Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-20
cur BRITISH CUSTOMERS.

Nearly one-half Of the exports from
,'se United States goes to British ter
,t4o-y and nearly o%ne-third OF the inn
,l,rss is drawn from British territory.
~ this term, British territory. Is
meant the United Kingdom. and all OF
its colonies and dependencies in var
isus parts of the world. The total
value of merchandise exported to
British territory iii the ten months
ending with October, 1907, as shown by
a statement just completed by the bu-
e of statistics of the department OF
commerce and labor, Is 69S million dol
lars, forming, in round terms, 46 per
cent of the total exports Of the period
under consideration. The total value
of merchandise imported FROM British
territory during the same period was
1856 millions, or 31h per cent of h to-
tai imports. Two years earlier, in
1905. = the ten-months' figures showed
exports to all British territory valued
at $50 millions, forming, in round
terms, 46 per cen Of the total exports,
while the imports from all British ter
ritory were 2S9 millions, forming, in
round terms 29b per cent of the total
imports.
or the 698 million dollars worth Of
exports to British territory in the ten
months Of 1907. 1884, millions went to
the United Kingdom alone, by which
term is meant England, Ireland, Scot-
land and Wales, tho 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 thai prac-
tically fifty million dollars worth Of
the merchandise imported into the
United Kingdam from the United
States in 1906 was re-exported. To
what sections Of the world the British
merchants redistribute his so million
dollars worth Of merchandise I'M
ported from the United States and ex-
ported by them to other parts of the
world is not shown In detail. tho the
cotton undoubtedly went to other Eu-
ropean countries, largely Germany and
Russia; the furs, chiefly to European
countries, largely 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 400
millions in the ten months of 1905 to
468A millions in the corresponding
Of 1907.
Canada stands second in order Of
magnitude in Jul exports to British
territory. The total value of mer-
chandise exported from the United
States to Canada in the ten months
ending with October, 1907, was in
round terms 161 million dollars, against
119h millions in the same, months Of
1905, an increase of Al millions in two
years; while the increase in our ex-
ports to the United Kingdom in the
same period was IS millions. Next in
rank in the list is Australia, to which
the exports in the ten months ending
with October, 1907, We're 221a million
dollars, and to New Zealand practically
5 millions, making a total for Australia
and New Zealand of over 81 million
dollars. against a trifle more than 81
millions in. the same months of 1906.
Product from the United States are
confessedly popular in Australia, and
our exports thereto have grown rap
idly in the past few years.
A New York woman went to a hos
pital to seek relief from the morphine
habit. As soon as she was cured she