
tNlOIlS u the 0n4NeQ states grew llOu
SS5i.000.OO0 in 1898 to 81. 457 CO., 900 in Ig93
an increase Of $500. 100000. or 20 pei
cent; those of the United Kingdom
from S1.O62. 900 in 1893 TO 81, 415. 0OO, 90
IT. 1909. an increase Of $3.50, O0O. 900. or !?
per cent: those OF Germany. from S73I
000 900 In 1893 70 81 1S5, 000. 900 in 1903 an ir
crease OF $4,000. 0OO or so per cent; anC
those Of France. from 1924. 900. 900 in 1893 I,
$500. 100000 in 1903. an increase of $50 CO., 900
or but 30 per cent. AUSTRIA ungar,
showed a growth IN domestic exports o
from $327. 600 in 1893 10 Si2S.OOO.OOO Il
1903; British India, from $40 100000 in 1S9
TO $4OS. 100000 In 1903; and Russia, from
$3.50 10000 in 1881 to 1892 900 in 1901. Ar
gentina and Japan show, respectively,
large percentage Of Increase in their dc
S9J,D0O90 IN 1898 to S213OJO.00O in 1876,
which Is by far her largest figures or ez
ports. and those Of Japan. from SIS, 600 0,
IL 1893 TO 100000 in 1903
Exports and Imports.
In the matter Of excess OF exports owe
imports the United States stands /
marked contrast with the other cour
tries OF the world. Her excess of 81
ports over imports in 1903 was S462. 00O, 90
:he next largest excess Of exports bein
British India. S152 900. 600; Argentina So
10000; Russia, SS7OOO.OOO; Australian
gary, S4s,0OO.OO0; Chile. $1,000 900; Aus
traIia, Sl5 10000; Mexico 100000; ar
Egypt. $11.0OO.0O0. In excess OF impor
over exports the United Kingdom is,
course. by far the most marked e
ample the excess Of imports over e.
ports being S1.226. 900 900. against an e
cess Of exports OF 1857. 10000 for II
United States. Germany shows an e.
cess Of imports over exports amountir
TO SIS, 900, 900; Netherlands, $4,000, 90
Belgium, 500. 100000; France, $50. 0OO, 90
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