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Show .' ' ' Uncle Samusl's Exports. Uncle Sam's leading mnrkets, next to the United Kingdom, Oermnny and v France, are Belgium and the Nether lands, almost the smallest of Kuropean countries. The United Kingdom Is tho largest European purchaser of Amer-lean Amer-lean commodities, Germany next, then Franco, then the Netherlands, thou Belgium. The total exports from America to tho Netherlands amounted In 1905 to $73,000,000, and America's Imports from the Netherlands to practically prac-tically 122,000,000. American exports to Belgium In 1905 amounted to $38.-500,000. $38.-500,000. and our total 1-nports therefrom there-from practically J26.OO0.000 resulting In a total of $160,000,000 of trade rlth theso two small countries whoso com-j com-j blhed area Is less than that of the 4f- 8tate ot Ohio and whoso combined ' population Is but 12,000.ooo. |