Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-05
How We STAND.

The exports OF the products Of United
States agriculture, although larger than
those Of any other country, are only about IL
per cent. Of the production, aud the home
demand for such products a. bresdstnffs
cotton and provisions Is increasing some
what more rapidly than the foreign de
mand. This increasing home demand. we
are speaking, Of course, of periods OF years
and not from the statistics Of the last few
months, IS In part due 10 the increasing
consumption Of breadstuffs and provisions
In the manufacturing districts Of the west
ern and northwestern States and even on
this coast we see n small but gradual In
crease In home consumption. IN the two
groupes Of States first mentioned, the value
Of manufactures In the year 1850 was s3i6.-
5000 and IN the year 1850 y, pa, lug, 43l
The 1ge Of Sf6ci reviewing Mr.. Nimm0's, Of
the a. s. Bureau Of statistics, recent report
Il Is shown that the value Of the products
Of the various industries Of the United States
is seven times the total value Of our foreign
commerce, nearly three times the total value
Of the foreign commerce of Great Britain
aud ireland, and five times the total value
Of the foreign commerce of France, includ-
ing IN each case both imports and exports.
The total value Of the products Of industry
In the United States II also shown to be
little more than twice the total value OF the
exports Of merchandise from all the eoun-
tries Of Europe. The United States Is now
the largest manufacturing country on The
globe. The value ot the products of Ameri-
can manufacture consumed at home Is Ave
times the value Of the manufactured pro
duets of Great Britain and Ireland exported
to all other countries and more than four
teen times the value OF exports OF manufac-
tured products from France to all other
countries, The relative value OF Internal as
compared with foreign commerce OF the
country Is also illustrated by statements
showing that 30 per cent of the coal mined
| In this country, W per cent OF our iron and
| steel products, % per cent. OF the products OF
NulN fa0.l
| OF our manufactures Of wool, 90 per cent. of
| the products of our cotton manufactures
| more than % per cent. OF our manufactures
| Of silk, and " per cent. OF our manufactures
| of glass, glassware, earthenware and stone
| ware are consumed In the United States"
| In discussing the relative magnitude of
| the internal and the foreign commerce OF
| the United States, Mr. Nimmo says. THE
| facts presented In regard to the products Of
| the manufacture of coal, iron, leather, wool
manufactures of wool, manufactures Of
cotton, manufactures Of silk, glass and glass
ware, and earthen and stoneware, show that
| those industries in the United States contrib
ute very largely to the internal commerce
| aud very little to the foreign commerce of
the country, and also the fact that our home
| markets for those commodities and classes
| Of commodities are, with the exception of
| silk goods, Supplied chiefly by home indus
| tries"
| We are far behind some European coun-
| tries In foreign commerce, but we are not
|
| the greatest agricultural nation In the world
but we are fortunate In having at our own
| doors the greatest market for the consump-
| tlon of the productions both Of the soil and
| OF the arts. When we are twitted by the
| English with the comparative insignlicance
| OF our export of manufactured articles we
| can point with pride to our home consump-
| ton that excels in volume their home con
| sumption with their foreign commerce
thrown in, Just as when we are twitted with
| the insignlhcance OF our commercial
marine, we can point to our unri
vailed superiority In railroads. We
| are ahead In transportation by land, as II Is
by land we reach our customers, MS England
Is ahead in ships, because il Is by ships she
| has to seek her markets. When our manu-
factures grow largely beyond our own neces-
stiles. we shall devote more attention Ia
| their export and In few short years will
go to the front in foreign commerce as we
have done In everything else. When we
have got through railroad construction we
may go with the same earnestness into ship
building II we do, our flag will soon be In
| the ascendancy on every sea, and the United
States will be first on the ocean as in rail
roads, In the productions of the soil, and in
| the manufacturing arts