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Show " AN ANALYSIS OF UilCLE SAM'S FOREIGN COMMERCE t Fcrty-elght Per Cent of Imports Came From Europe Last Year, and 67 Per Cent of the Exports Go In That Direction. Washington An analysis of tho foreign cm 'o. of tho, United States '-ont n n bulletin Issued by tho dupa . of commerce and labor, says that In tho fiscal year 190S 48 per cent of tho Imports Into the United States was drawn from Europo, Eu-ropo, 30 per cent from North Amorlca, 13 per cent from South America, 1 por cent from Asia. Of tho exports from tho United Slntcs In tho same year, C7 por cont wero to Europo, 17 per cent to Asia, 2 per cent to Oceania and 1 per cent to Africa. A comparison with the figures ot earlier years shows a gradual decline In tho share of our Imports supplied jy Europo nnd In tho shnro which Europo Eu-ropo takes of our oxports. This regulation regu-lation Is duo largely to the enlargement enlarge-ment of our trndo with tho Orient. Tho sections In which tho oxports of tho United States mnko tho least progress aro within .tho tropics. |
