UNITED STATtS TRADE WITH fUR PE Takes Two Thirds of Our Ex Exports ExI I ports Furnishes Half of Our Imports EXPORTS EXCEED A BILLION of i C and li In h Wat o 0 March 18 Europe lakes t of oC thi th export HI of OC Hit th d States and of ot the Thin Ihl statement Ulli S In a n p the facts havo been by b a 1 erle of of oC the tho trade tadE nt oC thi lh United States with the of oC recently bt IJ the tle de dc department of at commerce and labor lubor through Us bureau ut lit The l dl have an 1111 of oC the tho trade with each country oC or orl Europe l by principal articles and vho that taken eN eNmore more than a II billion dollars worth orth ot the exports from tr m the United Stute while all other III her part of uC the world take I ii little ws than n II halt half billion In no year since 1819 ha h thi value ulue of exports to Europe fallen below one billion while to all allther other ther countries has hns never neer touched the five hundred r dollar mark Prior to 1900 tho exp rIH to had 1111 been b en aa much as II ont Oll billion dollar In value alue In III that year eor they the thi Ih billion dollar ollar I line being and have Ince that time about per Ier annum In III 1800 1900 the exports to all l of ot tho world other Ulan than Europe were lIere COO in III value but I lIt have grown year Oar bj h year JJr until In they were oeo the growth In I OO In exports f to the nonI countries having been heon proportionately greater than that thatto to 10 Europe On th Import side l ns liS already Indicated about ot ol the merchandise Into tho Unit United ed States Prior to ISM 1590 the Ihal of 01 th Imports Imparts drawn from Crom Europe averaged about 65 55 per cent centi after 1 90 the liver nver a e was a II little more than 50 per Il r cent In IPOS It was 48 por cent This In the tho percentage of ot the drawn from Europe la Is apparently ac lie accounted counted for tor by br the Ihl demand In Inthe h the United Stains for ro tropical I subtropical products 15 which are sup supplied supplied plied almost exclusively by b the other I Brand divisions of the world Tr Th value alue of or tropical ami pro l I brought Into the United States in 1005 was against t In and In III 1833 Most of or I this class ot or Imports comes of oC course from Crom the sections 0 of the world much of ot It from South America especially coNel and India rubber much of ot It from the southern part of or North orth America especially es sugar and tropical al fruits a II considerable con port pArt from Asia Including ten tea raw silk elk ami spices while su sugar u gar IlIr spices cocoa other products of or this Africa Egyptian cotton cotlon India rubber rubb r hides hide skins and an 1 a n mall supply of oC sugar Tho trado of oC the United States with Europe Is on the Import chiefly of or nM materials lor tOI uso In III manufacturing on the ex export port Olt of oC foo 1 manufacturers materials manufactures Tha manufactures Imported from Crom lulo chiefly the higher prades ralles of or cot rol cotton rolIon ton Ion silk and wool fabrics Into which labor In many mall cases hand largely enters entera while chemicals certain certain tain grades of oC Iron IlOn steel manufactures tures toys 1011 wines china and cut cul and glass and ani other of oC this kind contribute largely to tho Brand total In addition to this how however ever there thero arc Imported from Croll tho Eu Iu European I countries certain articles tho product of or their respective colonial I possessions Including India Ilidia rubber fiber tobacco hides and shine wool tin Un raw sill Mile diamonds 1111 tropical and subtropical al production Tho rhe articles exported to Europe aro oro chiefly chien meats and live cat ml cattle tIe tle and fruits trull for tOI food row raw cotton for COl COlUso uso In n variety ot or Including In pigs bars Ingots mineral minerai oil cultural Implements boots and ane manufactures of or wood oil nil rake cotton cottonseed I seed ecot oil e oils naval Moron and various manufactures of or Iron steel Of DC tho worth orth of or mer merchandise I chandise chand Iso sent amt to 10 Europe In 51 23 i was the tho other worth olIh being largely larg I food foodstuffs stuffs and manufacturers materials With tho growing tendency of or our steadily Increasing to 10 eon con consumo sumo nt lit homo n lari r of ot the food tood stuffs luNs produced 1 In the United and to Increase the tho consumption con lImp tion by 1 our own factories tho supply which can be lie spared for Cor Europe Is do de rather than Increasing nr ns I In n consequence thi th 11 l or t x ports sent SIlIl to 10 l I slowly decreasing ing Prior to 1887 the share of oC our total exports sent to Europe was over 80 per Ir cent that Ihal time the tho percent PRO has gradually fallen until It reach reached ed d 72 per pcr cent cen In 1002 In III 1903 1905 was but per lIer cent of oC tho total while the Mi of or exports taken by liy those grand divisions to which tho exports chlell manufacture show mi nn Increased 1 In 1905 com compared pared with 1904