1,000 Dolls 1,000 Dolls 1,000 Dolls. 1,000 Dolls 1,000 Dolls. 1,000 Dolls. Value of U. S. Merchandise Imports and Exports, by Years Source: United States Department of Commerce Excess of Exp. Over Imp. 1,000 Dolls. 560.168 1,000 Dolls. 1912. 2,399,218 2,362,696 36,522 1,818,073 4,217,291 2,448,284 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. · 1921. 1922. 1923. 1924. 1925.. 1926.. 1927. 1928.. 1929. 1930. 1931. 1932. 1933 1934. 1935 1936 1937 1938. 1939 1940. 2,113,624 2,071,058 42,566 1,789,276 1,097,938 691,338 3,902,900 611,168 5,333,268 1,776,074 779,748 7,874,276 3,091,006 816,916 9,185,981 3,281,045 800,860 9,180,301 1,205,662 11,824,791 2,161,471 13,506,497 581,145 691,422 324,348 3,117,875 4,016,061 2,949,535 946,856 6,994,179 1,240,830 6,944,524 1,656,124 7,959,559 1,529,867 8,200,947 1,975,883 719,030 375,427 981,021 1,483,187 9,050,118 680,637 1,399,304 9,219,800 1,036,912 1,458,444 9,640,356 841,634 1,032,954 6,904,359 782,273 Domestic, Foreign Merchandise.. 227,783,483 236,125,432 283,514,819 238,675,495 246,144,709 227,656,557 42,676,622 48,039,460 48,039,460 56,044,728 42,228,758 40,173,952 101,227,151 101,817,841 127,439,539 96,556,679 113,206,898 102,145,130 80,746,030 86.447,423 103,972.709 84,663,860 88,977,210 83,733,274 2,487,805 American Samoa. 221,787 164,758 3,023,979 1,220,506 1,558.523 1,448,020 545,430 79,065 88,468 83,785 230,007 110,657 84,852 72,396 Wake Island. 116.195 Midway Island 96,464 Canton, Enderbury Islands. Per Capita Exports and Imports of Merchandise Source: Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce WORLD TRADE, AND SHARE OF THE UNITED STATES THEREIN World Total United Trade (102 States Year Countries) Trade (Cal.) 29.30 18.92 Unit. States Per Cent of World Total World Total United Trade (102 States Year (Cal.) Countries) Trade Ex- Im- Ex- Im- Ex- Imports ports ports ports | ports❘ ports 1913.. 1925.. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. 20,273 21,565 2,484 1,793 12.3 1931. Authentic data for 1940 are lacking, owing to the war which increased the share of the United States. 8.3 1932.. 12,609 13,886, 1,611 1,323 12.8 9.5 12.7 1933.. 11,740 12,484 1,302 1,133 11.1 13.8 1934.. 11,364 12.011 1,272 987 11.2 12.4 1935. 11,580 12,192 1,355 1,216 11.7 11.81936 12,530 13,192, 1,449 1.432 11.6 12.4 1937. 15,224 16,413 1,978 1,821 13.0 1938. 13,245 14.280, 1,828 1.158 13.8 1939 12,900 13,910 1,876 1,369 14 5 9.1 8.2 10.0 10.9 11.1 8.1 9.8 United States Foreign Trade, by Countries Source: United States Department of Commerce; by calendar years 1939 Countries to to from Exp. Imp. Exp. Imp. Exp. Imp. Exp. Imp. Exp. 1938 1936 Imp. to to from to from 14,883 68,823 73,517 43,639 Austria. 746 1,276 95,341 75,081 2,029 5,395 107,243 61,955 97,937 68,631 120,639| Bulgaria. Canada. 604 1,548 714,518 423,539 351 2,815 Chile.. China 43,428 64.941 26,789 40,725 93.001 55,809 760 2,214 467,662 260,274 24,603 28,234 61,700 34,772 47,160 Colombia. 51,690 47,564 51,294 48,983 40,884 4,434 76,329 105,840) 26,493 26.174 3,794 5,824 5,695 5.745 5,900 3,514 5,052 4,012 7,284 13,967 7,024 13.533 5,407 13,442 20,664 11,991 36,565 181,825 62,375 133,835 54,061 164,528) Germany. 156 5,414 47,374 52,447 107,588 22,359 8,052 64,537 126,342| 8,574 10,724 6,862 9,529 7,612 5,140 2,031 3,642 2,967 4,084 2,896 3,941 1,818 5,812 7.031 6,078 1,021 1,716 1,057 2,344 1,003 1,764 18,127 3,586 Hungary. 3,583 1,702 555 3,633 India, British. 