Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-27
New York Commercial.l
Foreign Demand fer Our Produesu.

According to the Census Of 1870, the grost |
value Of the products Of manufacturing indus |
try IN tie United States, In that year, was I'M |
round numbers $4,000, ,OO0, ,00O-an increase Oh
", 10000, 900 over the return Of 1860. The |
number OF persons engaged in manufacturing, |
meenanlcal, and mining industries In 1870 was
nearly three milli0ns--in exact figures 2,707,-
4zl. Inc tables OF the manufacturing Indus
Try IN the new volume Of the Census account
TOT the productions Of 2,053 900 OF this mum
per the defects Of the census law, making
the collection Of manufacturing statistics mere-
~ an incident in the enumeration Of popula-
tlon, oelng responsible for our lack Of accurate
knowledge regarding the labOTs Of the odd six
hundred thousand. The returns, however,
are suthciently complete to furnish material
Lor calculation and comparison. The actual
increase In the value Of our manufactured pro-
ducts from 1860 to 1870 shows an average gain
OF S23O, OOO, 900 yearly for the whole period OF
that decade; and this gratifying evidence or
the expansion Of the national wealth and ra-
sources Is now supplemented by reports from
the Bureau OF Statistics, which present good
exhibit concerning the foreign demand for our
products. The exports Of manufactured goods
during the year 1872 were nearly $4,000, ,0OO
greater than those Of 1871, or about seven per
cent, and the returns show that the largest
gain was in the clases of goods requiring the
use Of the best quality Of skilled IabOr-such b
as agricultural implements, books, iron and
steel manufactures, leather goods paper, Sta
tiOnary, etc. The demand from abroad for
our iron machinery and our steel manufaG-
lures Is attaining remarkable proportions
the exports for the former having reached
the sum Of "a, 100 000, and Of the latter 81, IA
600 during the past year. Cotton manufaG-
lures declined about 81 ,O0O, 900 last year, bui
this was more than compensated by the largC
advance In the exports of leather, manufa9
tured wood, drugs chemicals, and other ar
I ticles. The exports of weed manufactures d.
: all kinds, including furniture, were in the al
i, greRate about $16, 900, 900 last year-a gain d
"a, 900 900 over 1871; and the increase Of drug
and chemicals was nearly 81, 900, ,OOO' TObat
Q CO. sewing machines, railroad cars and musl
o cal instruments hold their own, showing n
appreclable falling OF in the demand. ThV
z whole exhibit Is certainly favorable. IL prove
+ American manufactures are steadily gainin
e In the foreign market, and that our skiIle
0 artihcers are making satisfactory progress
Very many Of the best Of eur wOrkmen al
y men Of foreign birth and training, whose sci
10 vices are In request here at the moment
Is their arrival, and it is well known that u
3 lncOnsiberable proportion Of this class haV
10 been expressly engaged by our largest mai
1t ufaetnring establishments, in order to unde
r, take the finer quality of work required in Il
E. home and foreign markets, as we'll as for Il
70 instruction of native mechanics. The trad
a, In Europe are continually losing the service
p OF well-trained artisans, to whom wider ~
% more productive field Is opened here.
"a time, American wOrkmen will he educatG
ID up to the highest standard Of excellence, al
with the increase of capable hands We shi
M Mas win still greater tTiumphs in the markets
es the world.