Commercial America In 1907 1908 PDF Download

Excerpt from Commercial America in 1907: Showing Commerce, Production, Transportation Facilities, Area, and Population of Each of the Countries of North, South, and Central America, and the West Indies The object of this study of American commerce is to present in concise form a statement of the commercial conditions in the various countries of all America. It has been deemed proper to include also brief statements of area, population, products, and productive capacities; transportation, present and prospective; and other subjects closely allied to commerce, with the thought that the in formation would not only be required by those desiring to study at the present moment economic conditions in these countries, but also be useful to general students; and the purpose has been to bring down to the latest available date facts of this character re garding all countries of the Western Hemisphere. The statement with reference to the United States has been made in general outlines only, since the details are presented in other publica tions of this Bureau, notably the Statistical Abstract of the United States and Commerce and Navigation of the United States, issued annually and to be obtained on application by any one desiring more detailed information on the commerce of the United States than is given in this work. The total commerce of all America, as compiled for the latest available year, amounted to of which was that of the United States and the remaining was distributed among the other countries of North, South, and Central America, and the West Indies, as is shown in Tables 1 and 2, on pages 6 and 7. Considering the imports and exports separately, the total im ports of all American countries amounted to of which was the value of imports into the United States, the remaining being distributed among the other American countries. The total exports of all American countries were of which were from the United States, the remaining being exported from the various other American countries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.