A Comparison of Norway and Sweden 43 1 



ing exceeded only by those of the 

 United Kingdom, the United States, 

 and Germany. Its total tonnage is 

 nearly one and a half million tons, as 

 against 625,000 tons for Sweden. Its 

 total earnings in 1902 were 29.7 million 

 dollars, as against 13.4 millions earned 

 by Swedish merchantmen, while the 

 amounts earned by Norwegian vessels 

 in carrying freight between foreign ports 

 only was $22,375,000, as against $3,- 

 644,000 earned by Swedish vessels for 

 similar services. 



Sweden imports about 142 million 

 dollars' worth of merchandise annually, 

 about 6^ millions being from the 

 United States, and Norway imports 

 about 78^ million dollars' worth of 

 merchandise, a little less than 5 millions 

 being supplied by the United States. 

 The exports from Sweden in the latest 

 available year were 118^ million dol- 

 lars in value, about 3^ millions having 

 been taken by the United States, while 

 from Norway the exports were 46^ 

 million dollars in value, of which less 

 than two millions were imported by the 

 United States. 



Our exports of domestic products to 

 Sweden and Norway amounted to$n,- 

 3 2 5>383 in value during the fiscal year 

 1904, as against $10,071,565 during the 

 preceding year. Less than twenty arti- 

 cles or groups of articles supply the 

 bulk of the merchandise exported to 

 Sweden and Norway from the United 

 States. Arranged in the order of mag- 

 nitude in 1904, the more important arti- 

 cles exported include the following : 

 Refined mineral oil, $2,068,324 ; oleo- 

 margarine, $1,201,266; raw cotton, 

 $1,155,708; iron and steel manufact- 

 ures, $796,671 ; lard, $688,754; wheat 

 flour, $565,755 ; copper and manufact- 

 ures, $393.79i- 



Our imports from Sweden and Nor- 

 way were valued at $5,258,114 in 1904, 

 as against $4,975,234 in the preceding 

 year. We are thus exporting to Sweden 

 and Norway a little over twice as much 

 as we import from those countries. 



Wood pulp forms a large portion of our 

 imports from Sweden and Norway, the 

 figures for 1 904 being $1 ,202,4.55. Bar 

 iron is next in order, $1,014,378 ; wire 

 rods amounted to $559,914 ; machinery 

 to $413,500, and hides and skins, ex- 

 cept fur skins, to $309,518. Nearly 

 all of the remaining imports were 

 fishery products, amounting to about 

 $ 1 ,000,000. 



The following table presents statistics 

 of the principal elements of national 

 progress in Sweden and Norway re- 

 spectively, the figures being those for 

 I 9°3> or the latest available date : 



Comparative statistics of Sweden and Norway 

 for year /903, or latest available year. 



Area square miles... 



Population number... 



State revenue dollars... 



Railways miles... 



Merchant marine : 



Steam registered tons... 



Sail do 



Vessels entered in foreign 



trade tons... 



Vessels cleared in foreign 



trade do 



Imports dollars... 



Kxports do 



Exports of domestic merchandise 



from United States to. .dollars... 

 Imports into United States 



from do 



Average ad valorem duty on 



total imports per cent... 



Public debt dollars... 



Annual interest charge do 



Commercial and savings banks 



deposits dollars... 



Manufacturing establishments : 



Number of 



Number of employees 



Horse-power 



Value of output dollars... 



Gross freights earned by vessels 



engaged in foreign trade in 



1902 dollars... 



Sweden. 



Norway. 



172,876 

 5,221,291 

 47,496,000 

 7,636 



124,130 

 2,263,010 

 23,247 000 

 1,481 



356.5'o 

 279 223 



603,625 

 840,279 



8,857,826 



3,250,724 



8,861.372 

 141,979,000 

 118,291,000 



3,240,062 

 78,472,000 

 46,531,000 



6,446,804 



4,878,579 



3,265,843 



1,992,271 



10.60 

 92,518,000 

 3,248,000 



n.46 

 71,032,000 

 2,301,000 



379,163,000 



160,678,000 



11.588 

 271,157 

 454.386 

 299,154,000 



3.488 

 81, M3 

 244,237 

 No data. 



13,455,000 



29,738,000 



While no gold or silver bullion ap- 

 pears to have been sent to or received 

 from Sweden and Norway, United States 

 Consul Bergh, at Gottenborg, reports 

 incoming money orders to the value of 

 $2,500,000 sent from the United States 

 to Sweden during 1904, and outgoing 

 money orders to the value of $500,000 

 sent from Sweden to this country, a net 

 movement of $2,000,000 to Sweden from 

 the United States during a single year. 