33,441 58,349 43,747 70,322 Iran (Persia) 6.465 8,647 Ireland (Eire) 9,035 4,433 4,381 9,119 5,943 5,103 3,735 1,864 7,431 1,004 41,202 148,965 1,461 39,921 58,266 76,830 48,170 58,796 13,748 69,802 558 1,744 767 948 1,567 56,319 62,043 49,006 109.450 60,120 93,524 53,287 8,913 8,643 7,677 6,582 New Zealand. 18.073 7,968 23,366 Nicaragua. 6,114 2,875 4,297 2,901 Norway.. 14,536 7.939 32,103 21,686 22,567 4,280 12,752 3,581 24,981 Paraguay 1,237 1,884 17.943 675 19,246 1,803 644 1,355 743 1,095 324 540 19.011 16,524 Phillippines. 93,335 89,670 100,017 85,031 126,061 Pol'd-Danzig 111 16,001 11,495 24,696 13,417 6,461 10.947 3,923 15,091 8,848 6,283 2,474 6,938 4,978 3,527 Switzerland.. 22,570 Thail'd, Siam. Turkey U. S. Africa. 103,915 27,200 18,609 9,664 1,494 4,518 8,274 13,887 8,313 47,388 69,118 9,375 25,022 U. Kingdom.. 1,009,623 155,060 505,226 5.177 TRADE OF CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 521,124 118.247 536,490 202,691 439,950 200,398 5,058 69.691 13.2031 4,730 13.809 8.530 12.239 4,516 Total 3,584,892,000 3.317,903,000 4,349,314,000 3,951,050,000 4,625,145,000 4,251,077,000 3,287,534,000 2,929,978,000 2,307,185,000 1,987,340,000 319,845,000 1,497,364,000 1,229,293,000 268,071,000 1,639,694,000 1,344,933,000 294,761,000 1,863,045,000 1,554,327,000 308,718,000 2,258,087,000 1,937,537,000 320,550,000 2,698.581,000 2,306,104,000 3,259,423,000 325,469,000 3,360,349,000 3,004,131,000 392,477,000 2,938,178,000 422,171,000 2,181,571,000 1,844,602,000 331,969,000 2,549,199,000 2,211,884,000 337,315,000 2,837,084,000 2,520,257,000 316,827,000 313,772.000 3.409,213,000 The dollar values shown in the above table represent dollars of 2322 grains fine gold prior to April 30, 1933, and dollar currency, the gold value of which has declined, subsequent to that date. Year (Cal.) Crude U. S. Foreign Trade, by Economic Classes Source: United States Department of Commerce Value of Domestic Exports Value of General Imports Crude Manu'd] Semi- |Finish. Crude Crude Manu'd Semi- |Finish. Mater'ls Foods'fs Foodst's Manuf's Manuf's Mater'ls Foods'fs Foodst's Manuf's Manuf's 1.000 1,000 1,000 Dollars Dollars Dollars 1925.. 1,422,058 1930.. 829,098 1931.. 566,791 573,753 1926..1,261,323 335,062 503,005 1927.. 1,192,767 421,107 463,299 1928. 1,293,257 294,678 465,810 1929.. 1,142,352 484,304 362,650 317,894 269,590 178,533 127,072 246,814 1940.. 456,078 1932.. 513,659 89,419 152,118 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars 661,683 1,843,334 1,748,065 494,800 432,906 755,085 795,733 655,547 1,956,784 1,792,292 539,818 417,817 804,333 876.628 699,727 1,981,955 1,600,809 504,686 450,849 749,801 878,597 716,352 2,260,002 1,466,733 549,891 405,815 762,832 906,173 729,013 2,531,823 1,558,620 538,560 423,622 885,051 993,508 512,802 1,898,089 1,002,161 400,125 293.448 608,153 757.022 317,647 1,119,657 642,173 304,828 222,316 372,043 549,275 196,727 624,228 358,325 232,964) 173,927 216,967 340,591 237,041 616,639 418,151 211,813 205,370 292,005 322,220 341,837 878.838 460,617 254,314 263,547 307,302 350,223 349,858 994,308 582,443 322,327 318,828 409,690 405,617 394,760 1,154,099 732,965 348,682 386,240 490,238 465,853 678.268 1.616.548 971.071 413.312 440,056 634.174 551.250 506,758 1,523,003 576,449 260,117 310,539 384,964 417,555 615,465 1,666.982 744,860 290,839 313,336 486,766 440,297 908,060 2,329,627 1,010.394 285,112 277,444 558,632 408,707 Of the domestic exports, agricultural were (1939) $655,086,000, or 21.0%; (1940) $516,856,000, or 13.0%. Mex. 36.2 1,812.3 496.3 1,120.9 72.8518.9 1926. 2,773.1 180.1325.6 26.3 546.1543.5 1936. 1937 1938. 1939 1940. 974.8193.0 534.6130.6 576.5 147.3 810.7 207.4 884.1 220.4 965.6 236.2 32.6 1,369. 