Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-08
TRADE WITH GERMANY
THAT COUNTRY SECOND AMONG
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
Imports From There Were $11S, oO0,-
600 and Exports $194, 600, 900
Breadstuffs Fell OF.

Trade between the United States and Ger
many whose commercial relations are now
the subject OF negotiations between the
two governments. aggregated in the fiscal
year 1905 over S3O0OO0O0O.
A report issued by the bureau of statistics
of the Department OF Commerce and Labor
says:
THE imports from Germany were
Sis, Co., 600 in value and exceeded I'M
ports from that country in any ear
lier year The exports to Germany were
$194. OOo, GOO in value and exceeded our ex-
ports to that country In any earlier year
except 1904, in which the total was a little
over $2l4 ,OO0. 900, this decrease In 1905, COM
pared with 1904, having occurred in raw
cotton and being altogether due to fall in
price. since the quantity in 1906 was great
err than in 1904. Imports from Germany In
creased &37. 900. 600 In the period from 1890
to 1905. and exports TO that country in
creased $102, 100000 In the same time.
Germany Stands Second.
Germany stands second in the order of
magnitude OF our trade with foreign coun-
tries both as to imports and exports
Manufactures are the bulk of the $11S.-
1000 worth OF merchandise imported from
Germany. These manufactures include cot
ton goods about s14 600 900 in value; chem
icals, drugs and dyes, $10. 0OO.0 600: iron and
steel manufactures. about 81, 100000 leath-
er manufactures, $4,000 600; silk manufac-
lures about IS, 100000; manufactures of
fsbers. about 100000: wooden goods. So
10000: paper manufactures thereof, over
S3,OOO,0OO, and toys 100000.
Raw cotton Is by far the largest single
item in our exports to Germany, amounting
In 1905 to $S7 100000 In value. as compared
with exports of S43 coo In value In 1895.
The increase, however, Is due in part to the
general advance in the price Of cotton.
Lard exports to Germany in 1905 amounted
to practically SIS. 100000. Exports of pro-
visions of all classes, including lard,
amounted to SCI 600 600, against about $l3,-
0OO, COO in 1895.
Breadstuffs Fall Of.
"Breadstuffs form less important factor
in our trade with Germany than formerly,
owing to the great falling off In the guam
tity which the United States is now able to
spare to the outside world. OF wheat, for
example. our exports to Germany. which
amounted to more than ten million bushels
in 1901. and practically twenty millions in
1907 fell to fourteen and one-half millions
In 1908 seven and one-haf millions in 1904
and 1000 bushels in 1906. the value in 1905
being but Ss4, 100. Flour shows also con-
siderable decline, but corn showed marked
increase. its total export to Germany being
over s, 100000 in value.
I'm manufactures, especially copper, min
eraI OIL leather. scientific instruments ana
certain manufactures Of iron and Steel our
exports to Germany show a steady growth.
The value of copper ingots, bars and plates
exported from the United States to Ger
many amounted to over $14 100000, against
a little more than one and one-half millions
in 1895, the record year: kerosene, eight and
one-half million, against four and three
quarter millions in 1895; leather, one and
one-haf million dollars. against over
million In 1900: cottonseed oil. practically
one and one-half million dollars, and oil
cake, five and three-quarter millions,
against less than 100000, and less than
two and one-half millions, respectively,
decade ago. Imports from Germany formed,
in 1905 10.7 per cent Of the total importa-
lions into the United States, and exports to
that country, in the same year. 1913 per cent
of the total exports of the country. Ger
many's figures show that imports from the
United States in 1904 formed 14.S per cent
of her total imports and that exports to
the United States formed 95 per cent Of
her EXPORTS"