Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28

periods of the years named
meantime grew from 583 million dollars
in 1905 to 759 million in 1911, an increase
of 176 million dollars. The share of the
imports into the United States brought
from British territory is about 30so;
while about 1910 of the exports goes
thereto; and of the total foreign trade,
approximately 1870 is with British terri
tory The term British territory here
used includes England, Scotland, Ire
land, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
India and other British East Indies,
British Honduras, British Guiana, Alden,
Gibralter, the Falkland Islands, Hong
kong, British Africa, Newfoundland and
Labrador, the British West Indies, and
other British islands. To all these, with
unimportant exceptions, the exports from
the United States are larger in 1911 than
in 1910 or earlier years.
To the United Kingdom, the largest
British market for American products,
our 10 months exports increased from
1893 million dollars in 1910 to 41a million in
1871 those to Canada, next in rank, the
exports in the 10 months periods adj
vanced from 20l million dollars in 1910
to 249 million in 1911, figure more than
double the total for the corresponding
period of 1905. Australia and New Zea-
land rank third among the British do
minions as a market for American goods
with a 10 months total of 40 million com
pared with 30 million and 81 million in
1905 for like periods. To British Africa
the 10 months exports increased from j.
million in 1905 to Z million in 1910 and 10
-, to- 40 ppitich Wpgt
Indies, from eight million in 1905 to nine
million In 1910 and 10 million in 1911; and
those to India "a million dollars in 1905
to 6ih million in 1910 and nine million in
1911. Fhe remaining British communities
which show in each case total in en-
cess of one million dollars In the 10
months include Hongkong. to which our
exports in 10 months We're valued at
seven million dollars; Newfoundland and
Labrador four million; the Straits Set
Elements, Ia million; British Guiana, IL
million: British Honduras, IA million;
and. Alden and Bermuda, each about one
million dollars. To Gibralter the total
was about s400 COO to Malta. GOA, etc,
about 100000; and to British China. the
Falkland Islands, and miscellaneous other
British possessions as a whole about
100000 -.
AS sources of imports into the United
States. Great Britain is again first
among the British communities with
10 months record of POS million dollars
in 1911, compared with 225 million In 1910
and 15S million in 1906. Canada IS second.
IS million dollars in 1911, against So mil
lion in the like period of 1910: India, Il
million. comparing with IS million in the
preceding year; the Straits Settlements,
20 million: other British East indies, ~
million British West Indies. 1l1a million:
Australia, New Zealand etc, 10 million:
British Africa, three million; Hongkong,
two million: Aden ~ million; and Brit
ish Honduras and Newfoundland, each
one million dollars.
Raw cotton, meats, and .breadstuffs,
form the bulk of the exports from the
United States to the United Kingdom,
though certain manufacturers. such as
agricultural implements. leather, ma
chnerY, and pig copper are important
items in tho yearly sales to that coun-
try Our exports to Canada cover a very
wide variety, including manufactures Of
iron and steel. automobiles, Illuminating
oil, corn. cotton. coal. tobacco, and
practically every article enumerated IN
the export schedule. Australia and the
various colonies of the United Kingdom
offer large and increasing markets fer
our manufactures. ON the other hand.
British territory supplies large proper
ton of our import reauirements-manu-
features of various kinds from the United
Kingdom. and foodstuffs and raw ma
terials, such as cocoa, tea, tropical fruits,
india rubber clothing wool, and fibers
from the British colonies.