Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-12
COMMERCE OF UNITED STATES


During the past. ten years the trade
Of the United States with China and
Japan has grown to a wonderful ex-
tent. According to statistics just pub
lished by the department of commerce
and labor the value Of the exports
from this country to China in 1895 was
S3,5O0,000 and in 1905, 53,500,000, an
increase of about 1,400 per cent. The
increase in the exports to Japan dur
ing the same period of time was about
1,024 per cent, the value of the exports
in 1905 being $51,500,000. The increas-
Ing importance of the United States in
the commerce of the world as we'll as
the growth and prosperity of this coun-
try is indicated by the report There
has been an increase of Il per cent
in our foreign trade, an increase of So
per cent in the imports and an increase
OF SO per cent in exports. The report
says:
ut is in the details of trade by arti-
Giles with the various countries of the
world that the statements are espe-
cially interesting and important. They
show the principal articles forming the
trade with each country in each year
during the period in question (1S95-
1905). The United Kingdom stands at
the head of the list Of the countries
from which the imports are drawn and
also at the head of the list to which
the exports are sent. The imports
from the United Kingdom, which
amounted to s172.000,00o in 1905 in
creased only $13,000,000, or about 8
per cent, during the decade. Manufac-
lures of fibers, cotton, wool, silk, and
iron and steel are the largest items OF
the imports from the United Kingdom,
and in many of the items under these
heads there are considerable Increase
| in 1905, as compared with 1895, but in
others there are marked decreases.
con the export side the United
Kingdom also heads the list with an
increase of s136,00O.00O, gain of So
per cent during the period. Cotton,
breadstuffs, provisions and cattle lum
Der and timber, and manufactures OF
iron and steel Of various kinds, cop
/ per, etc., form the largest items in the
export trade to the United Kingdom,
and in practically all Of these there is
a growth during the decade, especially
in the later forms Of iron and steel
manufactures, such as electrical ma
chinery, Woodworking machinery
| typewriters and builders hardware.
Germany stands second in the list
of countries from which imports are
drawn, with an increase of 46 per
cent. The most important articles
imported from Germany are chemicals
and dyes, cotton manufactures, iron
and steel manufactures. paper, and
manufactures of wool, silk, cotton, and
| - ~.
grew from $92.O00,000 to $194,000,0
an increase of 102 per cent during the
period in question, consist chiefly of
raw cotton, breadstuffs, provisions,
manufactures of iron and STEEL min
eral oils, copper and other articles Of
this character, nearly all of which show
a growth during the decade.
Brazil ranks third in the statement
of imports, the value of importations
from that country having grown from
$79,00O,J00 to $1O0,000,0OO during the
period in question, the principal arti-
cles forming this large total being cof-
fee and india rubber, while the exports
to Brazil show loss during the per-
iod, having amounted in 1905 to but
s11 100000, against s15,00O,O00 in 1896
Canada stands third in the list Of coun-
tries to which exports are sent, the in
crease during the decade being about
$S8,000,000, or 1855 per cent. while the
imports from Canada show an increase
of II per cent during the same per-
iod.
The exports to Mexico show an in
crease of over 200 per cent and those
to Cuba and to Australia also about
200 per cent each. On the import side
the importations from Mexico show
an increase of 1877 per cent, from Meth
erlands and Belgium 155 per cent,
from India 1872 per cent, Cuba 63 per
cent, France and Germany As per cent
each, and those from the United King
dom an increase of per cent"
WANTED-A BILL OF PARTIcU.
LARS.