7 310.2 21.01,246.9 284.7 25.6 1,421.6219.0 822.4 101.9449.3 GRAND DIVISIONS Asia & Europe Oceania Africa Europe 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dolls. Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dolls. 546,362 509,458 322,282 365,865 34,638 2,573,408 558,803 144,129 241,186 37.145 1,227,843 1,662,663 760,999 1,476,691 150,285 4,466,091 1,929,163 623,917 1,043,184 165,662 991,203 822,454 358,763 875,403 64,924 2,083,357 915,654 226,075 550,916 55,776 1,157,056 1,001,518 467,421 1,079,010 87,061 2,093,415 1,086,168 269,318 657,921 60,671 1924 1,096,087 995,156 466,074 979,653 72,992 2,445,300 1,090,041 314,252 671,097 70,294 1925 1,238,881 980,534 518,797 1,396,934 92,144 2,603,750 1,138,354 402,606 1,285,863 1,011,570 567,979 1,469,056 96,420 2,310,144 1,176,481 443,507 1,264,072 985,458 518,275 1,323,682 93,255 2,310,403 1,253,027 438,159 1,248,749 960,702 569,409 1,222,379 90,206 2,374,915 1,327,364 480,814 1,332,627 981,532 639,757 1,336,837 108,607 2,340,845 1,395,063 539,309 908,846 761,711 433,516 889,286 67,548 1,838,377 1,019,229 337.508 640,096 517,043 307,191 593,421 32.884 1,186,884 338,522 200,902 370.145 24,241 784,299 317,767 202,280 439.058 28,265 849,778 399.220 228,958 503,918 33,326) 949,929 494,557 281,472 631,018 41,722 1,029,241 618.559 291,505 743.593 51,389 1,042.804 690.475 422,026 1,035.689 92.148 1,359.610 490,226 262,612 585,693 54,671 1,325,943 726,286 76,732 1,289.752 No. 676,081 89,057 777.248 101,279 756,698 107,088 835,240 130,538 555,707 92,362 590,826 158,691 427,929 59,959 364.852 596.589 329.202 35.974 340.859 114,048 327,393 42,916 486.064 161,701 458,292 76,814 531,331 174,341 451,741 96,219 616,711 204.222 478.039 114,202 840,126 318,354 739,994 299,713 802,196 329,127 693,393 395,186 1,015,239 131,155 1,644,636 1,067,119 435,588 713,613 160,607 TOTAL U. S. WATER-BORNE CARGO COMMERCE, BY REGIONS 834,549 116,714 678,919 152,158 610,439 118,350 641,377 115,023 53,196 1,102,503) 132,583 22,735 Wyo. 119,237 85,249 1,803.716 209.841 171,690 19,562 63,867 8,938 103,249 9,346 Mont. 9,481 222,008 19,963 Nebraska. 19,330 397,196 21,505 Tot. U. S.. 1,770,355 42,039,138 4,600,817,4,529,499 44,353 36,221 Stores (1935) 1,653,961; (1933) 1,526,119; (1929) 1,543,158. Sales in a year-(1935) $33,161,276.000; (1933) $25.037.225,000; (1929) $49,114,653,000, Wages in a year-(1935) $3,623,289,000; (1933) $2,910, 445,000; (1929) $5,189,670,000. 498 American Railway Statistics Source: United States Interstate Commerce Commission 5 Loco- Fre'ht Miles Miles No. 1 1940.. Serv. Carried Dollars No. No. 314 68,942 2,388,424 56.102 1,269.912,881 2,427,622,267 2.075,886 3,754,280,920 901,963,145 2,463,725,307 1,786,411 2,916,192,750 530 68,098 2,414,083 56,814 873 66,847 2,403,967 56,855 874,588,786 2,627,491,771 1,821,804 3,001,803,606 840,029,680 2,510,054,113 1,775,549 2,963,033,615 819 65,348 2,378,800 55,729 54,800 798,476,114 2,504,195,746 1,691,950 2,874,428,921 935 63,311 2,346,751 615 61,257 2,323,683 53,838 786,432,468 2,584,333,226 1,694,042 2,940,206,163 413 60,189 2,322,267 53.584 707,986,505 2,179,014,863 1,517,043 2,588,597.979 492 58,652 2,245,904 52,096 599,226,754 1,694,074,786 1,282,825 2,124,783,993 314 56,732 2,184,690 50,598 480,717,777 1,229,078,365 1,052,285 1,535,066,189 434,847,907 1,322,462,572 990,839 1,424,391,647 122 54,228 2,072,632 47,677 452,175,619 1,440,433,567 1,027,426 1,541,312,928 33 51,423 1,973,247 44,884) 25 49,541 1,867,381 42,426 448,059,317 1,502,590,185 1,013,654 1,666,228,739 492,493,214 1,805,766,847 1,086,405 1,873,819,393 