The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
TRADE OF UNITED STATES
 WITH BRITISH TERRITORY

Washington, December 15.-(speciaL)-- Nearly one-half of the exports from the United States goes to British territory and nearly one-thrd of the imports is drawn from British territory. By this term, British territory, is meant the Uni ted Kingdom and all of its colonies and dependencies in various. parts of the world. The total value of merchandise exported to British territory in the 10 months ending with October, 1907, as shown by a statement just completed by the bureau of statistics of the depart ment of commerce and labor is 69S million dollars, forming, in round terms, 46 per cent of the total exports of the period under consideration. The total value of | merchandise imported from British terri tory during the same period was SS6 mill lions, or 311a per cent of the total i'm ports. Two years earlier, in 1905, the To- months figures showed exports to all British territory valued at 5sS millions, forming, in round terms, 46 per cent of the total exports, while the imports from all British territory were 2S9 millions, forming, in round terms, 29h per cent of the total amounts. To be more ac- carate,5 exports from the United States to British territory formed in the 10 months of 1905, 46.4 per cent of the total exports, and in the corresponding period of 1907 4G.2 per cent, while imports from British territory formed in the 10 months of 1905, 295 per cent of the total and in the same months of 1907, S16 per cent. af xr-I ports to British territory in the 10 months of 1907, 46S1h millions went to the United Kingdom alone, by which term Is meant England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, though it is probable that little more than 400 million dollars worth of this was consumed in the United Kingdom since the British record of foreign merchandise re-exported, which has just reached the bureau of statistics, shows that practical ly 50 million dollars worth of the mer- chandise imported into the United King dom from the United States in 1906 was re-exported.
 Raw Cotton.
 Of the 50 million dollars worth of our merchandise imported by the United Kingdom and exported thence to other countries, something over 16 million dol lars worth was raw cotton, about 4is mil lions skins and furs, more than mil lions agricultural machinery, over mil lions cotton waste, about 115 millions sew ing machines, practically 1% millions lard, almost 11a million dollars worth bacon, more than 1 million dollars worth oIeo- margarine, about l 1-3 million dollars worth scientific instruments, over two thirds of million dollars worth tallow, practically one-half million dollars worth slaves and over 3 million dollars worth miscellaneous machinery.
 To what sections of the world the Brit ish merchants redistribute this 50 million dollars worth of merchandise imported from the United States and exported by them to other parts of the world is not shown in detail, though the cotton un- doubtedly went to other European coun- tries, largely Germany and Russia; the furs, chiefly to European countries, large ly to Germany France, Netherlands and Belgium while a large proportion of the other articles was presumably distributed among the British colonies
 The total value of merchandise sent to the United Kingdom grew from 4O3 mil