The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-22
TRADE OF us. WITH
GREAT BRITAIN

Over a billion dollars worth of mer-
chandise passed between the United
States and British territory in the ten
months ending with October for which
statistics have been compiled. The
bureau of statistics of the department
of commerce and labor reports that
exports from the United States to
British territory in the period named
aggregated 759 million and imports
therefrom SS3 million dollars, thus in
dicating that for every dollars worth
of merchandise imported from the ter
ritory in question, two dollars worth
of American products are exported
thereto.
The growth of American commerce
with countries and colonies under the
British flag has been steady and in the
case of certain countries, notably Can
ada, very rapid In 1905 the 10
months record of imports from Brit
ish territory was 2S9 million, and in
1911, 1888 million dollars, an increase
of "a million dollars The 1911 figures
are, however slightly less than the
total for 1910, when the 10 months i'm
ports aggregated 405 million dollars
Exports to British territory for cores
ponding periods of the years named
meantime grew from 5SS million dol
lars in 1906 to 759 million in 1911, an
increase of 476 million dollars. The
share Of the imports into the United
States brought from British territory
is about 30 per cent; while about 451s
per cent of the exports goes thereto;
an of the total foreign trade, approx
imately 40 ..'er cent is with British
territory. The term British territory
here used includes England, Scotland,
Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zea-
land, India and other British East In
dies, British Honduras, British Guiana,
Alden, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands,
Hongkong, British Africa Newfound-
land 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
1898 million dollars in 1910 to 419 mill
lion in 1911; those to Canada, next in
rank, the exports in the 10 months
periods advanced from POI million dol
lars in 1910 to 249 million in 1911, a
figure more than double the total for
the corresponding period of 1905. Aus
tralia and New Zealand rank third
among the British dominions as mar
ket for American goods with 10
months total of 40 million compared
with 30 million and 21 million in 1905
for like periods. To British Africa the
10 monts' exports increased from IL
and 13 million in 1911; those to the
British West Indies, from 5 million in
1905 to million in 1910 and 10 mil
lion in 1911; and those to India AZ
million dollars in 1905 to 61s million
in 1910 and 8 million in 1911. The re
naming British communities which
show in each case a total in excess of
/ million dollars in the 10 months in
clude Hongkong, to which our exports
in 10 months were valued at million
dollars; Newfoundland and Labrador,
million; the Straits Settlements, IL
million; British Guiana, 115 million;
British Honduras, i q million; and
Alden and Bermuda, each about ! mil
lion dollars. To Gibraltar the total
was about 100000; to Malta, Goza,
etc, about $4,000; and to British
China, the Falkland Islands, and mis-
cellaneous other British possessions as
whole about 100000.
AS sources of imports into the Unit
ed States, Great Britain is again first
among the British communities, with
10 months record of 20S million dol
lars in 1911; compared with 225 mil
lion in 1910 and 1853 million in 1905;
Canada is second, 76 million dollars in
1911, against S3 million in the like
period Of 1910; India, Al million, com
pairing with SS million in the preceding