Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-10-13
WORLDS COM M ERCE
Figures for the Latest Fiscal
Year.
United States Internal Trade Twice
as Much.

Washington, oct. 12.-The worlds
commerce in the latest year for when
statistics are available is pictured in
the annual report of the chief Of the
bureau Of Statistics Of the Depart
meht of Commerce. and Labor. recently
pupllsned. 1t shows the total exports
of all nations of the world to be. i'm the
latest year available. $10.515,0oO. 900
ana the value of the total imports ana
exports combined as S2a3a4 600 900
but since all articles which we're
counted as exports became III turn i'm
ports when they entered the country
OF destination, it would appear thar
ne actual value of the articles enters
ing int" international commerce is. in
round terms. $1,000 OU0. 900.
me chief of the Bureau of Statistic,
ais" estimates the value Of the arti-
cleS forming The Internal commerce. or
the nlted States at about twenty-
w" billions of dollars in a single VAIN
rms estimate is formed by taking tho
census valuation Of the manufactures
agricultural products, prdducts Of tie
HSHefieS ana forest, etc. and adding
'iefeto the cost Of transportation be-
tween producer ana the first consumer.
anu mus includes in the estimated
Ndlue OF the internal commerce ONLY 4
single transaction in each article.
Thus. while il has been customar,,
70 speak of the internal commerce. i,
'.le ohlted States as equal to the en-
tlfe International commerce. of
us Worid, since both imports ana ~
ports are stated in making up the
World $ commercial record. whicI,
SHOWS the total value of the iInn,rts
ana exports combined as So OOo eco .
"oo. In stating the internal commerce.
Oh tne United States only a singh.
transaction in each article is include,
Whiie III stating teh international com
iHefce OF the world two transactions in
edch afticIe are stated. viz. the ex-
poi . Nthe same articles cNportad,
Sli' li'eo''ooo.oOO, making total of So
o-f'oJoooo OF imports ana exnorrs
combined. -
Europe. OF course supplies a very iar,,
PROPORTION OF the worlds intern,+inn.,I
I'm, ooii,ii'eFre' rec Doth as to exports and i'm
POI Is. Inc exports of Euronn ,-nn,I,,,
*o,l9S,OOc0oO, our OF a total IF xin ~! no 10
"" exports of all the countries ~ III
world. and her imports are SN 2nI ,o, nnn
; uut Vi total of Sll ,h09 0tJ.M1 of thr tot,i
hp
mus Eurpe's total intcrnationaI n,,o
iilelce combining imports and .xnorte
a!houtltS to practically $15.0D 0tr,0n out
u d toIai OF 5000, 100000 Of combined i'm
ports and exports. nm
or the $500 .Hp 900 of imports into III
rope. $l2'2 100000. or 144S per cent are
from aro n the United States. and Of the 81 igS
c"nt o|' u o, exports. $!O1 S5S.oco, or 6.27 per
the total imports of North America
other than the United STATES which
amounted to $i3I416,G0 $237. .903 900. or - AZ !
PER per cent of - was from the United States,
exclusive Of the United States. which
amounted to Si17206.oc0 sos Ole OO0 or
.m-o per cent. Were sent to the L. rnited
Slates- or the $3i9.69. 600 imports Of
South America. $4',SIS.N1. or 1aa, per
cent were from the United States. and
Of the total exports of South America
amounting to S537.459.oO0. slO7 16l 900. or
I"St per cent. We're sent to the United
amounting to $l.011 ,0D0.0o0 SIG 73S 600 or
10 per cent. were from the United
states. and of the exports from Asia,
amounting to S1.029 O99 O0O s112 81 900 or
Of the imports of Oceania exclusive Of
tawaiD. amounting to 500, 107, ,000, S3i S55-
go, or lls" per cent. were from the
amounting to s30S 7SS. go s27.01O O0n. or S.77
per cent. were to the United States Of
the imnorts Of Africa, which amounted '
to SE6. 276.oW. S24 600 or J.hS Per cent.
We're from the United States and of
the exports amounting to S9SS $1,000 So
$1,000. or 2.2i per cent. We're sent to the
United States. Taking the world as a
whole. exclusive of the United States. the '
imports amount to so SIS 1t3 OnO Of which
81. 800 G50 600 or 147 per cent, is from the s
United States; while the exports Of all
exclusive of the United States,
amornt to 5000 $1,000 Of which $50 OBJ
NH. or !39 per cent, went to the United
States