The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-23
COMMERCIAL ANALYSIS.
Our Mode With the Countries Of
the World.


Analysis of the Commerce of the
United States with the Various Coun-
tries of the World" is the title of
monograph just issued by the depart
ment of commerce and labor through
its bureau of statistics. The purpose
OF this monograph. rs the title i'm
plies. is to show the articles forming
the trade with each country of the
world, article bv article, during term
of years. The tables show the prin-
cipal articles forming the imports
from and exports to each country in
each year from 1895 to 1905. The for
eign commerce of the United States
has grown during that period from
1910 million dollars to 1886 millions,
an increase Of II per cent; the inn
ports have grown from 1872 millions to
Ills millions. an increase of So per
cent; and the exports from sos mil
IS per cent.
Considering the growth by groups
Of articles. the figures show that the
importation OF food and live animals
increased II per cent during the Pc
riod named: crude articles for use in
manufacturing. SO per cent: articles
manufactured wholly or partially for
use in manufacturing. 72 per cent;
articles manufactured ready for con-
sumption, 10 per cent. and the group
entitled, Articles of voluntary use.
luxuries. etc." S. per cent. In ex-
ports, the group entitled Products of
agriculture" increased As per cent;
manufactures. 1856 per cent; products
of mining. 175 per cent: products of
the forests. III per cent: products Of
the fisheries. Sc per cent, and the
group entitled miscellaneous" IS per
cent.
Considering the commerce by grand
divisions, trade with Europe shows an
increase of Al per cent in imports
therefrom and 6 per cent in exports
thereto; in the trade with North Amer
and the exports 140. per cent; with
81 per cent and exports 20 per cent:
per cent and the exports 642 per cent:
per cent and the exports 162 per cent,
anu "tSu OSCdulSd luC lupOIlS uCIcdS.
ed 46 per cent and the exports 1872
per cent
1t is in the details of trade by arti-
Giles with the various countries of the
world that the statements are espec-
tally 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 172 million dollars
in 1905, increased only 10 million dol
lars, or about 8 per cent. during the
decade. Manufacturers of fibers, cot
ton. 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 increases in 1905, as
compared with 1905. but in others
there are marked decreases.
On the export side the United King
dom also heads the list with an in
"
per cent during the period. Cotton,
breadstu1s. provisions and cattle,
lumber 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 growth during the decade, espec-
tally in the latter forms of iron ana
steel manufactures. such as electrical
machinery, metal working machinery,
typewriters and builders supplies.
Germany stands second in the list
OF countries from which imports are
drawn. the total having grown from 81
millions in 1895 to 11s millions in 1905,
an increase Of 81 millions during the
decade, or 46 per cent. The most i'm
portant articles imported from Ger
many are chemicals and dyes, cotton
manufacturers. paper and manufac-
turers of wool. silk, cotton and fibers,
many of which show an increase in
1905 compared with 1895. The ex-
ports to Germany. which grew from
80 millions to 1874 millions. an increase
of 1O2 per cent during the period in
question, consist chiefly of raw cotton,
breadstufs, provisions, manufactures
OF iron and STEEL. mineral oils, copper
and other articles Of this character,
nearly all of which show growth dur
ing the decade.
Brazil ranks third in the statement
of imports. the value of importations
from that country having grown from
70 millions to 100 millions during the
period in question, the principal arti-
cles forming this large total being
coffee and india rubber. while the ex-
ports to Brazil show lossSduring the
period, having amounted in 1905 to but
IL million dollars against Is millions
In 1895. Canada stands third in the
list Of countries to which exports are
sent, the increase during the decade
being about SO millions, or 166 per
cent, while the imports from Canada
show an increase of Il per cent during
the same period.
Exports to China and Japan show a
larger per cent of increase than to any
other of the principal countries, the
total value Of exports to China having
grown from 3H millions in 1895 to
53k millions in 1905, an, increase of
about 14O0 per cent, while to japan
the increase is from AZ millions to
51k millions, gain of about 1924 per
cent. The exports to Mexico show an
increase 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 Neither
lands and Belgium 1856 per cent, from
India 152 per cent, Cuba GO per cent.
France and Germany 46 per cent each
and those from the United Kingdom