The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-06
UNITED STATES TRADE \
!. I WITH AUSTRIAN HUNG AIRY 7

Washington, March 6s--The trade Of
the, United States with tAustriasH Hun1,ll
gary during the fiscal year 1oo5, sae7,
cording to records of the Department.
of commerce and labors published
through It's. bureau ofRstatisticss Fstoed
at AL million dollars, of which over
Io.5 millions are stated TO have been
imports and no exports. Inasmuch,
however. as. trade between; { the two !
countries is in many cases carried on
indirectly, mainly by way OF; German
and Italian ports, these figures ean$be
regarded as complete only So lar as.
they relate to our imports fronls& that
country. Exports from, this country
which find their way ultimately to AtlsT
tria are in many eases reported to the
bureau Of statistics as exports to the.
country where the trafsshi hipnIlent 'takesT
place. For this reason the AustFoer
Hungarian figures Of import s fr ON his
country are used in. this discussion III
preference to our. own export figures. 1
3 The growth OF trade Between the two.
countries during the last DECADE has
been quite large, especially under the
head. OF imports into Austria Hungary
from the United States. Thus imports
into. the United States from Anstrlags
Hungary increased from 70 1nillioa,
dollars during the fiscal year 1906 efo.
Io.6 rnrfffous during the. fiscal year
1905, while imoprts into Austrfa=ff I'm.
gary from this, country increased IRONY
T5.5 million dollars during the ca len
,dar year 1896 to 81 million -dollats, dur,
- 40 h
- The principal articles, imported Into.
Austria Hungary from aa the United
States, in order of their magnitude, are
raw cotton, the Val1e aof (which for tina,
calendar year 1904 was 23,4 |Tl1illion doffii
lars, as against o,3 iir. 1895; copper. Al
million dollars, as against 2$72o,ooo I'M
1906; eottonseed, oil, rs million dollars,
as against $563,ooo in I8o5; lard, IL
million dollars, as against $235,ooo& in
1906, and tobacco, $o3I, 900, as against.
lI.3 million dollars In 1905. With the
exception Of tobacco the imports of
| the articles named, the combined value
of which cons titutes, over 84 per cent
| of the total imports from this country
during the calendar year Ieo4 show
considerable growth. Thus the imports
1 of cotton increased over $50 per cent;
Ithose9of copper AVS per cent; those, of
cottonseed oil I74 per cent, and those
Of lard, All per cent Il On the whole
! if may be said that the United States
FURNISHES Austria Hungary with the
greater part of the raw materials fog
it's principal textile and its. electrical
Industry, suppl plenenting also, though IN
l,as much lesser degree part of the Hood
i products for its growing industrial
4 population. s
i GThe list of principal imports into this
l,coufltfy from Austria-I hungary during
i the fiscal year 1905 is, d much more ex-
tended one, though in the case of no
II article does the value reach one million
4 dollars Fibers, vegetable, and rlailti-
factures Of {chiefly linen maiiufactures)
\ valued at 5000, ,74o;; hides and skins
worth $3.50, ,o34 ! glass and glassware
Il valued ait $o45. .o6I cart herf, stone, afld
Il IchilaWare valued at $$oco,o2o; chemi.
i Gals, unspeci6ed, $877,788;; jeWelry val.
II tied at 5000 s.; malt liquors, 48o, ,I62
II manufactures Of wood valued at $685..
RS, and manufactures Of wool, $3.50
II Io7, arc some of the leading articles i'm
ported into this country from Austria
Hungary in the order Of their iiiagfii
Sltude. The Importation of sugar /, which
il attained considerable proportions, Al
Hate as 1901, has ceased almost entire
''sI iy, being but $34ooc iii &alue iii 1905
q las against 37 million dollars in 100
J; and 23 millions in 1902. he rim
] Iports, consisting, as they do, principal.
Of articles of luxury and voluntary COR
! shlnptiolfs WhifesalOt showing any saicl
q extraordinary fHtel tH increase as tll