Emery County Progress | 1909-06-05 | Page 3 | Commerce Sets a Record

commerce sets a record exports in 1907 put at wh ie imports amount to washington A record for the inter national of the world was established n 1907 according to the statistical abstract of the united states prepared by the bureau of sta this abstract puts the total exports of the various countries and of the world in that year at grand total the united Is accredited with 14 4 per cent of the imports and with 9 2 per cent ot the exports ten countries con more than two thirds of the total on the export side the united king doni headed the list with the united states coming next with 1 germany neat with 1 an I 1 france fourth with 1 on the import s de tha kingdom again headed the list with germany corn ing second with 2 franc third with and the united states fourth with practically two thirds of this to tal of international trade is accredited to europe in the year under consideration canada took 58 per cent ot her im ports from thae united states mexico per cent the central american st tes more than 50 per cent cuba 49 per cent santo domingo 53 per cent haiti 71 per cent the united I 1 ing dom 21 per cent germany 15 per cent japan 17 8 per cent and france 11 per cent