Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-23
WHAT We IMPORT
And WHERE FROM


which in recent years has supplied
about 10 per cent of the manufactured
goods imported into the United States,
showed, in the fiscal year which end
ed June 30, 1914, smaller gain in
its contributions of general merehan.
disc than any other grand division rS
cept Africa. According to official fig
ures of the Department of Commerce,
imports from Europe were three mil
lion dollars greater than in the pre-
vious year, compared with a gain of
five million in imports from South
America, five million in those from
0ceania, 10 million in those from Asia.
80 million in those from North Amer
lea, and loss of seven million in those
from Africa. France, Italy, Germany,
Switzerland and Spain showed gains,
while the United Kingdom, the Neither
lands and Russia were among the i'm
pOrtant European countries the imports
from which decreased during the past
year.
The character Of the goods imported
from Europe has been the SUBJECT of so
many inquiries reaching the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce that
the following summarization has been
prepared by that office showing the
principal manufactures and manufac.
turing materials for its chief supply of
which the United States has usually
looked to Europe. Considering the
seven countries which contribute S5 per
cent by value of all goods imported
from Europe, it is found that they fur.
nished last year the cl:s/ of mer-
chandise specified in each case. Ger
tain of the articles mentioned below as
imported from Europe are derived from
other parts of the world, this being true
of tobacco, spices and tin from the
Dutch and other East Indies, diamonds
from South Africa, wool from New
Zealand, Australia, Asia and South
America, rubber from the East Indies
and other tropical countries, and tea
from India, China and Japan.
! ENGLAND-ImpOrts from England
included nearly 20 million dollars worth
of cotton goods, comprising 80 million
yards of cloth, five ntlion pounds of
yarn and nine million dollars worth of
aces and edgings; nine million dollars
worth of chemicals, among which were
I "a million pounds of bleaching pow
der, 81 million pounds of ammonium
sulphate. 10 million pounds of glycerin,
( two million dollars worth of coal-tar
products and considerable amounts of
acids, gums and opium; As million
pounds of hides and skins; IL million
dollars worth of iron and steel, such as
cutlery, machinery, etc.; SO million
. ,,f hlnul n p,,ll,,,, Il,
of wool; IT million pounds Of tea, and
miscellaneous manufactures, such as
I cbinaware, linens, gloves. lnoleum, pre-
cious stones and silk aud worsted
goods.
GERMANY is our chief source for
imported chemicals. its contributions
thereof exceeding 90 million dollars in
value. Last years imports included
coal-tar preparations, alizarin, aniline
salts, indigo, potash, quinine and other
drugs to the value of 2lM million
Other important articles were l3 million
. dollars worth of cotton goods; one mil
lou tons of potash salts, used largely
as fertilizers; 1870 million pounds OF
wood pulp; 80 million pounds of palm
and pRlm-kernel oil; eight million uol
lars worth of toys, and numerous man
ufactures, including machinery, cutlery
antifriction balls, gloves, silks, paper
goods, and clover and sugarbeet seed
Certain food products were also import
ed from Germany in large quantities
the leading items being 90 million
pounds of rice flour, seven millior
pounds of crude cocoa, and two million
d dollars worth of spirits, wines and malt
d liquors.
. FRANCE is the largest source of Oul
, imported silk goods, art works, automo
I biles and Wines The more important
articles included last year % million
dollars worth of art works; five million
) of chemicals, chiefly lacteriue, argols
glycerin and essential oils; 1872 milloI
of silk goods; eight million of eOttoI
= laees and embroiderics, and large sum-
Q for perfumeries, diamonds, motiOn-pie
] ture films and other manufactures, az
= well as 10 million pounds Of sO-calleC
e English walnuts.
: ITALY supplies large quantities o.
maearoni, fruits and nuts, olive OIL pre-
G pared vegetables, cheese, still wines
: art works, hats, argols and distilled
G oils
NETHERLANDS is leading sourc,
for diamonds and wrapper tobacco, an'
also sends us hides, fish, spices, tin anC
paper stock.
BELGIUM is our largest source o
diamonds, and sends us much rubber
hides and furs and linens.
: SWITZERLAND leads as our sourc
of imported cotton laces and watches
and is important in the matter o
cheese, silk goods and coal-tar colors
IRELAND is first in its supply o
linens.
The foregoing are merely representa-
q tive facts selected from "Trade of tn
, United States with the World, y Mis-
cellaneous Series No. 10, sold by th
Superintendent of Documents, Washing
ton, d. c., for Is cents copy.