Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-16
Persian Trade With
The United States.

Persia's trade with the United States
| in the fiscal year 1911, according to the
| official reports of the Bureau of Stats
| tics, Department of Commerce and
| Labor, amounted to $1,O77502, of which
| imports from Persia We're S1,055, SOB and
| exports to Persia, $21 ,s99. These figures
| of imports, while small in comparison
| with those from other countries of SINH
| lar population and size, are much larger
| than in any earlier year. In 1909 im-
ports from Persia amounted to $350G0; in
| 1915, 500 900; and in 1911, as above stated,
over 100000 Practically the entire i'm
ports from Persia consist Of wool car
pets and carpet wool. OF the total I'm
ports therefrom valued at 81, 055 COZ. rugs
and carpets aggregated $s4.561, and wool
suitable for the manufacture of carpets,
$50 G94 Various manufactures of iron
ard steel supply most of the relatively
small exports to Persia, from the United
States.
Trade with the United States, however,
forms a very small proportion of Persia's
commerce. Official reports of the Persian
Government covering her fiscal year
1eo9-l0 the latest period for which the
statistics are available, show that Of the
million dollars of imports In that year.
22T million krans, or more than one-half
of the total was from Russia. 1853 million
from the British Empire, II million from
Turkey, 10 million from France, 10 mil
lion from Germany and but 337. 1872 krans,
from the United States. OF the exports
in that year. amounting to 372 million
krans COR about 80 million dollars, 263
million krans value went to Russia, AZ
million to Turkey. 31la million to the
British Empire. nine million to Italy
eight million to France, So million TO
China, and but 2la million to the United
states
Cottons, sugar. tea. iron and steel
| manufactures. woolens, yarns and Pc
| troleum are the principal articles i'm
ported into Persia. OF cottons the i'm
ports in 1909-l0 were valued at 126 mil
| lion krans: of sugar, 1O7 million; of tea,
| % million; of iron and steel and manu-
| features thereof, IA million: of woolens,
| IA million; of yarn, 10 million; and of pc
| troleum. eight million; while haber-
| dasheries, silks, rice indigo and cochi-
| neal. flour, matches, spices. timber. and
copper are represented in various sums
ranging between five million and two
| million krans.
| Raw cotton heads the list of Persia s
| exports. with an aggregate value IN
19o9-1o of 20 million krans. The next
| largest items in that year We're fruits, $
million; wooden carpets, 4S million; rice
| "a million; fish 81 million; opium, IS mil
lion; cocoons, II million; gums, u mil
lion, and skins, nearly u million. Other
| important exports having each less thar
| lyra 1ra include wool nipt
| million krans; animals. 62s million; sill
stuffs. five million; hides. five million
wheat and barley, three million; woolens
nearly three million: tobacco. 22s million
drugs, 214 million, cottons PIP million
dyes, two million; and pearls. ia mil
lion krans
The per capita commerce of Persia
based upon an estimated population o
81, millions, is comparatively small, be
ing in ls09-l0 less than IS. compared wit
per capita commerce of s38 for III
United States. $50 for France. SIS for Ger
| many and S1i0 for the United Kingdom
This relatively small foreign commerce
of Persia is largely due to the fact tina
that empire is lacking i'm adequate mean
| of transportation and communication
| Wheat. barley, rice, fruits, silk, WOO
cotton, gums and other staples are pro
duced in great quantities. and lead. cop
| per and other mineral deposits abound
but good roads and railways are few
thus seriously handicapping transport /
points of distribution The latest re
ports show lass than 100 miles of railwa
| in all Persia. AS late as 1909 but 81
miles of earrlageabe roads had bee
| built, though progress has been mad
since that time. Telegraphs include 63l
miles of line and O.754 miles of wire, con
Meeting 13l stations. Teheran the prin
cipal city. has n population of ZOO
Tabriz. 100000; and Ispahan. $1,000 Les
than $500 Europeans reside within tn
| Empire.