Arizona republican., 1906-01-16
OUR COMMERCE
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lions; and toys, more than 4 million dollars. This importation of toys from | Germany has grown steadily, having amounted to S1 732, ,739 in 1895, and $4,- 512,S S37 in 1905. Germany is the prin- cipal source of the foreign toys inn ported into the United States the to- tai imports of toys in 1905 having been $4, ,964.457, of which Germany supplied, as above indicated, $4.512, ,S37; France, $1T2,041; other countries of Europe, $15S.212, and the remainder of the world, $121,307, about nine-tenths of our total importations of toys, there fore. having been from Germany.
 Of our exports to Germany, raw cot ton, provisions, breadstuffs, copper, mineral oil tobocco, oil cakes, cotton seed oil, fruits fertilizers and naval stores are the most important, though in addition to these are various manu- factures of greater or less importance. Raw cotton is by far the largest single item in our exports to Germany, hay ing amounted in 1905 to S7 million dol- lars in value out of a total of 194 mil. lions, thus forming practically One-halt of the total. Exports of cotton to Germany have grown from 43 million dollars in value in 1895 to S7 millions in 1905 having practically doubled in value during that period. This in crease is due in part, however, to the general advance in price, since the quantity in 1895 was 752 million pounds and in 1905 1,005 million pounds, hay
 ing thus increased but about one- third, while the value doubled. The next important item in value of our exports to Germany is lard, which amounted in 1905 to practically 15 mil . lion dollars in value, against millions in in, tity as well as in value, the quantity of lard exported from the United States to Germany in 1905 having been 1SS million pounds, against 104 millions in 1895. Provisions of all classes, in cluding lard, meats, oleomargarine, oleO oil, butter cheese, etc, exported to Germany amounted in 1905 to about 21 million dollars, against about 13 millions in 1895. Breadstuffs form a less important factor in our trade with Germany than formerly, owing to the great falling off in the quantity which the United States is now able to spare to the outside world of products of this character. Of wheat, for example, our exports to Germany which amount ed to more than 10 million bushels in 1901 and practically 20 millions in 1902, fell to 141a millions in 1903, 712 mil lions in 1904, and 10O,O40 bushels in 1905. the value in 1905 being but SS4 760. Flour shows also a considerable de- cline, though not so great as that or wheat our exports of flour to Germany in 1903 having been 924,624 barrels, valued at $3.63O, 126. and in 1905 but 135,- 125 barrels, valued at $5S6, Al. Our corn exports to Germany show a mark ed increase in recent years, having been in 1903 F million bushels, in 1904 13 millions, and in 1905 r millions, valued at over million dollars. though these figures are somewhat less than those for the period from 1897 to 1901, when our corn exports as a whole were very much larger than al prsent. In provisions of all kinds the exports from the United States have greatly declined, and this decline is no more strongly apparent in the exports to Germany than in those to other coun- tries.