Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09

The Expectation Of American Wares...
we Are Able to Compete With For.
elgn Producers in Almost Everything.

NEW DIX Tlfnes.
III the Centennial Worlds Fair had no
Otncr good result, it at least dcmonstra-
Ied TO American manufacturers that
thcy cOuld III many instances produce
better articles than their transatlantic
rivals, and that in spite of the difference
IN the cost of labor, they could hope, by
the use of their improved machinery,
to place their wares upon the mark ct
and sell them for the same, if not for q
less, price than that demanded by their
European competitors. The recent
order of the secretary of state, directing
our consuls abroad to inquire into ana
report upon the opportunities which
might exist for the extension of the for
elgn trade III goods of American man
utacture. was another step in the same
direction. The reports already received
from our representative in Leeds, Ber-
lin, Vienna, and other places give the
most encouraging accounts of the man
ner in which former exports have been
received, and indicate that by proper
energy and push the sales in Europe
of goods manufactured in America can
be doubled III very short time. How
extensive those sales already are will
doubtless be surprise to those who
have not given attention to the matter.
From the last official report of our ex-
ports for the eight months end
ing on the LIST Of last September, it ap-
| pears that we sent out Of the country
and sold in foreign markets manufac-
tured drugs, chemicals and medicines
valued at 81 1867 ,432, stoves valued at
o6.oo4, locomotive steam engines and
boilers worth $492, 400, other machinery
valued ISL ,9O6, 49,. OF manufactured
iron goods, s., 1861 $50 were exported; of
nails and spikes, $214:131; of steel edge
tools, $562,372, and Of other steel ware,
$1,000 For the one article of fire
arms we received s., 234, 6SS; for lamps,
$l42,572: morocco and other fine leath-
err, $8S5,441; saddlery, harnes, and
other leather goods, 1896, SIT; articles
manufactured from marble and stone,
$6O4, 281; fine watches. $117,765; other
watches, 1916; organs and pianos,
S532, S15; gunpowder, cartridges, shot,
and shell, S4,6OO,OOO; paints, s124,976;
paintings and engravings, SIG ,4O4; pa
per and stationery, $647 ,O79; perfum cry,
$202,739; plated ware, $93, 125; printing
presses and type. 1888, $50; sewing ma
chimes, $963,31O; scales and balances,
$3.50, 500; tin ware, 81 1856; cigars, snuff
and other manufactured tobacco, 81
1O4 900; trunks, 1874 SOC; wearing ap-
parel, 1887 III; wooden goods, $40, 23O;
box shocks, 1918, $50; hogsheads, barrels,
shocks, slaves and headings, $3.50, 5000;
household furniture, 81, 1S1 1863; wooden
ware, S237 ,434; other articles manufac-
tured from wood, $950,937.
Our export trade in agricultural i'm
plements which has always been extern
sive, has not increased during the past
year or two with the Iapidity that might
have been expected Our consul at
Berlin accounts for this by the state
ment that during the time specified the
quality Of the goods mentioned has not
been as good as formerly In spite of
this, however, we exported during the
eight months referred to, 1851 mowers
and reapers, valued at 1904, 81, and H.
391 plows and cultivators, value not
given. During the same period the val
lie of the books and pamphlets exported
was 1888, SIG; brooms and brushes,
e12O,53O; carriages, 1919, SAB; clocks,
$780, 0S2 ;copperware, besides pigs, bars
and sheets, s179,970; fancy articles.
$26S,S2S; preserved fruit, $780, 28:
glass, $459, 634; jewelry, ST 1867; hats
and caps, $20O,415, and castings, $14S,-
S73. Of pot and pearl ashes, 656, S74
pounds were exported; beer and ale,
IS, $50 dozen bottles and 100, 1S9 gallons;
bones and bone dust, 63, lO2 hundred
weight; bone-black, ivory-black and
lamp-black, 1,OO3,S32 pounds; hemp
ca les and cordage, 1851 hundred
weight; other hemp goods, valued at
$441 255; bar, boiler, sheet, railroad and
hoop iron, 12S,4O0 hundred weight;
boots and shoes, 223, 494 pairs; leather,
Is, 567 ,637 pounds; refined or manufac-
tured mineral oils, about 23S,OOO,OOO
gallons; soap, ,O47 ,195 pounds; distilled
spirits, 1925, 457 gallons; spirits of tur-
pentine, 5, 100, 333 gallons; starch, $780,
272 pounds; refined sugar, 34,731 1925
pounds; shingles, 29,550 thousand, and
sawed and hewn timber, 20, 237 ,715 cubic
feet; candles, l, 150,31S pounds. Other
small articles of American manufacture
which were exported but are not emu
merated above, were valued at 81 1885,
GIG.
These figures cannot fail to prove sug
gestive, particularly to those who are
aware of how little has been done to en-
courage expectation of American wares.
Heretofore the manufacturers of this
country, relying upon the immense
profit which they derived from the
home trade, and having in many in
stances a monopoly that they knew
could not be broken down, have quietly
folded their arms and let the European
and other markets take care Of them
selves. Recently, however, there have
been indications that all this will be
changed, and that American manUfac-
turers, encouraged by favorable ref brts
from abroad, will send their wares to
compete, as they doubtless can do, with
these of other countries. 1t IS time
that the matter was considered serious
ly. This country was long dependent
upon others for almost every article
which was the product of skilled labor
or artistic industry Such is the case
no longer. 1t is acknowledged on all