UNITED STATES. Commerce.-The foreign commerce of the United States in the Calendar year 1904, as compared with that in 1903, is summarised as follows: The imports and exports of gold and silver in the two years were : The tonnage entered and cleared in the same two years was as follows: Statistics of iron and steel industries for three years at gTLD VI The production of rolled iron and steel in two years was as follows a piss The production of whisky (Bourbon and Ryel, of fruit brandy, and of fermented Agters in two years was as follows: Shipping. The registered shipping of the United States on June 30, 1904, was as follows: The tonnage entered and cleared in the foreign trade in 1904 was as follows: Telegraphs. The work of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company for the last two years is shown as follows: Including minor companies there were altogether 250,000 miles of telegraph line open for public use in 1904. On January 1, 1904, there were 3,958,891 miles of telephone wire belonging to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and operating companies associated with it, with 3,779,517 telephones, and 1,609 telephone exchanges. |