The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
EURO| SUPPLIES BU OF IMPORTS In 1905 he Sent ASA Per
 c of the Total AFRICA bUPPLlES LEAST In 1853 Eu Supplied 71 Per Cent, But I'll With Orient Has
 GraIly Cut Down
 srcentage.
AFRICA 5UPPLlES LEAST

Washingtodne 24.-(Special )-Analy- COG of the fou commerce of the United States recentresented by the depart ment of connie and labor through it's h,,reau of stiles have included dis cussions of t1 relations with each of tho nrincipal htries, and an analysis of these anal1 present some interest- ing general fd about our trade ieia- tions with eac the great divisions of the world vhe geographic or climatic. This final ands shows that in the | esca1 year 1g05 per cent of the i'm norts into the lted States was drawn | from Europe. per cent from North An,erica 13 5 ptAnt from South Ameri- ca IA ! ner cenL rom Asia, 23 per cent from Oceania. per cent from Ar ,;ca of the e rts from the United states in the se year. 67.2 per cent ,,an+ to Euronet ? per cent to North America 3.S pernt to South America, 5 nor cent to A 2.2 per cent to Oce- ania and 1,2 per to Africa
 Gradual Dine in Imports.
 oonnarison wi the figures of earlier ,.oars shows a prall decline in the share of o,,r imports sblied by Europe and in ,be share whidEurope takes of our exnorts In 1853 rope supplied 71 per cent of our total iprts, the snare raii9 ipg downward to per cent in 1905; of tho evnorts, the A.e taken by Europe ranges downward m S4 per cent III io'i to e7 nor cent in 19dThis reduction in the naroentaqe which ,1rope holds in the trade of the Unitestates is largely due to the enlargement our trade With 'h' orient.
 Tho imnorts frorh sia, which formed hut ner cent of le total in 1870 and SIa per cent in lS90brmed l4H2 per cent ,,, ,ao5. and the e1rts to Asia, which amounted to but Il cent or the to'"I .'' 1870 and 2Ha per ct in lS9O, were o|% per cent in 1905.
 Comparing values imports from the grand divisions in 5 with those ol decade earlier. it nj be said that i'm norts froo Fh1rone ke grown from 3Sl millions In -S95 to 54hillions III l9Vo' aiiu seem likely to excee6OO millions in the | eso,1 ,ear 1oo6 torts from North America have growntom l34 nliiilois II 1so5 to DOT millions nb5 and in 1906 wll slightly exceed those l9oo' frohi oou'' l America the importhave grown ron l 1t2 millions in 1895 toi1 millions III l9o' but in 1906 will fall abf IA millions peioN l those of 1905 chiefly { account ol re duction in the quantitbf coffee anu niui' .,,h.or in,nortad Elm Asia the i'm ports have grown fron7s millions m n' to ,s2 millions in 1905. nd will aggregat about 175 millions in P From oeeain l the imports of 1895 wa lfHa millloh uol lore. and in 1eo5 were millions; the fig ures of 1905, however, 1 not lnciuoe mel chandise from the awallah lslahuS amounting to 36 milliotdollars, While eh i figures of 1895 includ' merchandise In ported from the HaYiian Islands, tn growth in imports frf Oceana haVih been more rapid prbortionately Una from any other sectih of the wofi' From Africa imports I've grown from millions in 1895 to a lde over Il mllliof in 1905
 Total to Euroe Grows.
 On the export side te total 10 Eurof has grown from 62S hillions III loso, 1921 millions in 1905 all seems hkely be nearly or quite 12l millions lh l~ or an average of 100 millions mont sirca the figures of tA months indica an average of about 10Anillons. 10 Nor' America inc exports have grown fro 1OS1a millions dollars 1Sso to 2oo1a mn lions in 1905, and seen likely to assr gate about 300 millionsin the fiscal ye | 19O6 To South America the exports lla grown from SSla milliof in 1895 to 5I m lions in 1905 and seembikely to be abo 70 millions in 1906 T,o Asia the expol have grown from + 1B millions In II to 12S1a millions in 190d but for 1905 W 1 fall slightly below the figures or lsVo reason of the abnormalE large exports | China in that year. I'd Oceania the ports of 1895 were IS millions and in 1 g3 millions. and this latter figure dc not include the F million dollars vol | of merchandise sent to Hawaii m ls | though the figures of 1895 include the ports thereto. To Africa the exports 1895 were million dollars and in l lS1s millions.