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that the actual increase In the dcead,
is therefore approximately 10 per cent
Export Compnrisous.

that the actual increase In the dcead,
is therefore approximately 10 per cent
Export Comparisons.
Meantime the value OF mcrchandis,
exported through the Atlantic coast
ports Increased but 90 per cent, Of
less than that OF any other OF thu
five great divisions under which thu
Bureau Statistics ciassifies the ports
namely, Gulf Mexican, Northern Bof.
der, Pacific, and Atlantic. Tho actual
gain in the Value of merchandise cx-
ported through Atlantic ports is, how
ever greater than that OF all the other
great sections. the increase during the
decade being, In the case of the At.
lantic ports 3S1 inillions; Gulf ports,
25l millions; Northern Border, 1870 mill
lions. Mexican Border, 2S millions. and
Pacific ports, 80 millions. to which, for
purposes of comparison with 1907,
should be added about IL of the is
million dollars worth of merchandise
sent to the Hawaiian Islands, but not
included In the figures of foreign trade.
Taking the Gulf, Northern Border,
ana Pacific ports as a whole. and con-
trasting their gain with that OF the
Atlantic ports, 1t may be said that dur
| ing the decade the Atlantic coast ports
show gain of so per cent. in the
value of merchandise passing through
them to foreign countries, while all
other ports as whole show an in
crease of 131 per cent, exclusive OF
the figures of shipments to the Hawaiian
Islands, which, If included, would some
what increase their percentage OF gain.
Our Growing Imports.
I On the import side. the gain in trade
through the Gulf, Northern Border and
Pacific ports has not been SO rapid. In
fact, the Atlantic ports still retain the
bulk of the inportations. the value
| of merchandise from foreign countries
entering through them in 1907 being
| S1,107,000,006 out of a grand total OF
81, i23, 100000. or practically so per cent.
OF the total. Still, even In imports
| the Atlantic ports have lost slightly In
| the percentage of the total trade dur
ing the decade, since SO per cent. of the
merchandise coming into the United
States from foreign countries in 1897
entered through Atlantic ports, and in
1907. as above indicated but so per
cent.
!. The value of merchandise imported
through Atlantic ports in 1897 was 6is
million dollars, and In 1907, 1,107 mfr
lions, an increase of so per cent:
through Pacific ports the imports
in 1897 were 81 millions, and
in 1907 al millions. and increase
of ST percent; the omission of
the figures of trade with Hawaii
, ports through the Pacific ports than is
, the case with reference to the figures
, of outgoing merchandise. since a large
I part of the merchandise sent from the
Hawaiian Islands to the United States
enters through Atlantic coast ports. es-
I pecially In the case of sugar, which
forms a large proportion of tho mer-
, chandise sent out OF those islands. The
, Gulf ports show an increase In I'M
, ports of from IS million dollars In
1897 to 62 millions in 1907; the Mexican
border ports an increase from Ia
millions. in 1897 to 16 12 millions in
1907. and the Northern Border ports
an increase from AZ IA millions In
1897 to 12a IA millions in 1907. lii
Imports Atlantic coast ports show DUR
ing the decade an increase of 49l mis-
lion dollars, gain Of so per cent.
/, while all other ports show an increase
, of 1S9 millions, a gain of 150 per cent.
, In exports Atlantic coast ports show
an increase during the decade of 3Si
, millions, gain of so per cent. while
all other ports show an Increase OF
40 millions. gain of 131 per cent.
Thus In imports the actual gain of the
Atlantic ports was ~ times as great
as that of all the other ports of the
country but in exports the actual gain
:, of the Atlantic ports was considerably
less than that OF the other ports COM
/. bined.