499,687,875 1,928,444,492 1,136,912 2,013,676,694 958,280 1,771,082,762 38 48,009 1,790,043 41,390 454,507,540 1.482.504,121 149 47,555 1,776,428 40,949 35 46,544 1,731,096 39,931 454,031,928 1,729,537,305 1.006,711 1,889,129.564 456,088,496 1.947,478,587 1,045,738 1,990,630,844 45,172 1,680,519 38,977 19 44,3331,706,387 38,308 Figures for miles owned cover all classes of steam railways. Figures for freight carried (1913) cover classes I and II roads, and this is true for that year as to number of employees and employees' wages. Average capacity of freight cars, in tons-(1910) 35.9; (1920) 42.4; (1925) 44.8; (1930) 46.6; (1935) 1920... 1925. 1926... 1927. 1928. 1929.. 1930.. 1931 49.7; (1940) 50.0. Average annual compensation per employee for class I roads-(1920) $1,820.12; (1925) $1,639.96; (1930) $1,714.43; (1935) $1,653.18; (1936) $1, 734.79; (1937) $1,781,21; (1938) $1,859.24; (1939) $1,886.59; (1940) $1,912.77. RAILWAY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT DATA Thousands Cts. Miles Cts. Dollars Dollars 1,304,814.986 4,420,832.703 47.369.906 2.75 37.30 1,064,806,152 4,648,364,187 36,166,973 2.94 40.10 1,049,210,125 4,905,981,443 35,672,729 2.94 40.79 980,528,000 4,728,884,868 33,797,754 2.90 40.23 905,270,818 4,771,562,245 31,717,566 2.85 39.72 875,929,297 4,899,167,876 31.164,739 2.81 39.63 730,765,867 4,145,015,013 26,875,642 2.72 37.96 551,726,005 3,302,323,718 21,933.345 2.52 36.60 377,511,204 2,485,475,107 16,997,426 2.22 35.36 329,816,306 2,528,968.226 16.368,043 2.02 37.64 346,870,291 2,671,900,556 18,068,635 1.92 39.96 358,423,361 2,831,139,271 18,509,497 1.94 41.31 413,189,186 3.356,631,227 22 459,781 1.84 45.60 443,532,407 3,428,420,638 24,695,214 1.80 49.42 1.84 50.02 406,406,349 2,900,676,475 21,656,918 1.88 47.65 417,716,429 3,297,059,339 22,712,941 417,955,185 3,584,201,061 23,815,598 1.75 52.22 Casualties classified as due to suicide, mental derangement, and attempting to escape custody. are omitted from the above table. Of the persons killed in 1940, railway employees No. No. Miles Miles 1.07 574.826,099 619,507,289 6.958 168,309 1.10 584,972,232 622,294,985 6,947 130,222 1.11 581,791,719 602,872,559 6,617 137,425 1.10 578,355,321 598,434,584 6,821 104,799 1.09 570,037.816 589,615 853 6,511 86,196 1.09 568,094,709 598,343,477 6,496 76,995 1.07 545,090,881 523,254,887 5,481 49,430 1.06 485,537,618 446,261,006 5,099 35,656 1.06 419,087,987 368,658,048 4.747 29,219 1.01 380,434,894 368.665,908 5,019 27,494 0.99 381,610,861 397,149,702 4,879 28,631 1.00 385,874,136 403,851,169 5,107 28,080 0.98 409,071,812 496,267,819 5,398 34.706 0.94 420,818,671 512,200,236 5,350 36.692 0.98 395,127,242 461,026,269 4,362 28,119 0.99 398,145,009 431,389,779 4,499 27.253 0.95 395,410,187 491,126,907 4,612 29,590 numbered 580, passengers on trains, 75; all other injured included 18,350 rail employees and 2,530 non-trespassers, 1,930; trespassers, 2,027. Those passengers. GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Killed. 2,149 2.206 2,491 2,371 2,568 2,485 2,028 1,011 1,525 1,511 1,554 1,680 1,786 1,875 1,517 1,398 1,808 Injured 5,525 6,555 6,991 6,513 6.666 6,804 5,517 4,657 3,989 3,697 4,300 4,658 4,930 5,136 4,018 3,999 4,632 Total. 18,674 8,761 9,482 8,984 9,234 9,289 7,537 6,468 5,514 5,208 5,854 6,338 6.716 7,011 5,535 5,397/6,440 Grade crossing accidents in which automobiles and trains collided killed 1,576 persons in 1940, RAILWAY REVENUES, EXPENSES AND DIVIDENDS 1940. Ratio Dividends Op. Exp. to Declared Oper. Rev. Full-face net income figures, 1932 and 1938, indicate deficits. |