Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-10
Increase in Ten Years.

The total trade Of the United States with
Its, American neighbors. including Canada.
in 1907 amounted to nearly a billion dol
raxs. as compared with a little more than
one-third of that amount ten years ago.
To be more accurate. our exports in 1907
to our American neighbors amounted. in
round numbers. to $4@MO.UO, and our
imports from them to $44S. OOO.OOO making
a total of $93S, 100000 Ten years ago our
exports to the rest of America were $163.-
WO.OCO and our imports therefrom were
sos. 600, 600. making a total trade OF $36S. :
OOO.OOO This shows an increase in total
trade of $50. 10000 or nearly 200 per cent
in our exports and 120 per cent in our i'm
ports.
This is largely due to the efforts of the
bureau Of American republics and to the
various other agencies that have been
exercised to bring the American republics
into closer relations. Its significance Will
be appreciated when 1t Is known that our
exports to Europe increased less than 80
per cent during the same period and our
imports therefrom 50 per cent; our ex-
ports to Asia increased 40 per cent, and
our imports therefrom 100 per cent: our
exports to Oceanica increased 100 per cent.
and our imports therefrom % per cent:
while our exports to Africa increased 13
per cent and our imports therefrom 13S
per cent.
Considering the details of our trade with
the other American countries. which, as
you see. has grown more rapidly than
that with any other part Of the world. our
exports to Mexico rose from 81 100000 In
| 1897 to So, 500 coo in 1907. an increase OF
222 per cent; those to West Indies, in
Guiding Porto Rico. from S28.JOOO0 to
| $9S.5cO.OO0 an increase of go per cent
those TO South America from $50, JOO,Ot
| TO $sj. 5G0SO, an Increase Of 1oo per cent
To Central America the exports in 1891
were 800, 600 and in 1907 $23.UOUO. bu,
of the 1907 figures $1SJOO.OO0 were exports
| to Panama, whose territory was, In 1871
| a part of Colombit. and therefore not in
cluded with the exports to Central Amer
| lea.
Turning TO the import side, our import:
| from Mexico Increased from $19,UO.UOO II
t1s97 to SOL 100000 in 1907: from the Yves
Indies including Porto Rico. from $685.
GC0.COO in 1891 to $133 900 in 1907; from
South America, from $1G}. 600 in 1897 L
x147, 10000 in 1907 and from Contra
America from $9.OW.OOO in 1891 to $16.
| OO0.OOO in 1907. Our imports from Mexict
Increased $37, 100000 and our exports Il
that country SIG 100000; those from Yves
Indies. including Porto Rico. increased
500, 5000 and exports thereto $12.OO.oOO
| while from South America the imports In
| creased S44,UO,UO and exports tnefet'
| So. OOO,OO.
In the case Of Argentina. the imports
from that country increased little owe
S5OOO,OOO and exports thereto $24,UO.UO
From Brazil the imports increased SO.
OtWtOO and the exports thereto increased
ST 600 900; from Cuba the imports increas
| ed STti. 100000 and the exports thereto {S.
| COO coo; from Porto Rico the imports II
1897 were less than $2.OOO,OOO and In 100
| nearly 23OUOOO. while the exports L
| Porto Rico were, in 1897, $2.OOO.OO and II
1907 $25.OoO,OOO
Exports and Imports Compared.
/ In the trade Of practically all the i'm
portant countries of America. except CUBE
and Brazil. the exports show create
gain during the decade than the imports
In the cases Of Cuba and Brazil. upol
which the United States relies for trop
ical staples. such as sugar, coffee ant
rubber. the increase in imports, taking
the decade as whole, has been NOR
rapid than that Of the exports. though
the exports to Cuba have rapidly in
creased during the last four years. havin
grown from $23, 800, 900 In 1903 to $50. 500
Coz in 1907. a gain of more than 12O pc
cent during the period.
| This growth in exports to the variou
sections of America is especially inter
esting. in view of the fact that manu-
featured articles form a larger percent
age of the merchandise exported to tn
American countries than to most Of tn
other sections Of the world. To Canad
manufactured merchandise formed So pc
cent of the exports, basing this state
ment on the official figures for 1908. tn
latest now available. OF the exports L
Mexico manufactured articles formed q
lper cent of the total; to Cuba. IS pc