The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
TRADE OF us. WITH
GREAT BRITAIN

over a billion dollars worth of mel
chandise passed between the Unite
States and British territory in the tel
months ending with October for whicl
statistics have been compiled. Tn
bureau OF statistics Of the department
OF commerce and labor reports tina
exports from the United States L
British territory in the period nance
aggregated 759 million ard imports
therefrom 3S3 million dollars, thus in
dicatiHg that for every dollars wortl
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 269 million, and in
1911, 3S3 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 4O5 million dollars.
Exports to British territory for CORES
ponding periods of the years named
meantime grew from 5SS million dol
lars in 1905 to 759 million in 1911, an
increase Of l76 million dollars. The
share OF the imports into the United
States brought from British territory
is about 80 per cent; while about 451a
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.
HongISong, British Africa. Newfound-
land and Labrador. the British West
indies, and othersBritish 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 419 mil
lion in 1911; those to Canada, next in
rank, the exports in the 10 months
periods advanced from s01 million dol
lars in 1910 to 249 million in 1911. a.
figure more than double the total for
the corresponding period of 1905. Aus
Lralia and New Zealand rank third
among the British dominions as mar
ket for American goods with a 10
total of 40 million compared
with 80 million and n million in 1905
for like periods 80 British Africa the
10 monts' exports increased from II
million In 1905 to IL million In 1910
and 13 million in 1911; those to the
British West Indies, from million in
1906 to 8 million in 1910 and 10 mil
lion in 1911; andiAthose to India 4%
million dollars in 1905 to 6i5 million
N 1910 and . million in 1911. The re-
British communities which
show in each case a total in excess of
million dollars in the 10 months in
dude Hongkong. to which our exports
n 10 months were valued at Z million
dollars; Newfoundland and Labrador,
| million; the Straits Settlements, / q
British Guiana, i1a million
British Honduras. 4 ~ million; and
Aden and Bermuda, each about | mil
ion dollars To Gibraltar the total
vas about 100000, to Malta. Goza,
atc., about 100000; and to British
china, the Falkland Islands, and mis-
eellaneous other British possessions as
i whole about 100000.
AS sources of imports Into the Unit
ID States, Great Britain is again first
among the British communities. with
! 10 months record of 20s million dol
ars in 1911; compared with 225 mill
ion in 1910 and 1853 million ia 1905;
anada is second. 76 million dollars in
/, against S3 million in the like
iod of 1910; India. 4 million com.
Aring with 3S million in the preceding
rear; the Straits Settlements, 20 mil
ion; other British East Indies, 7la
million; British West Indies, IL e mil
ions Australia. New Zealand, etc, 10
million; British Africa. million;
million; Alden, 1ie mil
ion; and British Honduras and New
each | million dollars.
Raw cotton, meats. and breadstuffs,
orm the bulk of the exports from the
United States 70 the United Kingdom,
Rough certain manufacturers, such as